Gervonta Davis and Shakur Stevenson match up to make one of the most intriguing style clashes in the sport.
Davis is a knockout puncher, Stevenson a defensive master. Should a fight happen soon, it would be a lightweight unification bout with two undefeated records on the line. Despite the massive intrigue, it has failed to materialise.
Fans had reason to be hopeful earlier this year when ‘Tank’ told Boxing News that Stevenson was on his hit-list for the future, but he has now seemingly had a change of heart.
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Speaking to the media at the press conference to officially announce his March 1 fight against Lamont Roach Jr, Davis was asked if he was still interested in the fight and said he gains nothing from facing his championship rival.
“For what? What has Shakur done in the sport? He hasn’t done nothing. The young ones looking better than him. Keyshawn looking way more better than this n***a. Y’all keep screaming his name, he hasn’t done nothing. F**k y’all keep saying his name for?”
Davis then dismissed the idea that some would see the move as him being ‘afraid’ of Stevenson, who returns to the ring on February 22 against Floyd Schofield.
“Afraid of what? Us fighters, if we’re afraid of somebody it gotta be somebody hitting us and hurting us. He don’t have no offence. Everything is defence. Defence only win in defence and football. That s**t don’t win in boxing.”
With the big puncher from Baltimore promising to retire at the end of 2025 after three more fights, fans will hope Shakur’s name re-enters in the mix before then.
