The rear door to the tank: the soft touch of Shakur Stevenson before a possible fight

The promoter Eddie Hearn believes that Turki Alalshikh will want to fight between Shakur Stevenson and the ‘tank’ of Gervonta Davis below after Shakur eliminated his replacement opponent, Josh Padley, on Saturday night.

In an interview today, Hearn said fans want to see the “The biggest fight in boxing” Between Shakur and Tank Davis below. They won’t want to wait.

Turki should show Shakur a hard love by insisting that at least show that he is worth putting a fight between him and Tank Davis. Running this little glove would be a reasonable way for Shakur to demonstrate that he deserves the fight against the tank:

The glove

1. Andy Cruz
2. Abdullah Mason
3. Raymond Muratalla
4. Ernesto Mercado

Shakur (22-0, 10 kos) will defend its lightweight weight title against Josh Padley in Riad. It is expected to be an easy victory for Stevenson against a marginal contender selected as a replacement opponent for Ill Floyd Schofield.

Although the low -level replacement opponent brought Shakur to fight, this game has not been pushed to the preliminary part of the card. Many fans on social networks do not see him as worthy of PPV, given his full coincidence. Padley is not close to the level of a fighter among the 10 best, and is not even a sportingly.

“For me, the plan is tank. We want Zepeda’s fight. He is repairing Tevin Farmer. Obviously he doesn’t want to fight Shakur, “said Eddie Hearn to Fight Hub TV When asked about the plans for the next fight of Shakur Stevenson if he is victorious against Josh Padley on Saturday night in Riad.

“Schofield’s fight. Lamont Roach’s fight. How many of them do you really want to see? You want to see those two together. Then, he spent Saturday night. Let’s make this happen: Tank vs. Shakur It is the best fight in boxing and everything we are going. You have your excellence. If you want to make that fight, it will make it possible. Then, the crossed fingers.

“That is not under my control, but hopefully, Tank wants to be in the biggest fight, and that is (Shakur vs. Davis) is the greatest fight in sport in my opinion, especially around his class of weight .

Intentional or not, a high -level opponent was not chosen for Shakur to fight this Saturday night. It would have been good if Stevenson had had a risky fight to show that he describes a fight against Gervonta Davis because fighting Padley is not the way to do it.

When you see the heavyweight Martin Bakole enlisted as the substitute opponent for Joseph Parker to fight this Saturday night instead of the patient champion of the IBF Daniel Dubois, it seems clear that the promoted Shakur of Eddie Hearn is being protected to prevent him from hitting him Before he gets that tank fight. Isn’t that what we are seeing? Is a gentle pairing for Shakur to make sure it is not exposed before it is demonstrated that it is a fully manufactured manufacturing hype job?

Rear door to tank?

It seems that Shakur is taking the rear door route to the fight of the tank facing an opposition that has no chance of overcoming it. What is the other way to see it? Stevenson is fighting with Padley after beating an inactive fighter who gives loss, Artem Harutyunyan in his previous fight. Is it by accident that Shakur is being paired in this way, or is it intentional to ensure that he is not beaten and ruins his chances of fighting the Davis tank?

“We had three or four opponents. The good thing for Padley is that he had already defeated Mark Chamberlain, who is the favorite fighter of his excellence, “said Hearn about how Padley was chosen for Shakur.” He already encased in Wembley and won that fight. It was #12 with the WBC, He had 15-0 and we needed a quick decision. We did the deal. “