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 KO) as “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 will not want to face the track star unless he is paid $100 million, as he has stated.
This could mean the fight will be on Amazon Prime PPV. However, it is too early to talk about a fight between Tank and Shakur as Shakur could be undone against the young lion Schofield (18-0, 12 KO) on February 22 in their fight on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitri Bivol 2 in Riyadh.
If Stevenson wins that fight, he still has to beat No. 1 lightweight contender William Zepeda (32-0, 27 KOs), and that won’t be easy. With Zepeda’s high volume, body shots and ability to cut off the ring against runners, he will get to Stevenson no matter how much movement he uses.
Shakur doesn’t have the power or work speed to match Zepeda. If Stevenson, of Newark, New Jersey, runs all night like he did against Edwin De Los Santos, Jeremiah Nakathilia and Joet Gonzales, his stock will drop lower than ever.
Even if Shakur beat 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, as his reputation as a runner will spoil 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, Gervonta. It’s 2025 and that fight is going to be one of the biggest fights in the world because Gervonta Davis is an incredible fighter and so is Shakur. He is simply a wonderful fighter. Let’s go there first. And where it is, there is the best opportunity to fight. That’s how it’s supposed to work,” said Eddie Hearn @Sean_Zittel.