Terence Crawford and Gervonta Davis are currently three divisions apart but have competed in the same classes in the past.
Crawford kicked off his campaign at lightweight, where ‘Tank’ Davis is currently a world champion. He became undisputed at super-lightweight, where ‘Tank’ Davis has also won a belt.
Crawford has since continued to move up, clearing out the welterweight division before making his debut at 154 pounds last year. Davis remains back down at 135, holding the WBA World Title and knocking out all comers.
The big hitter from Baltimore has said he would knock Crawford out in the past, perhaps tongue in cheek, but the bigger man has warned him not to punch above his weight. Whilst a fight is highly unlikely to ever take place, some believe it wouldn’t be a foregone conclusion.
In an interview with Real Lyfe Productions, multi-division world champion Roy Jones Jr said, “that’s a good damn fight,” clearly believing it would be competitive if the pair met just underneath the welterweight limit and giving ‘Tank’ a good chance due to one reason.
“I don’t see nobody around that’s gonna beat Bud unless it’s somebody way bigger than him, but don’t sleep on the fact that if him and Tank fought at about 145, that’s a good damn fight, you understand me?
Cause they both have very high IQs and Tank is very explosive. That’s the one thing that Tank got that Errol [Spence] didn’t have. In boxing, an explosive fighter can go a lot of places. I was only able to cover the weights that I covered because I was so explosive. Explosiveness keeps people in check.”
The two Americans will continue their campaign separately, with Crawford chasing a fight against super-middleweight champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez that would require a 14 pound jump, and ‘Tank’ out in March against Lamont Roach Jr before, according to his latest press conference, retiring at the end of the year.
“But I can really see Joshua winning that fight, to be honest. If he goes in and does what he has to do and does not think so much. I think Joshua thinks a lot. He doubts himself a lot as well. I don’t think he has a lot of self-motivation or self-confidence.
“I think the brands are so strong,” DuBoef told Sky Sports. “In the UK, the country would stop for an hour to see what happens and I think that’s a wonderful thing. They’re like peanut butter and jelly, Joshua and Fury, they go together.”
“Fury is a massive favourite but I think in general he was always a slight favourite (against Joshua),” Jones told the 5 Live Boxing with Steve Bunce podcast.
Shields, widely regarded as the ‘GWOAT’, has built up an illustrious career since debuting in 2017. She is set to face Danielle Perkins on February 2.
I don’t know if it’s something that can happen, but I know that I can whip Jake Paul’s a** and people who are against that are just sexist and they don’t know boxing. It’s very strange to me that they think that a YouTuber can beat a woman boxer who has two Olympic gold medals, (multiple) world titles and fought as a heavyweight.
Gervonta “Tank” Davis is regarded as one of the most destructive fighters of his generation, carrying a legacy that often draws comparisons to the legendary Mike Tyson. With an undefeated record of 30-0, including 28 knockout victories, Davis has consistently demonstrated a level of power that leaves opponents sprawled on the canvas.
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Joshua is keen on the match-up, while Fury’s next move remains uncertain following his recent defeat. Assuming Fury, 36, opts to continue fighting, Hearn, Joshua’s promoter, has indicated that negotiations could commence without delay, hinting at Saudi Arabia as a probable venue./cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66970714/furyvsjoshuapoll.0.jpg)
“Sooner or later, in the coming weeks, we will want to put a plan together for Anthony Joshua. That is when the conversations will come with Frank Warren, Spencer Brown [Fury’s manager] and His Excellency [Turki Alalshikh] and say, ‘we want to make AJ-Fury what do you think? We’ll go from there.”
“One thing about me, I’m always going to give it to you 100 per cent you know.
“During the WBO convention at the ratings proceedings which I was presiding at after being elected, TGB Promotions through their council, Phile Weiss (lawyer) petitioned that Errol Spence be installed within the top ten at 154lbs,” said Oliveri.