Shakur Stevenson thinks followers consider performances in comparison with knockout artist Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in his fights. He feels followers choose him on Tank’s scale, resulting in criticism.
Feeling Judged on a Totally different Scale
It’s not solely Tank Davis that followers choose Shakur’s performances unfavorably. There are additionally many others within the light-weight division, akin to Abdullah Mason, Vasily Lomachenko, and William Zepeda, to call just some.
Shakur’s combating fashion of hit-and-not-get-hit doesn’t match this period of what followers are searching for after they watch boxing on a Saturday night time. They wish to be entertained, and Shakur’s fights don’t present that. He’s combating within the unsuitable period, and it is sort of a dinosaur within the twenty first century.
“Persons are blessed with completely different skills. He’s blessed with the flexibility that if he cracks you, 9 occasions out of ten, you’re going to go down,” stated Shakur Stevenson to NajiChill’s YouTube channel.
Stevenson is a boring fighter to observe, and never sufficient followers get pleasure from his archaic fashion. That is extra evident now as a result of he’s combating within the in style light-weight division. His fights are receiving extra consideration from followers, who don’t like what they see.
Totally different Skills, Totally different Strengths
“I’m blessed with superb eyes; I can see punches coming my means and get away from them. They’re most likely judging me on a scale based mostly on him. He’s an awesome fighter, he’s a particular fighter, however I’m particular in my very own proper, too,” stated Shakur about Tank Davis.
What’s fascinating is how Shakur can’t personal his faults in his recreation. He views followers and the media as unsuitable about him and gained’t try to alter.
Regardless of followers hating Shakur’s combating fashion, he would possibly nonetheless make some huge cash in fights towards Tank Davis and Vasily Lomacyenko, however they’ll seemingly be non-entertaining. Predictably, we may see fights just like these between Shakur, Edwin De Los Santos, and Jeremiah Nakathilia.
Shakur’s recognition is now extra about him being so disliked and criticized within the media than his performing effectively. With ESPN having proven Shakur’s fights, followers have seen them and disliked his combating fashion. They’ve famous how boastful and obtuse he’s about his fights being so boring. It’s odd to the followers to have somebody so out of contact.
