Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis versus Shakur Stevenson is one of the most exciting fights that can be made in boxing right now.
Davis is the current WBA lightweight champion who has been fighting rather infrequently in recent years but is still rated as one of the pound-for-pound kings.
Last time out ‘Tank’ stopped Frank Martin in August, and before that, he knocked out Ryan Garcia with a body shot back in April 2023.
He had been pursuing a unification fight with Vasiliy Lomachenko who instead decided to take the rest of the year off, so is next scheduled to fight WBA junior lightweight champion Lamont Roach Jr. at Houston’s Toyota Center.
Stevenson, who holds the WBC lightweight belt, beat Artem Harutyunyan in July, and before that Edwin De Los Santos last November, both on points, and both while taking a some criticism for boxing safely.
He was scheduled to fight Joe Cordina this month but a hand injury meant he withdrew from the card and will be out until the new year.
Speaking to ProBox TV, former coach turned pundit Teddy Atlas had high praise for Davis.
“Tank Davis, right now he’s in his prime, he can do everything. Forget about the fact that he is the hardest puncher, he is also a terrific counterpuncher, can set traps, and can set his legs when he wants to. He’s patient when he needs to be patient, deliberate, cerebral, right now he’s the full package.”
He then claimed Davis was the only man who could beat Stevenson.
“He is probably the only guy I can think of beating Shakur Stevenson right now, because Shakur Stevenson is that difficult right now ’cause of his style, his eyes, legs, his hand speed, the way he controls range. Tank Davis is the only man I can see that can possibly decipher that style.”
For the moment fans will have to wait to see whether this match-up ever materialises.
