Stephen Edwards: Shakur Stevenson must use a ‘Risk Free’ strategy, ‘not violent’ to defeat Gervonta Davis, but will the judges reward it?

Coach Stephen Edwards says that if Shakur Stevenson gets the fight he has been promoting against Gervonta Davis, he will need to turn it into a “risk -free” yield to avoid being cut.

Edwards doubts whether the judges will appreciate Shakur’s amateur style, first with score score score, to give him a decision-making victory over the lightweight champion of the AMB, Tank Davis (30-0-1, 28 kos).

Stephen feels that judges and fans at this time do not appreciate the struggle style used by the WBC Stevenson lightweight champion (23-0, 11 kos). His only way to win is by decision. Shakur does not hide hard enough to try to knock Gervonta.

Mayweather was vs. Modern boxing

Despite using Mayweather’s struggle style-obsolete, Shakur has won three world division titles. However, a great reason for that is that he did not fight a great opposition to win those belts. It would be a different story if Shakur faced the best in 126, 130 and 135 now. It is likely that it has come empty in each division unless choosing the weakest champions.

“I don’t think the style of fighting that Shakur Stevenson has to fight to win that fight, I don’t think you appreciate enough at this time,” said Stephen Edwards to Sean Zittel On the amateur style of Hit and-No-Hit that Shakur Stevenson uses, it would not work with the judges for a fight against Gervonta Davis.

Shakur’s struggle style is from Mayweather’s era, and the judges were more willing to tolerate that kind of style at that time. The sport has evolved from Floyd, and the judges focus more on power shots unless he is a fighter on side A. We saw that in Dmitry Bivol’s decision he won about Artur Beterbiev on February 22. If Bivol was not popular, he would have lost because Beterbiev landed the toughest shots.

Stevenson must use your struggle struggle staging in amateur scoring because you can’t hit hard enough to hit with Gervonta without being knocked out.

“Risk free” plan

“I think he will have to fight a fight without risks, score the points, a non -violent fight, tone the fight and not risk. You only need to score points such as amateur boxing, ”Edwards continued on how Shakur must fight the Davis tank.

“Don’t try to put any power in your shots. Only Toca Gervonta and salt from the fight. I think he can win, but I don’t think that struggle style is appreciated enough to win. Shakur is not a great hitter, but it is good to hit the body. Gervonta Davis is a master counterpa. If you reach your body, he will receive you.

“I don’t know if judges will appreciate Shakur enough. It would be a fool to try to change his style to fight Gervonta because if he does, he could be cut and everyone will laugh at him, ”said Edwards.

It is possible that the judges do not need to score the fight because with the coup power of tank, it will be loaded in everything that launches. He will not respect Shakur’s power as Lamont Roach did because he can only generate coup power when he goes to the body. Stevenson is not crazy enough to aim at Gervonta’s body as he did against Josh Padley in his fight on February 22, because he will be counteracted with something big or later.