Gervonta Davis’ assistant coach, Kenny Ellis, says that IBF light-weight champion Vasily Lomachenko will step apart to permit Tank to face WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson subsequent. Lomachenko would then face the Tank vs. Shakur combat winner in early 2025.
Ellis’s report of Lomachenko volunteering to step apart hasn’t been verified but, however it will be an amazing transfer if he does. Let Tank and Shakur combat and face the winner with three belts at stake.
Why Tank vs. Shakur Makes Sense
It’s a good suggestion to have the Tank-Shakur combat occur as quickly as doable as a result of Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) appears to be like extremely susceptible and would seemingly lose if he’s matched towards an excellent contender as a substitute of the fastidiously chosen opponents High Rank has setting him up with.
If Shakur’s subsequent promoters match him towards an excellent contender like William Zepeda or Abdullah Mason, he’ll seemingly lose, and that will wreck the profitable mega-fight between him and Tank Davis.
Shakur’s Latest Struggles
What we’ve seen in Shakur’s final two fights is that he was by no means pretty much as good because the hype behind him. It’s apparent now that the match-making that was achieved on his behalf tricked many followers into believing he was an amazing expertise.
Shakur appeared bang-average final Saturday evening, struggling to beat fringe contender Artem Harutyunyan of their headliner on ESPN on the Prudential Middle in Newark, New Jersey.
Though the scores have been vast in Shakur’s favor, it appeared that Harutyunyan had gained 4 rounds. The judges scored it 119-109, 118-110, and 116-112. Harutyunyan’s earlier opponent, Frank Martin, appeared higher at defeating him than Shakur.
“Breaking information: Lomachenko stated he’ll step apart and let Gervonta Davis combat Shakur Stevenson this fall, and he’ll combat the winner in early 2025,” stated Coach Kenny Ellis on Instagram.
Lomachenko’s Strategic Calculation
Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs) can be higher to attend till the smoke clears from a unification combat between Tank and Shakur as a result of it will be a much bigger match for him to face the final man standing.
