Although Shakur Stevenson is under a month out from his fight against Floyd Schofield, talks continue to hot up regarding a potential clash against Gervonta Davis.
It was surprisingly announced at the end of last year that Shakur Stevenson would defend his WBC World Lightweight Title against Floyd Schofield on February 22, despite Schofield’s relative inexperience.
Initially, Stevenson wasn’t too keen on the idea of fighting Schofield because of his inexperience, however, after the 22-year-old challenger continued pushing for it, it was put together by Turki Alalshikh.
That, though, hasn’t stopped fans from calling boxing’s most powerful man to make a fight between Stevenson and Gervonta Davis, after years of talks between the two.
Despite that, Turki may have some work to do on making that fight, as Davis has previously claimed that Stevenson hasn’t done enough to warrant a fight against him.
Shakur Stevenson responds to Gervonta Davis’ retirement claim
‘Tank’ Davis is currently preparing for his rescheduled WBA World Lightweight Title fight against Lamont Roach Jr after their initial bout in December was canceled.
If Davis maintains his undefeated record and remains the champion, calls for a fight against Stevenson will only intensify.
However, Davis has recently admitted that he will shockingly retire from boxing at the end of 2025 as he wants to be able to spend more time with his two daughters.
Although the rivalry between Davis and Stevenson has been brewing for some time now, Stevenson has provided a supportive response to Davis’ retirement claim.
“Yeah, I get it, I understand (why he wants to retire), it’s a lame ass game, I think boxing has turned very lame,” Stevenson began to explain in an interview with iFL TV.
“There’s a lot of politics it ain’t about what you know, it ain’t about how good you are as a boxer sometimes it’s like who you know. So yeah, I get it, I understand, that’s on him,” Stevenson continued.
Shakur Stevenson claims boxing was more competitive back in the day
Boxing has been under the microscope for several years and has seemingly taken a big hit in popularity as fighters have been able to avoid fights easily, preserving their records.
With that, Turki Alalshikh has implored that boxers must become comfortable with suffering losses, as he continues to attempt to put together widely called-for fights.
Even though Alalshikh is seemingly continuing to put together fights between the best, Stevenson believes the sport has lost a lot of its legitimacy and it was more competitive back in the day.
“It ain’t the same. Back in the day, it was more fun because it was more competitive. Now it’s just a lot of lame s***, a lot of clout chasing… I just think it’s a lame game,” he expressed.