Terence Crawford told Jervonda Davis at X to “stop being scared” and fight Shakur Stevenson and Cason Davis. These two are close friends of Crawford, so it makes sense that he would try to shame Tank Davis into fighting them.
Crawford’s protégé
Keyshawn doesn’t have a huge fan base and has looked terrible in matchups with Miguel Madueno and Nahir Albright. He has shown no interest in fighting the Cuban Andy Cruzwho whipped him four times in the amateurs and made him look like a circus clown at the 2020 Olympics.
Tank isn’t going to help Crawford’s gym partner, Keyshawn. If Crawford wants to try to make his friend Keyshawn a star, he needs to give him some courage to face the conqueror Andy Cruz.
Crawford tries to get close to Gervoda after throwing him in the X, saying:
“You really think (Crawford) is chasing greatness. Is not. That’s what he has to do to make decent money.”
Tank Davis talks Terrence chasing paychecks, not greatness against Canelo Alvarez in Saudi Arabia. This is more about retirement money for Crawford. If it was really up to his heritage, he would have gone up to 168 and proven himself first instead of begging for the fight.
Crawford tells fans that his reasoning for moving up two weight classes to challenge unified super middleweight champion Canelo is the “legacy” purposes of becoming great, but Davis sees it as purely money-driven.
Bud’s Bunch
@Gervontaa look i have bigger fish to fry. Grow some balls and fight @ShakurStevenson or @KeyshawnDavis8 and stop being afraid. That’s probably why you ran the girl over and spanked her ass because you’re not crazy and she knows it.😂
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 14, 2025
This is what Crawford has to do to make money because he can’t sell. Crawford’s last fight against Israil Madrimov reportedly brought in between 75,000 and 100,000 buys. Those are terrible numbers. Crawford NEVER played a PPV like Tank Davis.
Lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis (12-0, 8 KOs) shares the same trainer as ‘Bud’ Crawford. Both are trained by Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre.
The tank will not fight a tedious Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) because he is not a marketable fighter and would be dead weight for the promotion. Gervonta would bring in all the PPV buys and Shakur would just be there. Shakur is a boring fighter that people don’t want to watch.
I still don’t know why Eddie Hearn signed Shakur and thinks he can make him a “Global Star”. This is not the case in the US
Maybe Hearn will make Shakur a star in the UK because their entertainment standards seem low. That’s why fighters like Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Conor Benn and Chris Eubank Jr. they are so popular there. They would never become stars in the US You have to have talent to be a star in America.
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