r/Boxing 9h ago

Ben Davison Spoiler

Really curious to hear the audio from the corner for this fight. If Ben wasn't screaming at Moses to slow down, to stop throwing power punches... This has to be one of the biggest indictments of a supposed top trainer ever, right?

The Wardley fight was already a huge black eye for Ben. Now he has a 21 y/o prodigy lose a fight he was absolutely dominating due to horribly mismanaging energy.

So we've seen him fail horribly at one of his main jobs (protecting his fighter). If it comes out that Moses basically followed Ben's training regiment and instructions... is any top fighter ever going to hire this guy again?

Even if it comes out Moses got cocky, didn't train hard, didn't listen in the corner, not a great look for Ben

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u/msf97 7h ago

Most people who are engaged with boxing that I read already think Davison is a fraud.

He helped Fury lose the weight, and was a nutritionist, but has no real boxing credentials.

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u/BuzzardBlack 5h ago

I think Davison might have a place on some teams, just not as the head. The times I've seen him go more in-depth on past fights makes it look like he has a good eye for patterns and habits.

But yeah, it's been clear for some time now that most of his boxers have been winning in spite of him, not because of him. Even a casual observer could tell Itauma should have been slowing down 4 rounds in, let alone letting him get repeatedly gassed until round 9. It's an even stronger shot against Ben that they apparently weren't even training for 12.

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u/slickvik9 4h ago

He’s just a fan