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Promoter Eddie Hearn says after Shakur Stevenson “deals with” his substitute opponent, Josh Padley, on Saturday evening, “then bring on Tank” Davis.
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Hearn is in a rush to make that combat, which might be the ultimate combat of Shakur’s two-fight take care of Matchroom Boxing. Saturday is Shakur’s first combat on his contract. For Hearn to push so exhausting for the Tank combat to occur subsequent can solely imply one factor: He’s not fascinated by re-signing Shakur to a brand new contract.
Hearn’s Tank Focus
You’ll be able to simply inform from watching Shakur’s final two fights that he’s not going to beat any of the highest fighters at 135. That’s why there’s such a rush to make the Tank Davis combat. That combat must occur earlier than Shakur will get uncovered. He’s not rugged sufficient to combat on the prime degree towards the killers at 135, and he is aware of it. The way in which that Hearn is urgently pushing for the Tank Davis combat in what can be Shakur’s second bout of his two-fight contract with Matchoom contract suggests he is aware of it too. It’s like, ‘Let me unload this lemon before everyone discovers it’s counterfeit.’
Shakur is simply too fragile to beat the highest fighters within the light-weight division, and he’s nonetheless unbeaten as a result of he hasn’t fought anybody good at 135. He nearly misplaced to Edwin De Los Santos and blamed his poor efficiency on his hand issues.
Padley isn’t exactly the kind of opponent to arrange a mega-fight towards the ‘Face of Boxing’ Tank Davis. That’s the kind of man a wily, crafty promoter would match a hype job up towards to create the phantasm of greatness to maneuver right into a cash-out. It’s the previous trick when attempting to make a flawed fighter look good. You match them towards one thing far worse, they usually look good.
If Hearn needed to construct the Tank combat in an actual means, he’d match Shakur towards one in every of these fighters subsequent:
– Andy Cruz– Abdullah Mason– Ernesto Mercado
“Shakur Stevenson, pound-for-pound best fighter in the world, and good luck to Josh Padley. He’ll come with [courage], and he’ll give it a good go,” stated Eddie Hearn to iFL TV, celebrating Josh Padley being chosen by him because the substitute to problem WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson on Saturday evening in Riyadh.
“He’ll [Padley] get beat, I consider, however good luck to him. He’s an excellent lad from Yorkshire goes to make a pleasant few quid, change his life, and combat for the [WBC lightweight] world title. He’s up for it. He’s not checking himself in nowhere.
“So, don’t waste our time, especially when it comes to Shakur Stevenson, because this kid is one of the best fighters in boxing. I’m not allowing anyone to disrupt his career. We deal with Saturday night, then bring on Tank. We don’t need these fights. Schofield, Tank fighting Lamont Roach. We don’t them. Tank fighting Shakur Stevenson. Shakur, show us how great you are on Saturday night. End of topic,” stated Hearn.
