Terence Crawford has named the opponent he would “love” to see Gervonta Davis face upon his anticipated return to the game.
The former world champion has not fought since March 2025, when many believed he was lucky to come away with a draw in opposition to Lamont Roach.
Nevertheless, ‘Tank’ retained his WBA light-weight title and was set to face Roach in an instantaneous rematch, solely to then negotiate an exhibition match with Jake Paul.
Rather than having a transfer round with the YouTuber-turned-boxer, although, Davis was compelled to face allegations of home violence from his ex-partner, Courtney Rossel.
Since then, the 31-year-old has been named ‘champion in recess’ by the WBA, who’ve been urged by No.1 contender Floyd Schofield to both order their fight or current him with a vacant title alternative.
Davis, nonetheless, has expressed extra of an curiosity in rematching Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz at 140lbs, regardless of having outpointed the Mexican in 2021.
Crawford, in the meantime, has little need to see ‘Tank’ face Schofield or Cruz, however would fortunately sit down and watch him collide with Shakur Stevenson.
Speaking with Danielle Pirrello, ‘Bud’ named the WBO world super-lightweight champion an ideal opponent for Davis, believing their potential encounter represents one of the most effective fights that may be made.
“I would love to see Shakur vs ‘Tank’ Davis.”
Stevenson has beforehand referred to as out Davis on a number of events, whereas maybe changing into more and more uncertain that the Baltimore man will ever signal on the dotted line.
It is subsequently unrealistic to anticipate an instantaneous fight between ‘Tank’ and Stevenson, particularly after the latter’s dominant efficiency in opposition to Teofimo Lopez in January.
