WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson has responded to requires him to signal with Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) with a purpose to make the most important fights occur and actually emerge because the famous person that many really feel he has the power to change into.
At simply 26-years-old, Stevenson is an Olympic silver medallist and a three-division world champion however nonetheless the undefeated champion faces heaps of criticism for his defensive type and even briefly retired because of the hate he obtained when successful the WBC 135lb title.
Nevertheless, the slick southpaw remains to be many followers’ favorite to observe within the footsteps of Devin Haney and dominate the division, with Gervonta Davis ceaselessly linked with a transfer up in weight to pursue main names within the sport.
Earlier than that occurs on a everlasting foundation and ‘Tank’ leaves the light-weight scene for good, followers are demanding a conflict between the hard-hitting WBA champion and the hard-to-hit WBC champion, however there appears to be little hope of ever seeing the all-American unification showdown.
On social media, Stevenson responded to feedback from Davis’ coach who reportedly claimed that, if he actually needed the battle he would ditch High Rank and signal with Davis’ promoters – PBC, a transfer that Stevenson refused to rule out.
“If I signal with PBC they gone make the battle occur instantly or I gotta wait 6 fights down the road for it to occur? Or is {that a} technique to hold me from grabbing the belts? Lol I actually don’t know what I’m gone do however I’m tryna perceive someone ask Coach Kenny for me or do he not know as a result of he only a coach.”
“I ain’t signing nun [nothing] long run tbh fam so each time the battle should be made it may be made at any given time.”
In a current change between the pair, Davis revealed that Stevenson is included as a part of his plans in a multi-fight cope with the PBC and displayed his confidence within the proposed bout after supposed success in opposition to his rival throughout sparring. But, earlier than talks can actually progress, each males have fights scheduled.
Davis will defend his WBA light-weight title for the primary time when he takes on Frank Martin on June fifteenth on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas, topping a invoice that options David Benavidez Jr., with what has quick change into a grudge match together with his unbeaten dance associate.
In the meantime, Shakur Stevenson will make his maiden defence of the WBC strap when he returns to his hometown on Newark, New Jersey on July sixth and faces Artem Harutyunyan, with the WBC super-featherweight title on the road within the co-main occasion – the place O’Shaquie Foster is tasked with Robson Conceicao.
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