Promoter Eddie Hearn believes that Turki Alalshikh wants to fight between Shakur Stevenson and Gerrvonta ‘Tank’ Davis after Shakur disposed of his replacement opponent, Josh Padley, on Saturday night.
In an interview today, Lord said fans want the “Biggest fight in box” Between Shakur and Tank Davis next. They don’t want to wait.
Turki should show Shakur some difficult love by insisting that he is at least worthy to compile a battle between him and Tank Davis. The management of this little few would be a reasonable way for Shakur to prove that he deserves the fight against tank:
The gauntlet
- Andy cruz
- Abdullah Mason
- Raymond Muratalla
- Ernesto Mercado
Shakur (22-0, 10 COs) will defend his WBC lightweight title against Josh Padley in Riyadh. It is expected to be an easy victory for Stevenson against a fringe benefit selected as the replacement opponent for the Ill Floyd Schofield.
Despite the low-level replacement opponent brought in for Shakur to fight, this game was not pressed to the preliminary part of the map. Many fans on social media do not consider it PPV-worthy, given the full mismatch. Padley is nowhere near the level of a top 10 fighter, and it’s not even remotely sports.
‘For me, the plan is tank. We want the Zepeda fight. He re -set Tevin Farmer. He doesn’t want to fight against Shakur of course, ”Eddie Hearn said Fight Hub TV When asked about the plans for Shakur Stevenson’s next battle whether he would overcome against Josh Padley on Saturday night in Riyadh.
‘The Schofield fight. The Lamont Roach battle. How many of them really want to see? You want to see the two together. So, go through Saturday night. Let’s just make it happen – Tank against Shakur. This is the best battle in boxing and everything we go. You have his excellence. If he wants to fight, he will make it happen. So, fingers crossed.
“It’s not under my control, but hopefully Tank wants to be in the biggest struggle, and in my opinion that is (Shakur against Davis) is the biggest struggle in the sport, especially around his weight class.
Caused or not, an opponent at high -level is not selected for Shakur to fight this Saturday night. It would have been nice if Stevenson had a risky battle to prove that he was ending a fight against Gervonta Davis, because the fight against Padley is not the way to do so.
If you see that the heavyweight Martin Bakole has entered the substantive opponent of Joseph Parker to fight this Saturday night in place of sick IBF champion Daniel Dubois, it seems clear that the Eddie Hearn-promoted Shakur is protected to prevent He before being beaten gets that tank fight. Isn’t that what we see? Are soft matches done for Shakur to ensure that he is not exposed until he is a whole -made hype work?
Back door to tank?
Seems Shakur seems to back door trail to the tank fight by facing an opposition that has no chance to hit him. In what other way is there to see it? Stevenson is fighting against Padley after beating an inactive fighter, Artem Harutyunyan has in his previous fight. Is it accidentally that Shakur matches this way, or is it intentional to ensure that he is not beaten and destroys his chances of the fight against Tank Davis?
“We had three or four opponents. The good thing for Padley is that he has already beat Mark Chamberlain, who is the favorite fighter of his excellence, ”Hearn said about how Padley was chosen for Shakur. “He has already boxed at Wembley and won that battle. He was #12 with the WBC, he was 15-0, and we needed a quick decision. His excellence said, ‘Go with Padley’, and that was it. We called him and did the agreement. “
Last updated on 02/20/2025
