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‘He’s lying’ – Shakur Stevenson explains exactly what happened in Gervonta Davis sparring sessions
Shakur Stevenson insists Gervonta Davis never hurt him in sparring, despite ‘Tank’ insisting otherwise. The American lightweight titans have been on a collision course to meet each other in the squared circle for several years now but nothing has come to fruition as of yet. Davis and Stevenson have sparred numerous times in the pastInstagram -Shakur Stevenson For now, the only thing boxing fans have to go off is their sparring sessions during the fledgling stages of their respective careers. As there is no footage of the rounds they shared on the internet, we are left with conflicting accounts of what happened. Davis claims the last time they sparred he ‘cracked’ Stevenson and had the WBC lightweight champion running from him in the ring. Meanwhile, Davis’ trainer Kenny Ellis affirms that Stevenson left their camp early after getting his tooth broken by his student. When asked to set the record straight on these rumours, Stevenson told talkSPORT.com: “He’s lying, he never in his life hurt me. I’ve got a hell of a chin. “The sparring sessions were good sparring sessions, after the last spar we had he came up to me and said ‘Bro, you have got so much better. Bro you are so good’. “You can go back and look at clips of how he used to talk about me and then he changed. “I’m not lying. He’s a hell of a fighter, I have got nothing to take away from him. “But I’m a hell of a fighter myself and it was good work every time.” Davis and Stevenson were in discussions to face each other last year in a WBA and WBC unification clash but talks subsequently fizzled out. GETTYHowever, they are yet to meet in a professional boxing ring[/caption] Stevenson is now set to square off against highly-touted prospect Floyd Schofield Jr on February 22 on the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol II undercard in Saudi Arabia while Davis is headlining a show in Brooklyn on March 1 against Lamont Roach. Providing both men get through their upcoming clashes unscathed Stevenson is hopeful Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh can make Davis an offer he can’t refuse. “He’s the big superstar, he’s the big name, the biggest pay-per-view superstar in the sport of boxing so with him being the biggest name and attraction it’s on him [to make it happen],” said Stevenson when asked what has to happen to get their fight over the line. “The ball is in his court. I can’t say ‘I’m going to send him an offer’. Turki [Alalshikh] can. “Turki has got the money, I don’t have the money to send Gervonta Davis a big enough offer. “I don’t know why it hasn’t happened, he is a weird human being. “I don’t have much respect for him to be honest.” Follow talkBOXING on social media talkBOXING is now on Twitter and Facebook. Follow us on social media for big breaking boxing news, exclusive interviews and the best bits from our talkBOXING YouTube show. Like our Facebook page HERE Follow us on Twitter HERE Sign up for our WhatsApp channel HERE
Shakur Stevenson insists Gervonta Davis never hurt him in sparring, despite ‘Tank’ insisting otherwise.
The American lightweight titans have been on a collision course to meet each other in the squared circle for several years now but nothing has come to fruition as of yet.
For now, the only thing boxing fans have to go off is their sparring sessions during the fledgling stages of their respective careers.
As there is no footage of the rounds they shared on the internet, we are left with conflicting accounts of what happened.
Davis claims the last time they sparred he ‘cracked’ Stevenson and had the WBC lightweight champion running from him in the ring.
Meanwhile, Davis’ trainer Kenny Ellis affirms that Stevenson left their camp early after getting his tooth broken by his student.
When asked to set the record straight on these rumours, Stevenson told talkSPORT.com: “He’s lying, he never in his life hurt me. I’ve got a hell of a chin.
“The sparring sessions were good sparring sessions, after the last spar we had he came up to me and said ‘Bro, you have got so much better. Bro you are so good’.
“You can go back and look at clips of how he used to talk about me and then he changed.
“I’m not lying. He’s a hell of a fighter, I have got nothing to take away from him.
“But I’m a hell of a fighter myself and it was good work every time.”
Davis and Stevenson were in discussions to face each other last year in a WBA and WBC unification clash but talks subsequently fizzled out.
Stevenson is now set to square off against highly-touted prospect Floyd Schofield Jr on February 22 on the Artur Beterbiev vs Dmitry Bivol II undercard in Saudi Arabia while Davis is headlining a show in Brooklyn on March 1 against Lamont Roach.
Providing both men get through their upcoming clashes unscathed Stevenson is hopeful Saudi boxing chief Turki Alalshikh can make Davis an offer he can’t refuse.
“He’s the big superstar, he’s the big name, the biggest pay-per-view superstar in the sport of boxing so with him being the biggest name and attraction it’s on him [to make it happen],” said Stevenson when asked what has to happen to get their fight over the line.
“The ball is in his court. I can’t say ‘I’m going to send him an offer’. Turki [Alalshikh] can.
“Turki has got the money, I don’t have the money to send Gervonta Davis a big enough offer.
“I don’t know why it hasn’t happened, he is a weird human being.
“I don’t have much respect for him to be honest.”
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