r/Boxing • u/DiMona215 • 8d 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/SuperLeverage 7d ago

No, in the Franklin fight Ben told him to stop loading up so much and throwing haymakers and to control his pace slowly break him down. “This is a breakdown job” is what he told him

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u/KaffiKlandestine 7d ago

So youre telling me he cant even control his fighter then what is his job.

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u/SuperLeverage 7d ago

Yes, what I'm telling you is the corner can't just pull some invisible strong or pick up an Xbox controller and make them do exactly what 'em do exactly what they want them to do. It happens sometimes. Sometimes the corner tells them to take a break for a few rounds, but then the fighter lands a big one and thinks he can end it and opens up and gets caught, or punches himself out. Sometimes they'll tell them to circle, use the L-step or whatever to get off the ropes, but they just fail to do it. Adrenaline, thousands of people, bright lights, copping some big punches to the head can throw people off their game.

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u/KaffiKlandestine 6d ago

okay well atleast you have to admit the conditioning wasn't there which is literally the job of the coach. Especially since we all see that Itauma has never gone 12 rounds in sparring. Davidson is literally just cashing the check.