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Tank is need of a serious reset and talk with himself off of the Roach fight. He got too comfortable and grew overly content and the first time someone didn't just fall over from the noted eraser he had no adjustments for the most part. Laser focus on Roach rematch and handle that then worry about next step. Like to see Inoue have a go with Akhmadaliev very soon. And then bring on Junto if/when he comes up. Absolutely massive all Japan super fight!
Sometimes you get in tough fights. I had a feeling a fighter would wait Tank out and match him strength for strength in the middle rounds. Everyone knows Tank goes easy in the first 5 round and then starts to pick it up at about 6 or 7. All you had to do is match his lethargy in the early rounds and treat it like a light jog and then when he turns up in the 6th, you put on your best performance and hope that you can outlast him for the end of the fight.
Yeh true Tank has to establish himself. But I don't think Roach jogged with him or timed him out. He actually took the fight to him smart and calculated. Outfought and beat him to the punch pretty consistently imo. But he'll need all that and a bit more in rematch.