Terence Crawford says he wants Gervonta Davis vs. Shakur Stevenson to be the co-feature bout on his undercard for his September 13th fight against Canelo Alvarez. In other words, Crawford wants the ‘Face of Boxing,’ Tank Davis (30-0-1, 28 KOs), to help him sell his fight against Canelo on the DAZN PPV.
Tank’s Pride
Terence says Gervonta would agree to be on his undercard in the chief support spot if he weren’t “so cocky.” He feels Tank has too much pride to lower himself to the level of playing second fiddle by fighting on his undercard against Shakur. Let’s turn this thing around. Would Crawford be willing to fight on Tank Davis’ undercard, or would he be too cocky? Davis has been the bigger PPV draw than Crawford.
Logically, Crawford would need to be on Tank’s undercard because he’s repeatedly failed when fighting on PPV in the headliner spot. His fights have bombed except for when he fought Errol Spence in 2023, but that was because of his star power.
Crawford isn’t a pay-per-view attraction, so he needs all the help he can get to create interest in his fight against Canelo because he can’t do it himself.
Casual fans don’t know who Terence is. To them, he’s just a guy with a graying beard and receding hairline. Tank Davis is the star, and he would dramatically help the Canelo-Crawford card if he agreed to fight Crawford’s friend, Shakur.
Boosting Crawford’s Card
“It should be crazy, Crawford and Canelo. That would be dope [translation: awesome],” said Terence Crawford to Manouk Akopyan’s YouTube channel when asked if he’d like for Gervonta Davis vs. Shakur Stevenson to be the co-feature on his September 13th card against Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas.
“If Tank wasn’t so cocky not to be on a Terence Crawford undercard, that would be dope. But I don’t see Tank taking a backseat to no fighter because he would see it as the Tank show. So, I don’t know, but it should be a good undercard.”
Crawford sounds like he’s off his rocker. Age is starting to catch up to the Omaha, Nebraska native. There’s no way on earth that the ‘Face of Boxing’ Gervonta Davis is going to fight on his undercard on September 13th to help him sell his fight. If anything, Crawford-Canelo should be on the undercard of his rematch with Lamont Roach.
Let’s get this straight: Tank ain’t going to fight the runner, Shakur Stevenson, period, because it’s not a casual boxing fight that interests fans, and he’s not one that can be negotiated. WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson believes he’s on the same level as Tank Davis popularity-wise, and he’d go into negotiations expecting parity.
Shakur would just price himself out in a jiffy, and Tank would just, ‘Forget this dude,’ and move on to a lucrative rematch with Ryan Garcia. Now, that guy is a star, and a rematch between him and Tank would bring in a whole bunch of PPV buys.
“Just being Shakur,” said Crawford when asked how his friend, Shakur, would beat Tank Davis. “I don’t think those guys can match what Shakur brings to the table. Shakur and Keyshawn are the two best in the division, hands down.”
Crawford leaves out that Keyshawn Davis shares the same trainer as him, Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, and he’s not exactly unbiased. Given his size, Keyshawn isn’t going to be able to make 135 for too much longer.
The Norfolk, Virginia native, Keyshawn, looked like a full-blown middleweight after rehydrating for his last fight against WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk on February 14th. He just turned 26, and when you got what many boxing fans view as weight bully draining down to complete 20+ lbs below his natural size, they can’t do it for long.
Keyshawn should be fighting at welterweight, at the very least, if not junior middleweight. It’s understandable why he’s not campaigning in those divisions; it would be hard for him. No amount of careful matchmaking by Top Rank would protect Keyshawn from those killers beating him over and over again.
Last Updated on 03/24/2025
