Raymond Ford says Gervonta Davis can be an ‘simpler’ struggle for Shakur Stevenson than his bout in opposition to William Zepeda earlier this month. Ford believes that Tank Davis’ low output fashion of loading up on single energy pictures can be a easy one for Shakur (24-, 11 KOs) to neutralize in comparison with the Zepeda struggle.
Stevenson’s Pocket Preventing Type
“I anticipated that efficiency. He got here in there and did what he was doing all camp, sitting within the pocket, beating guys up at their very own recreation,” stated Raymond Ford to Fighthype, when requested if he was shocked at how Shakur Stevenson beat William Zepeda.
Stevenson needed to struggle like that. Even when he ran, Zepeda would lower off the ring, hit him to the physique pictures, and make him look unhealthy. Furthermore, Turki Alalshikh had warned fighters forward of time that he would not “Help’ fighters that use the Tom and Jerry fashion. Shakur’s bread and butter is preventing within the Jerry fashion, and all the time has since his beginner days.
“Shakur has been doing that. He simply hasn’t been displaying that in his fights, however within the fitness center, he’s been sitting within the pocket and stuff. I simply received a glimpse to see among the issues that he can do,” stated Ford.
Ford and Shakur have educated on the identical fitness center previously. Raymond stated this about Stevenson: “[He’s] extra of a buddy and a giant brother.” It’s unclear if Ford’s friendship performs a component in his views about him, and he would do in opposition to Tank Davis.
Zepeda Pressured Pocket Preventing
“Yeah, additionally, William Zepeda is a fighter that isn’t going to let you field the entire evening. So in factors within the struggle, you’re going to should field, and factors within the struggle, you’re going to have to sit down there within the pocket with him a bit bit,” stated Ford.
If Shakur ran, Zepeda would have hit him within the breadbasket, and that might have compelled him to cease. Taking physique pictures whereas shifting is tough as a result of it’s laborious to brace for the punches. Stevenson was nicely conscious of that and didn’t dare take the danger.
“I felt he fought the proper struggle. He received the job finished. He appeared lovely doing it,” Ford stated about Shakur in his struggle in opposition to Zepeda.
What’s Ford speaking about? That wasn’t “lovely” the way in which that Stevenson fought. He resembled a sparring accomplice, pinned in opposition to the ropes, making an attempt to guard his head the entire time, and getting hit to the physique. The variety of physique pictures Shakur was getting hit with was numerous. That was NOT lovely except we’ve modified our definition of gorgeous to imply ‘ugly.’ Zepeda landed over 300 punches, with most of the connecting to the physique.
Ford: Davis Simpler Than Zepeda
“I believe kinds make fights. He could make the struggle simpler than the William Zepeda struggle,” stated Ford on how Shakur would do in opposition to Gervonta Davis. “Tank, he doesn’t throw as many punches for one. He [Stevenson] doesn’t have to fret in regards to the output, getting drained, or something like that.”
It might NOT be a better struggle for Shakur going up in opposition to Tank Davis than Zepeda, as a result of he can be compelled to run for 12 rounds. One slip up, and he’d get knocked out. If Stevenson ran, the gang would boo, and Turki Alalshikh would seemingly be livid at ringside. He’d have paid Shakur thousands and thousands, solely to see him ignore his directive in opposition to Tom and Jerry fights, and keep on the transfer your entire struggle.
“The one factor he has to fret about is one huge shot. Tank is making an attempt to land one huge shot and set him up. I really feel like Shakur is used to seeing that, and that’ll be straightforward for him,” stated Ford.
Shakur has solely fought one huge puncher in his eight-year skilled profession, Edwin De Los Santos. So, you’ll be able to’t say that he’s “used to seeing that” fashion of preventing. He ran your entire struggle in opposition to De Los Santos and will have simply misplaced attributable to his low output.
De Los Santos landed all the toughest punches in every spherical. Normally, the judges give it to the fighter who lands the cleaner, tougher pictures. In that case, they diverted from that observe to offer it to the A-side fighter, Stevenson.
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