Shakur Stevenson To Gervonta Davis: “You Should Have Picked De Los Santos”

Shakur Stevenson says Gervonta Davis should have picked #3 WBA lightweight contender Edwin De Los Santos as his opponent for March 1st instead of super featherweight Lamont Roach.

Stevenson doesn’t say why he thinks WBA 135-lb champion Tank (30-0, 28 KOs) selected De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) as his next challenger, but it’s possible that he wanted to see him struggle against him.

When that happens, Shakur could argue that he’s on the same level as Tank or better. Look at it this way: Gervonta was to look poor against De Los Santos, which raises Shakur’s value because he looked terrible against him, running all over creation.

Sneaky Move

Gerovnta would be doing Stevenson’s dirty work for him by fighting De Los Santos, which would take the pressure off his shoulders to give him a rematch after their fight last year. If Tank knocks out De Los Santos, it gives Shakur an excuse not to fight him again. It’s sneaky.

Shakur defeated De Los Santos by a 12-round unanimous to capture the vacant WBC lightweight over a year ago on November 16, 2023, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. De Los Santos hasn’t fought since.

The scores

116-112
115-113
116-112

The most accurate score of the three was 115-113 because De Los Santos had come close to winning and likely would have if Shakur hadn’t been running the entire fight. Shakur said he was fighting injured, but he always fights like that, so his excuse didn’t hold water.

“I do think the fight that he should have fought should have been Edwin De Los Santos. Tank,” said Shakur Stevenson to Bet On Yourself on their YouTube channel, saying Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis should have chosen highly ranked lightweight contender Edwin De Los Santos rather than selecting Lamont Roach Jr. from the super featherweight division.

“I do respect Lamont Roach as a fighter and I think he’s going to do good in the fight.

“I think Lamont Roach is a great fighter. I don’t think it’s going to be an easy night’s work for Tank. I think it’s going to be a hard fight, a lot harder than people expect it to be. I think people are going to be surprised about how Lamont does in that fight.”