Shakur Stevenson says a light-weight unification combat between him and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis should occur as a result of they’re the very best fighters.
Sadly, for WBC 135-lb champion Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs), a combat between them just isn’t occurring subsequent as a result of His Excellency needs to match him in opposition to #1 William Zepeda on a proposed card with Terence Crawford vs. Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Shakur, 27, won’t win that combat in opposition to Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs), given the Mexican fighter’s superior energy and offensive expertise. Stevenson can’t stand within the pocket and combat Zepeda as he typically 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 method Shakur can combat Zepeda is by operating as he did in opposition to Edwin De Los Santos, and he may win utilizing that method.
Shakur hasn’t confirmed himself to be in Tank Davis’s class. His fights in opposition to 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 Battle YouTube channel. “The place did it originate from? I do know it’s a protracted story however no matter you may share.”
Shakur Stevenson: “It’s form of greater than boxing, I suppose you might say. The historical past and every part that went on. It’s arduous to even communicate on it simply because we obtained to combat.”
Ward: “You are feeling that’s going to occur?”
Shakur: “Yeah, I do know it’s going to occur. I’m the very best, and he’s the very best. So whenever you obtained two guys which can be the very best, how will you not combat? The one method you can not combat is that if one of many guys isn’t like that, and any individual goes off to lose, or any individual takes an L.
“I believe 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, nevertheless it’s obtained to be greater than that.”
Shakur: “Nah, he’s strategic. He’s setting guys up. He’s been boxing since he was somewhat child similar to I’ve been boxing since I used to be somewhat child, and you may inform together with his expertise. Even in his final combat with Frank Martin, you might see Frank Martin was an newbie.
“The expertise he’s obtained just isn’t on the extent of Tank. He simply took off with expertise. He let him waste his vitality, gassed him out, after which spherical eight, it’s time to go residence.”
Ward: “What would you wish to see that combat [Tank Davis] occur?”
Shakur: “Every time. I believe I’m prepared for it, and he’s prepared for it. We’re each in our primes. It might occur subsequent. It might occur subsequent yr. Every time he say ‘Let’s combat,’ that;s when it;s going to occur.”
