Shakur Stevenson criticized Gervonta Davis in an interview, stating that he used weight stipulations on his opponents and facing “less talented fighters” to make himself look better than he is.
WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) was upset when he was told that Gervonta wasn't impressed with his record and asked what he had done in his career to make him want to fight him. Tank shut down any possibility of fighting against Shakur, considering him Not worth it To meet the king. This is correct. Shakur is completely unfit to be in his presence.
It's Shakur's promoter, Eddie Hearn, who has been discussing the idea of him fighting Tank Davis in 2025. Hearn has mapped out 2025 for the Newark, New Jersey native, and talked about him fighting these three:
- Floyd Scofield
- William Zepeda
- Gervonta Davis
Now, Shakur is babbling as if the fight with Tank Davis is a foregone conclusion, without saying anything. Tank's like, “What is this guy talking about?” Shakur is like a spoiled child, accustomed to getting what he wants, and gets upset when no one says anything.
Stevenson needs to give Edwin de los Santos a rematch, prove he can fight without running, and then fight Andy Cruz. The Cuban talent is a better version of Shakur, but with attack, strength, and a willingness to participate. If Cruise were PC, The Next Generation would be higher than Shakur, an outdated, early-2000s archetype that freezes in the pages.
Accusations of weight loss
“It doesn't look like he's real. I don't mean to be disrespectful to him, but I'm a real person. I'm not going to go out there and act like Tank's not a good fighter,” Shakur Stevenson said. Boxing newsin response to what was said to him that Gervonta Davis said he was not impressed with his record, and shut down rumors of the two meeting in the ring because he does not see any value in fighting Shakur.
“The same way he asks what did you do in the sport of boxing, I think he should look in the mirror and ask the same question because it's like what did you do?” Shakur continued about Tank Davis. “Even the guys I knocked out were all under the weight requirement, which is a weight loss. It sounds good to the public and people who don't know, but I'm a fighter. I know what's going on. I know what you're doing.”
“You take less talented fighters and put them in the ring with you and make them look like they're at his level, but they're not. Until he fights an elite level fighter, I don't want to hear anything from him,” Shakur said.
What Gervonta says is 100% true. Who did Shakur fight during his career? Nobody is good. He's beaten two washed-up fighters at 130, captured three paper titles against weak opposition, and has looked pretty bad since he hit 135. He was booed out of the arena in his fight against Edwin de los Santos, and fans fled in crowds in his last fight against a weakened Artem Harutyunyan last July in his hometown of Newark.
“Fight someone I fought!”
“He (Tank) acted like he couldn't get a lot of people in the ring. Why didn't he try to get Edwin de los Santos? Why isn't this the fight you want? Since you want to talk bad about me, fight someone I fought. And I talked about my performance in doing With that, Shakur said, “So, he beat me.”
Fighting tanks Edwin de los Santos will do nothing for him and his career because this guy hasn't fought in 14 months. He was coming off a loss to Stevenson, and by the time Gervonta fought him in August or September, he had been inactive for 21 months.
Shakur's stock has plummeted since he was exposed as a chicken feud by De Los Santos on November 16, 2023. He has done nothing to turn things around by having a rematch with him or putting on a brave face in his next fight against lightweight Arten Harutyunyan. .
