The promoter Eddie Hearn has not yet renounced the thin hope that Shakur Stevenson fights against Gervonta Davis. In an interview, the lightweight champion of the WBC Shakur (23-0, 11 kos) had the appearance and sound of a fighter admitting that a match against the tank will never happen.
A lost cause?
The promoter of Matchroom, Hearn, had to give Shakur a soft opponent, what he has done, then fight William Zepeda to prepare him for Gervonta Davis. However, Zepeda and their promoters in Golden Boy have not shown interest in fighting Shakur.
As for the tank, he has its own problems, dealing with Lamont Roach’s mess. If when that is done, Davis, according to the reports, wants Vasily Lomachenko, Ryan García and even Jake Paul. Shakur is not on his meal list.
When Gervonta presented the conditions for Shakur to fight with him, saying that he needs to face his ‘brother’ Keyshawn Davis, he was basically leaving him and everyone knows that there will never be a fight between. Shakur got the track, and that is why he seems defeated now. He now realizes that he was a fool to pursue this mirage for so long without See things as they really are.
Hearn resolution
Eddie does not give up and is understandable why. The AB Tankis champion is the only money fight for Shakur at age 135. If Hearn can’t make that fight, he will have signed Shakur for anything.
In addition, the way he acted in his fight against his replacement opponent Josh Padley On February 22, he is not able to hold on to his WBC belt and an undefeated record if Hearn throws it with the general population with the murderers at 135
The fights against Padley and Edwin de los Santos showed that Shakur is not good enough to be with any of the contestants with light weight. You put Stevenson with Andy Cruz, Abdullah Mason, Ernesto Mercado, Raymond Muratalla or Frank Martin, it’s over. But Hearn can’t continue giving Shakur a special treatment to keep him sectioned, isolated from predators.
Shakur Stevenson: “Eddie, I’m not going to lie. I am ready to fight everyone and all. “
Eddie Hearn: “(William) Zepeda will fight with you? Obviously, there is the tank fight, which is, that is the fight. Tanks really run out of opponents. “
“We have a fight and then some options and we want Shakur to be with us for the rest of his career,” said Eddie Hearn to TV iflReacting to be told that Shakur Stevenson says that he only has a fight in his contract with the boxing of the party room, and wants that fight to be against Gervonta Davis.
“I think Shakur is the best 135 pounds. The fact that Tank had a bad performance last Saturday, people now say: “Yes, I think Shakur beats Tank”, while before last Saturday, “Oh, you never defeated Tank.” Boxing is like that.
“It’s (Tank-Shakur) just a great fight. I really want to make that fight, and I believe with all my heart, Shakur Stevenson beats Gervonta Davis, ”said Hearn.
Last update on 05/03/2025