Gervonta Davis and Shakur Stevenson might be on a collision course for an enormous Pay Per View showdown on November 2 in Las Vegas.
World Boxing Information understands promoter Tom Brown has penciled Davis in for the date after placing a maintain on the T-Cell Area. Nonetheless, Stevenson’s participation within the blockbuster is determined by a number of components.
At current, Stevenson is a free agent and has been assembly with potential collaborators, one in every of which is considered Premier Boxing Champions. The multi-weight champion is being referred to as out publicly to signal with Oscar De La Hoya and Eddie Hearn. Nonetheless, the Davis struggle is undoubtedly probably the most important paycheck Stevenson can land. Whether or not Stevenson needs the Davis struggle instantly or additional down the road is the one sticking level to giving followers an enormous Nevada occasion.
Stevenson has to mull over whether or not to hitch forces with Matchroom, Golden Boy, PBC, or Turki Alalshikh for his subsequent bout, which the followers hope will probably be Davis now that Al Haymon has a date and venue secured.
If a deal can’t be agreed with Stevenson, Davis will probably be pressured to look elsewhere once more after Vasiliy Lomachenko initially turned down the provide. Lomachenko confirmed preliminary curiosity earlier than deciding to not struggle till 2025.
Gervonta Davis vs Shakur Stevenson
Davis needs to stage an enormous PPV headliner within the desert to spherical off one other profitable 12 months. Earlier in 2024, Davis spectacularly knocked out Frank Martin to safe his place as a bonafide light-weight champion following a spell as a secondary titleholder.
Going through Stevenson would permit Davis to change into a unified king at 135 kilos, which was the unique plan with the Lomachenko negotiations. The one different champion left could be WBO ruler Denys Berinchyk, who could also be content material to carry off on going through one other strap holder till fellow countryman ‘Loma’ turns into obtainable.
Lomachenko vs Berinchyk could be an enormous struggle for Ukraine and guarantee one in every of their favourite sons turns into a two-belt unified champion.
Proper now, with out Lomachenko within the combine, the division wants a kickstart after stars Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney moved up in weight, with Davis vs Stevenson the one struggle to recover from the road within the minds of the boxing public.
Las Vegas could be the proper place to stage an occasion between two fighters rated within the Pound for Pound Prime Ten.
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