Shakur Stevenson is already predicting victory over Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis for a hoped-for unification struggle in 2025. Though there are not any ensures {that a} match with WBA light-weight champion Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) will occur subsequent yr, WBC champ Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) believes it is going to, and he has no doubts that he’ll be victorious.
Stevenson nonetheless must defeat his #1 challenger, William Zepeda, on February twenty second, and that’s a struggle he might lose or look unhealthy in profitable.
Shakur Ensures Victory
If Shakur places in one other efficiency as he did in his final two matches towards Artem Hartutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos, his probabilities of getting a struggle towards Tank will go down the drain. Tank gained’t need to be concerned in a struggle towards an opponent who refuses to interact and who shall be on the run for 12 rounds.
Earlier than a unification struggle between these two can doubtlessly occur, Shakur should lose a variety of weight earlier than his title protection towards Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) on February twenty second. Shakur appears to be like like a bit butterball, having ballooned up in measurement from good consuming since his final struggle on July sixth. That weight goes to have to come back off earlier than he can struggle Zepeda.
If Shakur makes his coaching camp a fats farm for the Zepeda struggle, his probabilities of profitable will plummet as a result of this isn’t the kind of mild hitter that he’d been preventing in most of his fights within the professional ranks.
“Subsequent yr shall be good. The struggle has obtained to occur,” stated Shakur Stevenson to Boxing Information when requested about his curiosity in preventing Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in 2025. “There’s no means the struggle don’t occur. One of the best vs. the perfect. I can’t look ahead to it.”
Subsequent yr could be good if Shakur beats Zepeda and appears good doing it. However the probabilities of each issues taking place are slim as a result of he’s uncomfortable taking energy photographs from lightweights. Shakur stood within the pocket towards Artem Harutyunyan final July, however solely as a result of he was lined up with a weak puncher in his farewell struggle with High Rank.
Some followers imagine High Rank made this transfer to attempt to keep on Shakur’s good aspect so he might lengthen his contract with them. If that was the thought, it didn’t work, and they’d have been higher off making Shakur’s closing struggle a rematch with De Los Santos in a small 16-foot ring, the place he could be pressured to battle him within the trenches.
“I’m going to win for positive,” stated Shakur when requested what occurs in a struggle between him and Tank Davis. “I believe lots of people will guess the opposite means and lose cash, however the those that guess this fashion are going to lose cash.”
Shakur’s solely path to victory towards Tank Davis could be to struggle him precisely as he did Edwin De Los Santos, hitting, transferring, and holding all night time. He can’t beat a fighter like Tank by the traditional technique as a result of the probabilities of taking a knockout hit could be too excessive.
“I don’t obtained no beef with these guys,” stated Shakur about whether or not he has any private points with Tank. “Hopefully, these guys live their finest life and doing every little thing they’re speculated to be doing outdoors of the ring, however we obtained to squabble.
“It’s getting higher. I must be 100% by both the top of this month or subsequent month,” stated Shakur in regards to the replace on his surgically repaired proper hand.
If Shakur’s downside proper hand or his left continues to provide him points, he’s going to should both struggle with the harm towards William Zepeda or transfer again all the way down to 130 or 126 the place there’s much less want for energy on his delicate limbs.
