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Shakur Stevenson says Gervonta Davis ought to have picked #3 WBA light-weight contender Edwin De Los Santos as his opponent for March 1st as a substitute of tremendous featherweight Lamont Roach.
Stevenson doesn’t say why he thinks WBA 135-lb champion Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) chosen De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) as his subsequent challenger, nevertheless it’s potential that he needed to see him wrestle towards him.
When that occurs, Shakur might argue that he’s on the identical degree as Tank or higher. Have a look at it this manner: Gervonta was to look poor towards De Los Santos, which raises Shakur’s worth as a result of he seemed horrible towards him, operating throughout creation.
Sneaky Transfer
Gerovnta can be doing Stevenson’s soiled work for him by preventing De Los Santos, which might take the strain off his shoulders to offer him a rematch after their struggle final 12 months. If Tank knocks out De Los Santos, it provides Shakur an excuse to not struggle him once more. It’s sneaky.
Shakur defeated De Los Santos by a 12-round unanimous to seize the vacant WBC light-weight over a 12 months in the past on November 16, 2023, on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas. De Los Santos hasn’t fought since.
The scores
116-112115-113116-112
Essentially the most correct rating of the three was 115-113 as a result of De Los Santos had come near profitable and sure would have if Shakur hadn’t been operating all the struggle. Shakur mentioned he was preventing injured, however he at all times fights like that, so his excuse didn’t maintain water.
“I do think the fight that he should have fought should have been Edwin De Los Santos. Tank,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson to Wager On Your self on their YouTube channel, saying Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis ought to have chosen extremely ranked light-weight contender Edwin De Los Santos fairly than deciding on Lamont Roach Jr. from the tremendous featherweight division.
“I do respect Lamont Roach as a fighter and I feel he’s going to do good within the struggle.
“I think Lamont Roach is a great fighter. I don’t think it’s going to be an easy night’s work for Tank. I think it’s going to be a hard fight, a lot harder than people expect it to be. I think people are going to be surprised about how Lamont does in that fight.”
