Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta Davis[/ttag] have been on a collision course for fairly a while.
WBC light-weight champion Stevenson is scheduled to return to the ring on February 22 when he clashes with undefeated American Floyd Schofield on the undercard of the Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol rematch in Riyadh.
WBA light-weight king Davis picked up his thirtieth profession win when he stopped Frank Martin within the eighth spherical of their assembly in Las Vegas again in June. ‘Tank’ is because of return to the ring on March 1 2025 towards Lamont Roach in New York.
Rumours of a combat occurring between Stevenson and Davis have floated across the sport for the final couple of years, with a showdown wanting extra more likely to happen than ever in 2025. It has been reported that conversations a few conflict happened earlier within the 12 months however to no fruition.
Legendary coach turned analyst Teddy Atlas spoke to ProBox TV and was requested who he thinks is ‘the person’ at light-weight.
“Tank Davis, he’s the person! Proper now he’s in his prime, he can do the whole lot.
Overlook concerning the reality he’s the toughest punche and all of that, he’s additionally a terrific counter puncher … Units traps … Can use his legs when he has to … Proper now he’s the complete package deal.”
Atlas went on to touch upon if he believes ‘Tank’ would get the higher of Stevenson.
“He’s most likely the one man I can consider beating Shakur Stevenson proper now, as a result of Shakur Stevenson is that tough due to his model, due to his potential, due to his eyes, due to his legs, his hand pace, the best way that he controls vary.
Tank Davis is the one man that I can see that might probably decipher that model and beat Shakur Stevenson.”
A combat between the 2 unbeaten fighters could be one of many largest in boxing and followers be hoping it may get made in 2025.
