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Shakur Stevenson reiterated this week that he will never fight his good friend, Keyshawn Davis, regardless of the money he is offered. The WBC lightweight champion says he and Keyshawn used to go to gyms when they were younger and beat up different fighters. They became close.
Stevenson says that he and Keyshawn “Take control of the sport of boxing.“So far, neither of these two fighters have shown the ability to be a big draw in the sport. Shakur has a dated, boring Mayweather style on his last legs, and Keyshawn has a similar style.
Weight bully?
The difference with Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) is that he is huge for the lightweight division and arguably should fight at 147 instead of 135. He looks huge for a lightweight. If Keyshawn had to fight where he belongs at welterweight against assassins like Jaron ‘Boots’ EnnisHis career would be worthless.
Keyshawn’s promoters at Top Rank would probably never agree to allow him to fight Boots because his chances of success would be non-existent and their investment in his career would have been wasted.
By fighting smaller and older guys in lightweight divisions, Keyshawn has a chance, while he’s young, to become a champion, but not a star. If he moves up to where he should fight at welterweight, he will be food for the fighters in this division.
“As we got older, Keyshawn and I went to all the gyms and we were whipping butts. We used to go to gyms and hit (fighters) with some normal shit,” Shakur Stevenson told Cigar Talk. YouTube channel about why he will never fight Keyshawn Davis.
“Any gym. Like high level. When I went to train with Lomachenko, Keyshawn was there beating up another Olympic gold medalist. Keyshawn was always with me. Once you get to that level, we knew this day would come.
“It was just a matter of time. We knew we were both going to be able to whip (the fighters)** and take over the sport of boxing. Now, the fans are going to demand and want to see us fight,” Shakur said of the fans who began pushing to see him and Keyshawn fight in a division that lacks big-name fighters at the top.
Undefeated, untested
Keyshawn failed at the 2020 Olympics, losing to Cuban Andy Cruz. It was not a close fight. As professionals, Keyshawn and Shakur have yet to defeat any high-level fighters. Shakur defeated several older, smaller fighters, Oscar Valdez and Jamel Herring, but he hasn’t faced anyone at the highest level. That’s why they chose him to defend against Floyd Schofield. Shakur is desperate.
He’s been criticizing Vasily Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis, but hasn’t gotten a bite from either of those fighters. One explanation for this is Stevenson’s dull style. He is constantly booed by fans every time he fights, and he has no fan base outside of his hometown of Newark, New Jersey.
Keyshawn has never fought anyone talented during his career and has shown no interest in avenging his four losses to Andy Cruz. He seems interested in taking the easy way out, challenging WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk next month on February 14. Davis says he believes a fight with WBA champion Gervonta Davis will happen once he wins the WBO title. That sounds like a pipe dream.
“It’s not about money,” Shakur said when told that Turki Al-Sheikh would probably offer him and Keyshawn a lot of money for the two to fight. “It’s not about money. I’m not one of those (fighters) who give me money, brother.”
It’s a shame Shakur doesn’t want to fight his friend Keyshawn, because that might be his best option for a big lightweight clash. Unless Turki offers Tank Davis megamillions, that fight won’t happen to Stevenson. IBF lightweight champion Vasily Lomachenko probably won’t fight Shakur either because he’s approaching 37 and doesn’t want to fight a jobber at this late stage in his career. If he were younger, Loma would take that fight in a second. Now, however, it doesn’t seem likely.
Once you remove Tank and Lomachenko from the equation, Keyshawn is the only one left for Shakur. There’s William Zepeda, but he won’t give Shakur the kind of payday that a fight against Loma and Gervonta would.
Keyshawn’s best race wins
– Gustavo Lemos: *’5’4″ exhausted 140-pound fighter
– Nahir Albright: *very close victory for Keyshawn. Injured in the fight
– Miguel Madueno: *The fight seemed more like a WWE battle
– José Pedraza: *35 years old, much smaller and past his prime
