Mike Tyson believes that Gervonta Davis is an all-around good boxer with a lot of skill and guns ready to go blazing in his arsenal. The legendary heavyweight star revealed that he now understands why many boxing fans and analysts have been comparing the 28-year-old knockout machine's fighting style to his back in the day.
Iron Mike joined TMZ's Michael Babcock on the TMZ Sports TV show to talk about the Davis vs Garcia clash which will be happening tonight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
According to Tyson, Davis' "stoutness to the ground" just like himself, allows Tank to catapult himself and unleash an "unstoppable" amount of force like a bullet flying through the air.
"Tank is very comfortable fighting taller people because when he fights he catapults himself and pushes himself in the air, so it makes it very difficult to stop his attack cause it's very awkward when you're in the air, normally you have no power. But, the way which he catapults himself, it's almost like a gun being fired. He flies right into you with every ounce of power," Tyson said.
"I understood them now when they say he fights like Mike Tyson 'cause he flies through the air which is normally bad positioning, you have no power in the air. But, for him and myself, our stoutness to the ground, as I said before, catapults us like being shot like a bow and arrow and the force is unstoppable."
He added that Davis has enough tools in his arsenal to ambush any opponent he faces in the ring.
"Tank has a lot of arsenal, he's got a lot of ammunition in his arsenal, and he can box. He's a great boxer, he's a great, aggressive fighter, he has a great jab, and he's an all-around good fighter. They call him short [at] 5'5", but he can do it all pretty much."
Cornelius Kwame Sakyi is a writer and boxing analyst for AceTVBoxing.com. He can be reached on Twitter @CorneliusSakyi or via email: sakyicornelius1@gmail.com.
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