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Shakur Stevenson sent a message today, letting ‘The Face of Boxing’ Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis know that he won’t be playing A-side games, and that he knows he’s the Side B in negotiations with him. Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) says he just wants to make the fight.
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This is a strategic move by WBC lightweight champion Shakur. He tells the media that he is not looking to get a “50-50” deal, and he knows it’s the B side. Shakur is trying to catch Tank Davis making him look weak in the eyes of fans and the media.
Stevenson is trying to get the fans and media to help pressure Gervonta into embarrassing him into a fight. It’s a clever trick, but it shows Shakur’s desperation to get unification and, more importantly, payday.
In the same interview, Stevenson said this about Tank: “That’s the fight that they are going to pay me a lot. He was asked if he would be interested in fighting his friend, Keyshawn Davis, but he said he is focused on Tank Davis because it will pay him “a lot.”
That’s why Shakur has been chasing Gervonta day and night to fight. He wants the payday and won’t see the same amount of money fighting anyone else at lightweight. Furthermore, he could be defeated if he faced someone with power that could reach his chin. That whole thing about Shakur talking about wanting to fight Tank Davis to prove who’s the best when the reality is that he just sees him as someone who will give him a big payday.
That’s why he’s in such a hurry and has been stalking Gervonta 24 hours a day for a fight from 2023. He wants the money and is not willing to earn it by fighting a rematch with Edwin De Los Santos or facing his friend, Keyshawn Davis, or Andy Cruz.
“I’m not going to act like I’m the A-side or like I deserve 50-50. Let’s negotiate. Let’s see where it goes from there,” Shakur Stevenson told Shawn Porter’s YouTube. placeletting Gervonta Davis know that he will not try to take advantage in negotiations for a fight. “I know I’m the B-side, but let’s fight,” Stevenson said of Tank Davis.
