The battle between Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Vasily Lomachenko is now off the desk for the rest of 2024. If the battle had gone by means of, it will have occurred in November with Tank’s WBA and Lomachenko’s IBF light-weight titles at stake.
In accordance with Mike Coppinger of ESPN, IBF light-weight champion Lomachenko has determined to take the rest of the 12 months off, which leaves WBA 135-lb champion Tank David needing to search out an opponent for his subsequent battle in 2024.
As Steve Kim reported, Lomachenko’s supervisor, Egis Kimas, stated Loma isn’t motivated to battle. He doesn’t say when he’ll discover that motivation, however he’s simply not “within the temper” to battle.
Gervonta’s choices for the subsequent battle:
- Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz: He’s scheduled to defend his WBA gentle welterweight title in opposition to Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela on August third. If Cruz will get the battle in opposition to Tank, it will be a attain of their conflict in 2021.
- William Zepeda: Unbeaten, highly-ranked light-weight contender. Zepeda is ranked #1 amongst all 4 sanctioning our bodies by way of being light-weight. It’s a dangerous battle for Tank in opposition to a man that’s not widespread with informal boxing followers.
- Shakur Stevenson: WBC light-weight champion Shakur has campaigned for the battle with Tank. Stevenson isn’t widespread and has a repute for being a runner who makes it ugly. He’s a free agent and will probably work with Matchroom.
Hardcore boxing followers want to see Tank Davis battle WBC champion Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs), however the casuals wouldn’t be excited by that match. Shakur isn’t widespread, has a uninteresting preventing model, and isn’t the simplest to take heed to. He brags about himself and says the identical factor throughout completely different interviews with out freshening issues up.
Provided that Tank has already overwhelmed Pitbull Cruz and has a battle scheduled for August third in opposition to Rayo Valenzuela, he’s not a great choice for November.
William Zepeda can be the most suitable choice to draw each informal and hardcore boxing followers as a result of he’s ranked #1 by all 4 sanctioning our bodies, unbeaten, not scheduled for a battle, and has probably the most entertaining model of the three candidates.
Final Up to date on 07/20/2024
