Tremendous middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez feels that Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis will beat Shakur Stevenson in a possible light-weight conflict if it occurs.
Canelo likes the facility of WBA 135-lb champion Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) and is aware of methods to stress his opponents. Within the 29-year-old Davis’ latest fights, he’s regarded spectacular, stopping Frank Martin, Ryan Garcia, Hector Garcia, and Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero.
A Defensive Fashion That Doesn’t Promote
Alvarez likes Shakur’s defensive means however prefers Tank Davis’s means over his personal. Tank has energy and a combating fashion extra suited to the skilled ranks than Stevenson’s newbie method.
“Shakur is an efficient fighter; he strikes loads, and it’s very tough to hit him, however I like Gervonta. He’s a very good fighter, he hits arduous and he is aware of methods to go ahead. So I’d put my cash on Gervonta,” mentioned Canelo Alvarez to Swaye Universe, giving his ideas on a struggle between the unbeaten WBA light-weight champion Tank Davis and WBC champ Shakur Stevenson.
Shakur, 27, has misplaced credibility with and struggled to beat Artem Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos in his final two fights at light-weight. Followers at ringside loudly booed each fights.
The 2016 Olympic silver medalist Stevenson has solely been at light-weight for 3 fights since transferring up from tremendous featherweight in April 2023. These three fights clearly present that Shakur doesn’t belong at 135 and is combating on borrowed time.
Stevenson was excellent combating at 126 and 130, however he’s not regarded the identical since transferring as much as light-weight final 12 months. The facility of the fighters at 135 appears to trouble Shakur, making him terrified of exchanging with them.
Sadly, you’ll be able to’t turn out to be a star in boxing should you’re afraid to commerce, which is why Shakur has been booed in his final two fights.
He would possibly want to maneuver again all the way down to 130 or 126 to save lots of his profession as a result of he’s not going to do nicely towards Tank, Abdullah Mason, Vasily Lomachenko, or Raymond Muratalla.
The Newark, New Jersey native Shakur lacks the facility and toughness to struggle towards the damaging punchers at light-weight. We noticed that in Stevenson’s conflict towards Edwin De Los Santos final November, the place he spent the whole struggle retreating across the, wanting afraid.
Is Stevenson’s Chin Product of Glass?
Many followers thought he misplaced that struggle, however the judges gave him a win. Afterward, Shakur and his promoters blamed his efficiency on his harm. Nevertheless, Shakur regarded virtually as unhealthy in his final struggle towards Harutyunyan, and it’s evident he’s not a fan-friendly fighter on this weight division.
The facility of fighters at light-weight appears to scare Shakur, and he is likely to be hiding glass in his chin. You don’t run the best way Shakur does until you’re apprehensive about your means to take heavy photographs.
