Gervonta Davis says he likes the idea of WBC and WBO lightweight champions Shakur Stevenson and Keyshawn Davis fighting for the right to face him. He’s not buying this “brother” junk that they’re both spouting about how they can’t fight because they’re friends.
Tank isn’t impressed with Keyshawn Davis’ recent fourth round knockout win over WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinckyk on February 14th. He said that guy was “Garbage,” worse than George Kambosos Jr. Davis added that Keysyawn’s promoters at Top Rank “knows how to do it’” with their matchmaking against fighters that have good records but are “a**” in terms of ability.
“Brothers” Excuse
Keyshawn and Shakur have been calling out Tank night and day, appearing needy and desperate. Davis told them today what they must do to have a shot at sharing the ring with him. They obviously will never fight because of their friendship.
Shakur (23-0, 11 KOs) and his promoter Eddie Hearn are counting on Turki Alalshikh persuading Tank Davis to fight by offering him a lot of money. Gervonta (30-0, 28 KOs) is defending his WBA lightweight title this Saturday, March 1st against Lamont Roach at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
“They should. They’re not under the same coaches or none of that. They keep saying they’re not going to fight their brother s***. Get the f*** out of here. They do need to fight,” said Gervonta Davis to the media when asked if Keyshawn Davis and Shakur Stevenson should fight for the right to face him.
Keyshawn is going to need to move up to 160 soon because he looks like a middleweight after he rehydrates for his fights. If he’s ballooning up to 160 for his fights at 135, it’s only a matter of time before he’s forced to leave the lightweight division. Keyhawn looked like death making weight for his fight against Denyks Berinchyk earlier this month.
He had the appearance of the typical prisoner at Andersonville prison in the Civil War. Keyshawn looked starved. For him to take that much weight off just to stay at 135, it suggests he’s afraid of fighting at 154 or 160.
The money would be better for Keyshawn in those divisions, but it would be a different story with him fighting dudes his own size that he can’t squash. Weight bullies always resist moving up because life becomes bitter and hard, fighting opposition that they can’t beat with size.
Keyshawn’s Win Slammed
“That [fighter] was a**. That [guy] he fought was garbage,” said Tank Davis when asked what he fought of Keyshawn’s recent fourth round knockout victory over WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk on February 14th. “That guy was straight garbage.
“Top Rank knows how to do it. You know it,” said Davis about how Keyshawn’s promoters at Top Rank are skilled at creating the false illusion of greatness by maneuvering fighters with matchmaking against beatable opposition. Hence, Keyshawn was matched against the 36-year-old, smaller, weaker Berinchyk rather than Andy Cruz, a fighter who had beaten him four times in the amateurs.
“Top Rank is good at putting people in front of you. They probably have a good record, but they a**. See who they fought. That guy [Berinchyk] that had the belt, he was worse than [George] Kambosos,” said Tank.
Last Updated on 02/27/2025