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Promoter Eddie Hearn nonetheless hasn’t given up on the slim hopes of Shakur Stevenson getting a struggle in opposition to Gervonta Davis. In an interview, WBC light-weight champion Shakur (23-0, 11 KOs) had the look and sound of a fighter conceding {that a} match in opposition to Tank won’t ever occur.
A Misplaced Trigger?
The Matchroom promoter, Hearn, was relying on first giving Shakur a comfortable opponent, which he’s executed, then establishing a struggle in opposition to William Zepeda to get him prepared for Gervonta Davis. Nevertheless, Zepeda and his promoters at Golden Boy haven’t proven curiosity in making a struggle with Shakur.
So far as Tank, he’s bought issues of his personal, coping with the Lamont Roach mess. If when that’s executed, Davis reportedly desires Vasily Lomachenko, Ryan Garcia and even Jake Paul. Shakur is just not on his meal record.
When Gervonta laid out the situations for Shakur to struggle him, saying he must face his ‘brother’ Keyshawn Davis, he was principally letting him and everybody know there’ll by no means be a struggle between. Shakur bought the trace, and that’s why he seems to be defeated now. He realises now that he was a idiot to chase this mirage for thus lengthy with out seeing issues as they are surely.
Hearn’s Resolve
Eddie isn’t giving up and it’s comprehensible why. WBA champion Tank Davis is the one cash struggle on the market for Shakur at 135. If Hearn can’t make that struggle, he’ll have signed Shakur for nothing.
Furthermore, the best way he carried out in his struggle in opposition to his alternative opponent Josh Padley on February twenty second, he’s not able to holding onto his WBC belt and unbeaten document if Hearn throws him in with the overall inhabitants with the killers at 135
The fights in opposition to Padley and Edwin De Los Santos confirmed that Shakur isn’t adequate to be with any of the contenders with capacity at light-weight. You place Stevenson in with Andy Cruz, Abdullah Mason, Ernesto Mercado, Raymond Muratalla, or Frank Martin, it’s over with. However Hearn can’t preserve giving Shakur particular therapy to maintain him sectioned off, remoted from the predatory sharks.
Shakur Stevenson: “Eddie, I ain’t going to lie. I’m ready to fight any and everybody.”
Eddie Hearn: “Is [William] Zepeda going to fight you? Obviously, there’s the Tank fight, which is, that’s the fight. Tanks, really going to run out of opponents.”
“We’ve got one fight left and then some options and we want Shakur to be with us for the rest of his career,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to iFL TV, reacting to being informed that Shakur Stevenson says he solely has one struggle left on his contract with Matchroom Boxing, and he desires that struggle to be in opposition to Gervonta Davis.
“I consider Shakur is the most effective 135-pounder. Simply because Tank had a foul efficiency final Saturday, folks are actually saying, ‘Yeah, I think Shakur does beat Tank,’ whereas earlier than final Saturday, ‘Oh, you’d by no means beat Tank.’ Boxing is like that.
“It’s [Tank-Shakur] just a great fight. I really want to make that fight, and I believe wholeheartedly, Shakur Stevenson beats Gervonta Davis,” mentioned Hearn.
