Shakur Stevenson sent a message today to let ‘The Face of Boxing’ Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis know he won’t be doing A-side matches, and he knows he’s the B side in negotiations with him. Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) says he just wants to fight.
Payday Pursuit
This is a strategic move by WBC lightweight champion Shakur. He tells the media that he is not looking for a “50-50” deal, and he knows he is the B side. Shakur tries to catch Tank Davis by making him look weak in the eyes of the fans and the media.
Stevenson tries to get the fans and media to help put pressure on Gervonta to embarrass him in a fight. It’s a clever trick, but it shows Shakur’s desperation to get unification and, more importantly, the payday.
In the same interview, Stevenson said this about Tank: “This is the fight that is going to get me paid a lot.” He was asked if he would be interested in fighting his friend, Keyshawn Davis, but said he was focusing on Tank Davis because it would “pay him a lot.”
That’s why Shakur stalks Gervonta day and night for a fight. He wants the payday, and he won’t see the same kind of money fighting anyone else at lightweight. Additionally, he can take a beating if he faces someone with strength that can reach his chin. All that talk from Shakur about wanting to fight Davis to prove who is the best when the reality is that he only sees him as someone to give him a big payday.
That’s why he is in such a hurry and has Gervonta chased nonstop for a fight since 2023. He wants the money and isn’t willing to earn it by fighting a rematch with Edwin De Los Santos or facing his friend, Keyshawn Davis, or Andy Cruz. Instead of earning the Tank Davis fight, Shakur uses the by the clock method to call him out in every interview to push him.
“I’m not going to act like I’m the A side or I deserve 50-50. Let’s negotiate. Let’s see where it goes from there,” Shakur Stevenson told Shawn Porter’s YouTube websiteGervonta Davis is letting it be known that he is not going to try to get the upper hand in the negotiations for a fight. “I know I’m the B side, but let’s fight,” Stevenson said of Tank Davis.
