Gervonta Davis and Shakur Stevenson have asserted themselves as two of the best lightweights on the planet in recent years.
Davis, who is best known as ‘Tank’, is the reigning WBA champion at 135lbs, having made the most recent defence of his crown back in June, extending his perfect professional record to 30-0. He is due to return to the ring on March 1 with Lamont Roach gearing up to face the 30-year-old.
WBC lightweight champion Stevenson is another major player in the 135lbs division, having already won world titles at both featherweight and super featherweight. The 27-year-old from Newark, New Jersey is unbeaten un 22 professional outings, as he prepares to make the second defence of his WBC crown against Floyd Schofield on February 22 in Riyadh.
As rumours about a potential clash between the pair begin to intensify, boxing icon Roy Jones Jr has shared his thoughts on both men, naming Davis as who he thinks is the better fighter out of the two.
“I’ll tell you why he’s the best fighter to me. He can punch, but he also can box. Some that can box can’t punch, some that can punch can’t box.
He can box, he can punch, he can move laterally, he can move left side, right side, he can do whatever he needs to do as a southpaw to get the job done. That’s saying a lot as not many guys can do that today.”
Both Stevenson and ‘Tank’ appear to have been on a collision course for quite some time, leaving boxing fans around the world hoping a showdown between the duo can be made in the not so distant future.
