{"id":550173,"date":"2026-04-25T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550173\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T15:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:29:09","slug":"terence-crawford-names-one-fight-he-wants-to-see-gervonta-davis-make-happen-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/550173\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford names one fight he wants to see Gervonta Davis make happen this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Terence Crawford has named the opponent he would \u201clove\u201d to see Gervonta Davis face upon his expected return to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>The former world champion has not fought since March 2025, when many believed he was fortunate to come away with a draw against Lamont Roach.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, \u2018Tank\u2019 retained his WBA lightweight title and was set to face Roach in an immediate rematch, only to then negotiate an exhibition match with Jake Paul.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than having a move around with the YouTuber-turned-boxer, though, Davis was forced to face allegations of domestic violence from his ex-partner, Courtney Rossel.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingscene.com\/articles\/gervonta-davis-named-wba-champion-in-recess-faces-decision-on-title\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the 31-year-old has been named \u2018champion in recess\u2019 by the WBA<\/a>, who have been urged by No.1 contender Floyd Schofield to either order their fight or present him with a vacant title opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Davis, however, has expressed more of an interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/gervonta-davis-announces-who-he-wants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">rematching Isaac \u2018Pitbull\u2019 Cruz at 140lbs<\/a>, despite having outpointed the Mexican in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford, meanwhile, has little desire to see \u2018Tank\u2019 face Schofield or Cruz, but would happily sit down and watch him collide with Shakur Stevenson.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/danipirrello__\/reel\/DWyTVcuEeHR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Danielle Pirrello<\/a>, \u2018Bud\u2019 named the WBO world super-lightweight champion a perfect opponent for Davis, believing their potential encounter represents one of the best fights that can be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to see Shakur vs \u2018Tank\u2019 Davis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson has previously called out Davis on several occasions, while perhaps becoming increasingly doubtful that the Baltimore man will ever sign on the dotted line.<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore unrealistic to expect an immediate fight between \u2018Tank\u2019 and Stevenson, especially after the latter\u2019s dominant performance against Teofimo Lopez in January.<\/p>\n<p>                                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has named the opponent he would \u201clove\u201d to see Gervonta Davis face upon his expected return&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-550173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}