Shakur Stevenson verbally attacked Gervonta Davis in an interview at present, scolding him for his safety-first cherry-picking and for avoiding difficult fighters like himself.
WBC light-weight champion Stevenson says if Tank Davis have been a danger taker, he would have chosen Edwin De Los Santos, the man he simply fought, for his June fifteenth opponent as an alternative of Frank Martin. Stevenson says Martin pulled out from a struggle towards him and wasn’t severe about combating him.
Shakur’s Salty Over Tank’s Snub
Shakur (21-0, 10 KOs) is in some way bitter that WBA ‘common’ light-weight champion Tank Davis received’t struggle him and is taking lesser threats. In accordance with Tank, Shakur is without doubt one of the seven on his new contract.
That doesn’t appear to be sufficient to make Shakur glad as a result of he’s nonetheless bad-mouthing Tank Davis. It shouldn’t matter if the struggle is going on later as a result of it nonetheless wants extra time to marinate.
Shakur isn’t a sufficiently big title to contribute a lot to a struggle towards Tank to place it on the extent of a rematch between Davis and Ryan Garcia or Isaac Cruz. These fights can be greater for Tank Davis than a match towards Shakur, who is barely identified to the hardcore boxing followers and solely well liked by the ultra-hardcore followers.
Stevenson’s Diss Observe on Tank’s Opponent Selection
“That’s why he’s combating him. He’s choosing and selecting. That’s what he do. Tank take the least danger,” stated Shakur Stevenson to Say Cheeze on his perception that Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has chosen Frank Martin to defend his WBA ‘common’ light-weight title towards on June fifteenth as a result of he’s a sure-thing win for him.
“If Tank have been this dangerous [guy] that he claims to be, he would have fought Edwin De Los Santos. Why not struggle the man that truly fought me as an alternative of the man that pulled out from combating me [Frank Martin]?
“That doesn’t even make sense. For those who’re actually like that. You see this man [De Los Santos] is a very large 135-pounder. He’s obtained boxing abilities and energy. You’d get credit score for beating him. Why not struggle him?
“It is a sport the place guys take the least danger for probably the most sum of money, and I respect it. They obtained it from the very best of them [Floyd Mayweather Jr?]. I get it. Honestly, you possibly can’t say nothing dangerous about me in the event you’re not going to get in that fireplace.
“How can I not have extra expertise once I’m extra completed then this dude?” stated Shakur about Tank Davis. “I’m a three-weight world champion. Tank had two belts his entire profession. They have been each the identical belt.
“He had a WBA at 130-lbs. That’s the one title he ever maintain in his whole profession. Then in the event you actually wish to take a look at it, his opponents don’t even wish to struggle me,” stated Shakur.
