Bramble on the other hand was not nearly as gifted but made up for it with an awkward style and his willingness to mix it up.
To Jim Watt, Edwin Rosario and Buddy McGirt, in that order. He had three shots at the lightweight title and failed in every attempt. I think partly to do with his disinterest to engage when he needed to. Master boxer, Davis had many chances but just couldn't win the big ones. Interesting question because both were very good fighter but neither could win the fights that mattered. He lost to Jim Watt and was KO in 2nd round against another southpaw Dana Rosenblatt. Howard doesn't have any luck with southpaw. During the 14th round TKO of Ray Mancini, he switch to southpaw often and this is a bad match-up for Howard Davis Jr. Another thing is that he can fight ambidextrously. Livingstone on the other hand was a marathon runner so stamina is not a problem for him. Like most boxer who move around a lot, Howard seems to start fast but fade later in a fight. If he can take punches from Ray Mancini then he can easily take punches from Howard Davis Jr. will use his superior hand speed and boxing skill to outpoint Livingstone Bramble first half of the fight, but Livingstone was a good defensive fighter who always keep his hands high and he had a good chin. He would seek to break Howard's body and discourage him.
He's not an extremely hard puncher but makes good use of the power he has. The last five rounds would see Bramble digging into Davis' chest and not letting up. Bramble would not only beat Davis up but he'd take pleasure doing it. He would enter the ring with a chip on his shoulder and take it out on Davis. Bramble, the ugly child, never got anything he didn't earn. Both Mancini and Davis were pampered to a degree. He always felt slighted by the "chosen ones". Also, Bramble would have one more reason to win this one. He's a nice guy outside the ring but he can be pretty nasty inside it. Too bad for Davis because Bramble turns it into a fight.
However, after 10 rounds, it's surprising to see that the fight is closer than it appears to be. Davis would win nearly every round by a narrow margin. It can be done but he HAS to be lacking protein to some degree, probably the reason he couldn't punch. Also, Davis should have been a welterweight but he chose to be a vegetarian (as a boxer? ok, yea that works). He was the perfect "amateur" boxers but just couldn't run with the big dogs. I struggle to give Davis too much credit because I think he never made the transition from amateur to pro. I love the way Zebbie finished it and the reference to Tyrone Crawley (wow, remember him?.I sparred two rounds with him). As far as the immediate fight goes, I think it would be a close fight.Howard could pull it off, but he always found a way to lose the big fights, despite his talent.I'm taking Livingstone by a MD, or SD, a UD a rarity.I think he does to Howard similar to what he did to Tyrone Crawley, but Howard survives to the bell. Bramble didn't quite get the competition that Howard got coming up, but he only lost to Anthony Fletcher on the way to the title.He beat Ray Mancini, and after beating Mancini and Crawley, lost also to Rosario by Ko, and went downhill from there. had mad boxing skills, and arguably, the fastest fighter in the sport of boxing for a time.But his chin wasn't solid.In addition, I don't think, and he has admitted, to not really wanting it.Like Topica has stated, I don't think he transitioned from amateur to pro, somewhat like another talented fighter, Bernard Taylor.Even with all his flaws, he still should've acquired a world title, but in his case, it never happened.Under the right circumstances, he could've pulled off a win over Jim Watt, but in part, due to not being developed, and due to intimidation by Watt, he lost the initial encoutner, then Edwin Rosario edged him in a fight due to his chin weakness.The Buddy McGuirt fight, he took it kind of on last minute notice, but at that time, McGuirt probably was too much for him.
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