{"id":765265,"date":"2026-06-27T18:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/765265\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T18:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:58:10","slug":"shakur-stevenson-picks-a-winner-in-gervonta-davis-vs-vasiliy-lomachenko-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/765265\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson picks a winner in Gervonta Davis vs Vasiliy Lomachenko fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shakur Stevenson<\/a> has offered his take on a potential clash between Gervonta Davis<\/a> and Vasiliy Lomachenko, which could soon become a more realistic matchup.<\/p>\n

While having not fought since March 2025, when he boxed to a controversial draw against Lamont Roach<\/a>, Davis is expected to return to action later this year.<\/p>\n

Initially, it appeared as though his comeback would be against Floyd Schofield, who he was in negotiations to fight for the vacant WBA lightweight title.<\/p>\n

Instead of looking to reclaim his belt, though, \u2018Tank\u2019 has now pulled out of negotiations and is seemingly exploring alternative options, including a clash with WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It came as a surprise when, earlier this week, Haney took to social media and claimed to have been contacted by Davis\u2019 team.<\/p>\n

Whether their unlikely showdown actually comes to fruition, we shall wait and see, but Davis does seem to be inching closer towards a ring return.<\/p>\n

Someone who could also enter a comeback fight later this year is Lomachenko, who has not fought since his 11th-round finish over George Kambosos Jr in May 2024.<\/p>\n

While active, the three-weight world champion was repeatedly linked to a fight with Davis, who Stevenson believes would defeat the masterful Ukrainian.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Daily Mail Boxing<\/a>, Stevenson predicted that \u2018Tank\u2019 would emerge victorious if the pair did meet \u2013 a fight that could be revisited depending on how the coming months unfold.<\/p>\n

But with Lomachenko expected to return at 135lbs, or even 130lbs, Davis would need to abandon any talks of an encounter with Haney at 147lbs.<\/p>\n

In any case, Haney has been ordered to defend his WBO title against mandatory challenger Keyshawn Davis, who seems a more realistic opponent than \u2018Tank\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson has offered his take on a potential clash between Gervonta Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko, which could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-765265","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\/765265","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=765265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}