Shakur Stevenson Talks Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Vasiliy Lomachenko, With Joe Rogan
During a recent guest appearance on the popular podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, Shakur Stevenson talked about long-rumored fights against American rival Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and all-time great amateur fighter Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Stevenson had previously indicated publicly that he would no longer speak about a prospective fight against Davis, the pound-for-pound talent who is renowned for his extraordinary exploits inside the ring as he is for controversies outside of it, too, with ongoing legal issues seemingly scuppering any shot of activity within boxing.
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Arrested in January, 2026, Davis is accused of assaulting a woman at a strip club in Miami Gardens in an alleged incident from three months prior. In the time before and after this, Shakur has established himself as one of the sport’s premier talents, thanks to back-to-back wins over William Zepeda and Teofimo Lopez — both statements.
If ‘Tank’ were to return to the ring this year, it remains something Stevenson would, at least, consider.
“I would love for it to happen.”
However, that does not mean any pathway toward a successful negotiation would be smooth. “The way he went on social media, bashed me, like I need him. I just feel disrespected about it,” Stevenson said. “I’m a grown man, I make my own money, and living a spectacular life. I don’t need nobody.”
There was, perhaps, a time in which ‘Tank’s’ standing within the sport suggested he was a more popular fighter as proven by ticket sales across numerous critical American boxing markets (Las Vegas and New York City among more regional hotbeds) as well as pay-per-view sales.
However, that pendulum of power may now have swung toward Stevenson because of the run he’s in the middle of, thwarting a level of competition that Davis has not matched.
“If he feels as though I need him, then it’s like, whatever,” Stevenson told Rogan. “I’m not in need of that fight.”
Shakur Stevenson Praised Vasiliy Lomachenko
There was also enough time on the podcast to talk about a fight that could have been, but never was — one that would pit the present at the time in Lomachenko against Stevenson, then considered the future, at a time in which they both operated under the Top Rank promotional banner.
The two were aware of one another’s skills have sparred each other, when Stevenson was much younger.
“On Lomachenko: “Skillfully, I thought I was the better fighter — my range, distance, and speed was better than his but a standpoint of being in shape, throwing more punches, I feel he was – he was getting ready for his fight,” he said.
When Rogan asked if he thinks this was the reason Lomachenko was seemingly loathe to engage him in a real fight, Stevenson said yes.
