{"id":750982,"date":"2026-06-21T05:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/750982\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T05:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:56:09","slug":"gervonta-davis-trainer-calvin-ford-gives-verdict-on-shakur-stevenson-vs-haney-hell-see-no-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/750982\/","title":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis trainer Calvin Ford gives verdict on Shakur Stevenson vs Haney: “He’ll see no threat”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gervonta Davis<\/a> trainer Calvin Ford has offered his thoughts on a potential clash between Shakur Stevenson<\/a> and Devin Haney<\/a>, which could be fought at a catchweight of 144lbs.<\/p>\n

While there is seemingly no agreement in place, Haney has claimed via social media that he would be willing to sacrifice 3lbs for the sake of a deal.<\/p>\n

This would mean forgoing the right to retain his WBO welterweight title<\/a>, which he secured with a unanimous decision victory over Brian Norman Jr in November.<\/p>\n

Since then, \u2018The Dream\u2019 has been ordered to face mandatory challenger Keyshawn Davis, but is clearly more enthused by a lucrative matchup with Stevenson.<\/p>\n

The four-division world champion comes off a wide points victory over Teofimo Lopez<\/a>, who he dethroned for the WBO super-lightweight title in January.<\/p>\n

Like Haney, Stevenson is a promotional free agent but has been linked with a move to Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing, who do not currently recognise 140lbs as a weight class.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the 28-year-old could end up facing Haney in a battle between two pound-for-pound stars, with coach Ford telling Fight Hub TV<\/a> that he struggles to name a clear favourite.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevin \u2013 he\u2019s a good boxer. And Shakur\u2019s a good boxer. That\u2019s a boxing match to be watched.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevin probably sees no threat \u2013 it\u2019s not like he\u2019s going in against a puncher. So Devin might take a chance. [It\u2019s about] who throws the best shots that night.<\/p>\n

\u201cDevin can box, and Shakur\u2026 he\u2019s a master at what he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

While both are unbeaten technicians, many would argue that Stevenson boasts the advantages when it comes to ring IQ, while Haney is evidently the more physically imposing operator.<\/p>\n

As a three-weight world champion, too, the 27-year-old could represent Stevenson\u2019s toughest potential opponent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gervonta Davis trainer Calvin Ford has offered his thoughts on a potential clash between Shakur Stevenson and Devin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-750982","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\/750982","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=750982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}