{"id":816757,"date":"2026-10-28T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816757\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:38:08","slug":"tim-bradley-says-both-shakur-stevenson-and-gervonta-davis-will-avoid-one-champion-hes-like-crawford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/816757\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Bradley says both Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta Davis will avoid one champion: “He’s like Crawford”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shakur Stevenson<\/a> and Gervonta Davis<\/a> are each searching for opponents ahead of their respective ring returns, but there is one active world champion whom Tim Bradley believes both men will be keen to avoid.<\/p>\n

\u2018Tank\u2019 Davis is winless since June 2024, with his most recent outing being a March 2025 draw against Lamont Roach Jr.<\/p>\n

The Baltimore-based brute looks poised to return to action in early 2027, with fans eagerly awaiting news on whether the WBA champion-in-recess will seek to reclaim his WBA lightweight world title or venture up to super-lightweight.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Stevenson has recently left Zuffa Boxing<\/a>, frustrated at the fact that Dana White\u2019s promotion have not found him an opponent in the near four-month spell since announcing him as their marquee signing.<\/p>\n

Stevenson has been linked to names such as Devin Haney and Gary Antuanne Russell in recent months, but the four-division world champion chose not to pursuit a showdown with O\u2019Shaquie Foster<\/a>, despite stating that he would face Foster if he overcame Ray Ford \u2013 which he did back in May.<\/p>\n

With Stevenson no longer an option, Foster moved on to a three-belt unification with Emanuel Navarrete and scored a dominant win over the Mexican to add the WBO and IBF super-featherweight titles to his WBC crown on Saturday.<\/p>\n

On his YouTube channel<\/a>, two-division world champion Bradley praised Foster\u2019s performance and stated his belief that Stevenson and Davis will steer clear of a potential scrap with the 33-year-old.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of guys out there that has the skill set that O\u2019Shaquie Foster has. I told you he\u2019s something like a Crawford. Yeah, he\u2019s a chameleon. He can adapt to anything inside the ring.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow you see why Shakur Stevenson didn\u2019t want no action. Now you see why. That\u2019s why. Yeah, Tank Davis, you ain\u2019t going to want none either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Foster\u2019s display has thrust him into the Fighter of the Year conversation, with the Texan now just one more win away from becoming the first undisputed 130lb champion since 1969.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta Davis are each searching for opponents ahead of their respective ring returns, but there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-816757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816757","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=816757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}