Shakur Stevenson says a light-weight unification battle between him and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis should occur as a result of they’re one of the best fighters.
Sadly, for WBC 135-lb champion Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs), a battle between them will not be taking place subsequent as a result of His Excellency desires to match him towards #1 William Zepeda on a proposed card with Terence Crawford vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Shakur, 27, won’t win that battle towards Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs), given the Mexican fighter’s superior energy and offensive expertise. Stevenson can’t stand within the pocket and battle Zepeda as he generally did for his final opponent, Artur Harutyunyan.
Zepeda hits too arduous and throws too many punches for a pot-shot fighter like Shakur to battle him within the trenches. The one approach Shakur can battle Zepeda is by working as he did towards Edwin De Los Santos, and he would possibly win utilizing that method.
Shakur hasn’t confirmed himself to be in Tank Davis’s class. His fights towards De Los Santos and Joet Gonzalez confirmed that he’s not on Tank’s stage.
Andre Ward: “Gervonta Davis, is it simply boxing beef, or is it actual beef?” mentioned Ward on the All The Smoke Struggle YouTube channel. “The place did it originate from? I do know it’s an extended story however no matter you’ll be able to share.”
Shakur Stevenson: “It’s form of greater than boxing, I suppose you possibly can say. The historical past and the whole lot that went on. It’s arduous to even communicate on it simply because we received to battle.”
Ward: “You’re feeling that’s going to occur?”
Shakur: “Yeah, I do know it’s going to occur. I’m one of the best, and he’s one of the best. So once you received two guys which can be one of the best, how are you going to not battle? The one approach you can’t battle is that if one of many guys isn’t like that, and someone goes off to lose, or someone takes an L.
“I feel with each of us, we’re each fighters that’s actually good fighters on that stage.”
Ward: “From a boxing standpoint, what makes Tank Tank? We see the facility, however it’s received to be greater than that.”
Shakur: “Nah, he’s strategic. He’s setting guys up. He’s been boxing since he was just a little child identical to I’ve been boxing since I used to be just a little child, and you’ll inform along with his expertise. Even in his final battle with Frank Martin, you possibly can see Frank Martin was an newbie.
“The expertise he’s received will not be on the extent of Tank. He simply took off with expertise. He let him waste his power, gassed him out, after which spherical eight, it’s time to go house.”
Ward: “What would you prefer to see that battle [Tank Davis] occur?”
Shakur: “Each time. I feel I’m prepared for it, and he’s prepared for it. We’re each in our primes. It may occur subsequent. It may occur subsequent yr. Each time he say ‘Let’s battle,’ that;s when it;s going to occur.”
