Eddie Hearn reiterated that Shakur Stevenson’s three-fight plan in 2025 is to fight Floyd Schofield, William Zepeda and Gervonta Davis.
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Tank’s Demands
Hearn described Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) as a “A wonderful fighter” and is open to putting the Gervont Davis fight where the “best opportunity” is for the bout. It will take a lot of money to get Tank Davis to agree to fight Stevenson because he won’t want to face the racing star unless he pays $100 million, he said.
This could mean the fight will be on Amazon Prime PPV. However, it is too early to start talking about a fight between Tank and Shakur, as Shakur could come undone against the young lion Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) on February 22 in their fight on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs. Dmitry Bivol 2 in Riyadh .
If Stevenson wins that fight, he still has to defeat top-ranked lightweight contender William Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs), and that won’t be easy. With Zepeda’s bulk, body shot and ability to cut off the ring against the runner, he will get to Stevenson no matter how much movement he uses.
Shakur doesn’t have the strength or work rate to match Zepeda. If the Newark, N.J. native Stevenson runs all night like he did against Edwin De Los Santos, Jeremiah Nakatilia and Joet Gonzalez, his stock will drop lower than ever.
Even if Shakur won against Zepeda, the fans would see it as a loss because he would be booedand the boxing world would see the fight on DAZN. I predict 2025 will end badly for Stevenson, with his reputation as a runner ruining Hearn’s best laid plans, making him the laughing stock and equivalent of a leper.
Hearn’s plan
“The plan for Shakur Stevenson is Schofield, Zepeda, Gervont.” It’s 2025 and that fight is going to be one of the biggest fights in the world because Gervonta Davis is an amazing fighter and so is Shakur. He’s just a wonderful fighter. Let’s go there first. And where is, where is the best opportunity to fight. That’s how it’s supposed to work,” said Eddie Hearn @Sean_Zittel.