Ben Davison:
FURY OR AJ No1 ? On Whyte loss (nothing but respect) Loma vs Lopez prediction & more.. read below.
Lockdown
“We were in Vegas waiting on what was the imminent announcement of Billy Joe Saunders and Canelo. The lockdown happened and we all headed back home. Billy Joe is only a few miles away from me so we continued to train when the rules allowed. But Josh is up in Scotland so at the first chance we had to get away to train. The only available was Fuerteventura so we had the camp there. Got a nice five or six weeks training there. We headed back here since Josh got his date.”
Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder behind closed doors ?
“I don’t really know but boxing is a business and it all depends on if the promoters and broadcasters feel they can make money with the fight behind closed doors. I don’t know if they’d expect pay-per-view buys to go up but the revenue on the gate will be extortionate. It’ll depend whether they can feel they make that money or not.”
Dillian Whyte loss
“He looked like he was boxing well. And I’ve got to say I’ve got nothing but respect with how he’s gone about it, Dillian took it on the chin. He’s not come out with any excuses and I can only respect that. There’s definitely something to look at there. Joshua finished him with an uppercut, Oscar Rivas dropped him with an uppercut and then Povetkin did it. But he seems to be boxing well. He was given decent information in the corner. He was told not to go hooking with the hooker because then it’s a 50/50 matter. I heard Dave Coldwell tell him not to keep giving him the left hook to the body which eventually resulted in not seeing that left uppercut coming to the chin. But nothing but respect for how he took the defat and how he wants to avenge it.”
Prediction on Lomachenko and Lopez
“That’s probably the fight I most looking forward to and have been for a while. I really don’t know what will happen. I’ve seen Teofimo, he’s a really thick set small guy. Can his size play a factor in the fight? That’s one i’m interesting in. I wouldn’t be surprised if he did cause a problem for Lomachenko. But I also wouldn’t be surprised if Lomachenko absolutely dominated him.”
Southpaw Loma…
“He’s up there. You will start to see more fighters trying to imitate that style, he’s what the next generation will want to imitate. Like Sugar Ray Leonard, Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson – you’ll start to see a lot of fighters trying to fight like Lomachenko.”
“It’s a real difficult skill to combat and understand. Why am I throwing when I don’t want to throw? Because they’re forcing me to throw. What is it that’s forcing me to throw? You have to look at the fine details to understand why. I think Lomachenko’s opponents’ success rate of landing on him is 17 per cent. To have that statistic while being as much as a pressure fighter as he is, is a special stat.”
Kell Brook vs Terence Crawford…
“He was in Fuerteventura when we were there and I said to him I do believe he could cause Terence problems. He is massive, massive but he’s got to do things right. A lot of people have said athletically Kell is the most well rounded athlete they have worked with. If he’s not doing what he was doing in his prime then of course he’ll miss a step. But he must get back to that standard. If anything he needs to do a little bit more to get back to that form. I’m not saying he is doing less, but that’s what he needs to do. Size alone could be a big factor against Terence.”
“Crawford is a lot better with his distance with his feet and adjusting the distance with his feet. Kell likes to time over the jab but he will have to match Crawford’s feet. I think that’ll be a tough ask for Kell. If he can maintain that and use his physicality, then he’ll have a chance. But Crawford is a special fighter and definitely a big favourite.”
Luke Campbell Ryan Garcia
“Interesting fight. I think Luke is a brilliant fighter. I would expect Luke to come through that. They’re trying to use Luke as a stepping stone which is an interesting one. Luke gave Linares a good fight, Lomachenko a good fight. It’s an interesting one for Golden Boy to make because they all know how good a fighter is and they’re willing to put Ryan in there. I think people underestimate Ryan Garcia but Luke should be favourite in that fight, in my opinion.”
Fury No1 not AJ (silly question from me, really)
“I believe so, as long as the fight gets made. I don’t see anyone in the heavyweight division beating Tyson.”