When it comes to a mega fight between Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Shakur Stevenson, it’s just a matter of time according to the latter.
And with all the verbal jabs that the two have exchanged, Stevenson believes when the two finally do clash, it will be bigger than simply another blockbuster fight.
“It’s kind of bigger than boxing, I guess you could say, because of the history and everything that went on,” Stevenson began telling mentor Andre Ward on “All The Smoke Fight.”
“It’s hard to even speak on it just because of the fact that we gotta fight.”
Such a super bout would pit two undefeated lightweight world champions in their prime against each other as Davis (30-0, 28 knockouts) holds the WBA title and Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) owns the WBC belt.
Stevenson has no doubt in his mind that the bout will happen, hinting that it’s just a matter of when at this point.
“I know it’s going to happen,” Stevenson vowed to Ward. “I’m the best, he’s the best. So when you have two guys that’s the best, how can you not fight?
“Only way you can not fight is one of them guys ain’t like that and one of those guys go off to lose or somebody takes an L. But I think with both of us, we’re both fighters that’s really good fighters and on that level.”
He added that the fight can happen “whenever,” noting both men are ready for it.
“It can happen next, it can happen next year,” Stevenson said, “whenever he say ‘let’s fight,’ that’s when it’s going to happen.”
As the conversation between Stevenson and Ward continued, Stevenson heaped praise onto “Tank,” not just for his vaunted knockout power but his boxing acumen.
“He’s strategic, he’s setting guys up,” Stevenson noted. “He’s been boxing since a little kid just like I’ve been boxing since a little kid and you can tell with the experience.”
Stevenson added: “Even with his last fight with Frank Martin, you could see Frank Martin was more so an amateur. Like the experience he got is not on the level of like ‘Tank’ and he just took off with experience. He let him waste his energy, gassed him out and then Round 8, it’s time to go home.”
