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Terence Crawford revealed his dislike for Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and mentioned Shakur Stevenson would beat him. Crawford says he’s choosing WBC light-weight champion Stevenson to defeat Tank as a result of he wouldn’t have the ability to “land his shots” on him. His protection is just too good.
Terence doesn’t say how Stevenson can beat Tank if his complete focus is non-engagement and avoiding getting hit. That’s all he does, and followers hate that outdated throwback Mayweather-esque hit-and-not-get-hit type from the early 2000s. If Crawford’s efforts at trash-talking Tank into giving his good friend Shakur a combat, he’d be doing him an actual stable, however it’s not going to work. Gervonta wasn’t born yesterday. He is aware of what Crawford is making an attempt to do.
Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) has been begging for a combat in opposition to the famous person Tank Davis (30-0, 28 KOs) since he moved as much as 135 in 2024, however he’s carried out nothing to market himself as being worthy of sharing the ring with him. Shakur has carried out poorly in his final two fights in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos. He had followers strolling out in opposition to Harutyunyan and booing him out of existence within the De Los Santos matchup.
Crawford’s Private Dislike for Davis
“He would not even think about coming up to 154,” mentioned Terence Crawford to Cigar Discuss Gervonta Davis. “Yes, if he could pick his opponent,” mentioned Terence when requested if Tank would come as much as 147.
“If Tank could pick his opponent, he would do it, but he would never come from 135 to 154,” mentioned Crawford, failing to comprehend that Tank has already moved up two divisions. I actually don’t like that dude as a result of I don’t like him. I don’t like nothing about him.
“I feel like he’s one of those arrogant little dues that is using what he got to shield him. He’s got a lot of security guards around him, and he knows he’s in the limelight. In certain situations, he wouldn’t be acting like that,” mentioned Crawford.
Tank Davis has already moved up two weight lessons from the beginning of his profession at 126. So, why would he must go up one other three divisions to combat at 154? What’s that each one about? Yeah, Crawford is a former four-division world champion, however he’s not fought nice opposition in these weight lessons. He’s shifting as much as 168 for a one-off to get a payday in opposition to Canelo Alvarez. It’s not like Crawford goes to remain there afterward.
He’s simply going for the payday, take his loss, and certain retire or return from whence he got here at 154. If he does come again right down to junior middleweight, it’ll solely be to cherry-pick Sebastian Fundora, a susceptible champion. He’s not about to combat anybody good, like Bakrahm Murtazaliev, Vergil Ortiz Jr, Serhii Bohachuk, or rematch Israil Madrimov.
“He’s a damn good fighter, I respect him as a fighter. He’s got skills, he’s got power, and he’s got tremendous boxing ability. But his core personality and his ways, nah. I got Shakur,” mentioned Crawford when requested who would win a combat between Tank Davis and Shakur Stevenson.
“Like I said, I respect Tank. In boxing, he’s one of the ones. We’re going to take his personality and personal things out of it. In boxing, he’s definitely talented, and he definitely has got that it. He’s definitely respected in boxing, but Shakur is a different fighter.”
Shakur: The Boring Reality
Crawford is true. Shakur is a “different fighter,” however he’s toxic for the followers and never good for the game by way of serving to it develop. It’s not by chance that Shakur’s combat in opposition to Floyd Schofield is buried on Saturday’s undercard on February twenty second in Riyadh. He’s been positioned in that spot for apparent causes.
“Shakur is different. People may say he’s boring. People may say he can’t punch, but they said the same thing about Floyd because they’re defensive fighters,” mentioned Crawford. “Tank is not going to be able to hit Shakur like he hit everybody else. He knows that, and that’s why, ‘He’s boring. He’s this, he’s that.’”
I hate to interrupt this to Crawford, however Tank WOULD have the ability to hit Shakur and damage him. He’s not untouchable. Terence might have fashioned his opinion of Shakur being unhittable from watching him beat lesser opposition lately, however he positively does get hit except he runs. He ought to have misplaced the combat in opposition to Edwin De Los Santos as a result of he didn’t throw punches.
“He’s trying to diminish everything that Shakur has done, so it’s not marketable,” mentioned Crawford. “But he can’t do that because Shakur is a three-weight world champion. How many actual titles has Tank had? Like two? Real titles. [Jose] Pedraza, he drained Pedraza. Let’s do it on an even playing field. Give that man time to train.”
Gervonta is telling it like it’s by saying that Shakur is boring as a result of that’s the reality. Fighters which have that type are so afraid to get hit that they’ll exit of their manner to not be touched. They should be weeded out of the game.
“Tank is nice for what he do, and I respect Tank within the ring and his abilities, his energy, and attributes. He’s good. He can field his a** off. I’m not saying I might choose Shakur simply due to our variations. I’m telling you as a fighter. I might choose Shakur as a result of I don’t suppose Tank would have the ability to land his pictures on him like he does all the things else. Shakur’s protection is just too tight.
