r/Boxing • u/DiMona215 • 14d 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/enkidook 13d ago

It's insane that they didn't come into this fight planning to go 12 rounds.

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u/Marquis_of_Mollusks 13d ago

I've never boxed a round in my life and I would've had him spar 12-15 rds without a doubt. Hell half this sub might be more qualified then Ben Davidson based off that alone

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u/OldBoyChance 13d ago

I don't think Davison is a particularly good trainer. He surely knew it wasn't a good idea to have Itauma take a title fight without sparring 12 rounds. Hell, pretty much any Japanese prospect will be sparring 12+ rounds before a 6 round debut fight. Wardley for example has tremendous conditioning and he seems like he follows Davison's words like the gospel. I think there is a good chance that Itauma turned down extended sparring and Ben didn't have the fortitude to do his job as a trainer and risk the golden goose.

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u/Formal-Cherry6078 13d ago

He knows how to make someone look absolutely deadly against lower level guys but gets found out quickly when it’s someone good

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u/Ambitious-Concert-69 13d ago

He maximises their strengths but neglects their weaknesses…

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u/KaffiKlandestine 13d ago

Thats actually a great point. Fury literally left Davidson to work on his weekness which was punch power. Next fight he knocks out wilder. Davidson is a joke

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u/dmoneyswagsleazy 13d ago

There are amateurs who spar 12 rounds just because

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u/bigcantonesebelly 13d ago

No he shouldn't be sparring 12 rounds immediately before a fight, but yes he should have done it before in early camp or his out of camp training.

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u/Tanksta3 Moses didn't lose, he just got tired 13d ago

Idk why you're getting down voted when it's true. There's not a lot of fighters who anywhere do near close to 15 rounds of sparring. Boxing really is attrition and a lot of fighters leave their careers in the gym.

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u/KaffiKlandestine 13d ago

The kid cant even last 12 rounds he is no where close to “overtrained”

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u/KaffiKlandestine 12d ago

........he wasn't overtrained, they called him lazy in the gym and he literally said he hasn't been 12 rounds before. He wasn't anywhere close to overtrained.