Shakur Stevenson is ready to make the Gervonta Davis fight.
That is according to his co-manager Josh Dubin. Stevenson is the front-runner after Vasiliy Lomachenko ruled himself out of the Davis fight. Shakur is a free agent after rejecting a $15 million deal for five fights with Top Rank. PBC is known for making fights in-house, something it did for Errol Spence Jr. vs Terence Crawford. Crawford left Top Rank to sign a deal to fight Spence.
The decision paid off, as Crawford beat Spence to become undisputed at 147. Shakur could do the same. The other alternatives to Davis are fights with William Zepeda and Denys Berinchyk. The WBC ordered Shakur to face Zepeda. Oscar De La Hoya, however, does not want Zepeda to take that fight, as their focus is on facing Berinchyk. Berinchyk holds the WBO belt at 135, allowing Shakur to unify in another fight outside of Davis. As Dubin confirmed, the primary target is Davis.
“It’s all up to ‘Tank.’ The one thing about Shakur – he will take anyone you put in front of him. We’re here and waiting and ready to negotiate. We’ll know how realistic (Davis and PBC’s interest) is by how financially viable they make it for Shakur.
“They know Shakur produced the highest-rated ESPN card of the year (July 6), so they need to come correct. [We] have our phone lines open, ready for a call, and they have our numbers. It’s a fight Shakur really wants. He’s been begging for it for a long time. What Shakur wants to do – let me say it plainly – is to unify at 135. The logical fights to make that happen are to fight the champions,” Dubin said
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I feel like zepeda and shakur should fight for the tank fight. But the way it’s looking, tank too locked he about abuse 135 and go up and clear out 40
— supasavage47! (@TLBN4700) July 24, 2024
The beautiful thing about this. We can see who ducking the smoke. Shakur is a free agent no promoter problems. The Loma fight has dropped off. This is it right here this is the moment.
— Eman-brent (@longliveeman20) July 24, 2024
I want to see Undisputed for Tank so either Loma, Shakur or Denys will do.🔥🥊
— Boogie (@Boogie11729240) July 24, 2024