Former Naoya Inoue knockout victim TJ Doheny says Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis would be too much for the Japanese star if the two fought at 135.
Boxing fans have been pushing for Inoue to move up to super featherweight [130] or lightweight [135] to face Tank Davis in a blockbuster mega-fight to prove who is the pound-for-pound #1 in the sport.
Inoue hasn’t gone along with the program, choosing to stay rooted to the spot at 122, feasting on the opposition in this dead, lifeless division. He’s shown zero motivation to move up to 126 to fight the dangerous featherweights, and obviously, going up to 130 or 135 is not happening either.
Naoya needs a complete head transplant to put one of the brave warrior’s brains from the past into his body to give him the bold risk-taking we saw from greats like Muhammad Ali. It would be interesting to see Inoue go up two weight classes to 130 to meet Tank Davis halfway at Super Featherweight as a catchweight for them to prove who is the top dog in the sport.
Doheny feels there’s too much weight and size that separates Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) and Inoue (29-0, 26 KOs) for ‘Monster’ to have a chance. The Ireland native Doheny thinks 126 is Naoya’s upper “ceiling” for what he’s capable of doing in the sport.
Inoue’s Ceiling
“Tank is an absolute dog, but if they were in the same weight class, it would be a cracking fight. But there’s too much of a gap. I think 126 is Inoue’s ceiling, I really do,” said TJ Doheny to Pro Boxing Fans when asked if Naoya Inoue would stand a chance against Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis if he went up to 135 to fight him.
It’s too bad Inoue would never go for this idea because it would be fun to see him and Tank go at it in a battle for the top spot in the sport. Fans aren’t interested in seeing Inoue beating up on fighters like Ye Joon Kim, Doheny, Sam Goodman, and Luis Nery.
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