\u201cI would love [to fight Davis], but at the end of the day, once again, if somebody says they’re never going to fight me, f— you. I don\u2019t need you, bro,\u201d Stevenson told Anthony.<\/p>\n
Mike Tyson reveals his thoughts on Gervonta Davis<\/p>\n
When asked if he believed that Davis’ style is similar to his own, Tyson was complimentary of the world champion’s skills.<\/p>\n
“He’s a great fighter, he is a great fighter. Especially when he is serious about it. I don’t know if he’s as serious as he used to be,” Tyson said. “When he was serious, he was a hell of a fighter. Nobody came close.”<\/p>\n
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Mike Tyson referred to Gervonta “Tank” Davis as “a great fighter,” despite picking him to lose in a fight with Shakur Stevenson. | IMAGO \/ ZUMA Press Wire<\/p>\n
“Tank” has been on pound-for-pound lists throughout much of his career, but following a tie with Lamont Roach Jr. in March 2025, and the legal battles he’s faced since, he has largely been removed from those lists.<\/p>\n
Tyson added that Davis is the only fighter he believes would compete with Stevenson or super lightweight boxer Keyshawn Davis.<\/p>\n
Mike Tyson gave an update on Floyd Mayweather fight<\/p>\n
Mike Tyson is scheduled to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. in an exhibition on April 25. When asked how he was feeling ahead of the matchup, Tyson was bursting with confidence.<\/p>\n
“Next month, a month from now, we’re ready. Whenever.”<\/p>\n
Mike Tyson<\/p>\n
He wore a cast which initially shed doubt on the status of the fight. However, it appears that he’ll be ready to fight in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A potential matchup between Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta “Tank” Davis is considered to be one of boxing’s “super…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-534669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}