Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe says he views all the top lightweights as the same as far as being good B-side options for a fight against Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
The Wealth of Lightweight Talent
Ellerbe doesn’t view anyone in the lightweight division that stands out. Of course, if Tank Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) is willing to head North by giving up in weight five pounds, there are a lot of excellent B-side opponents at 140, like Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Isaac Cruz, and Subriel Matias.
A rematch against Ryan Garcia is also a possibility if Tank is open to fighting at a catchweight of 145 lbs. The money that Tank will make fighting Ryan is far more than what he’ll get for his title defense against Frank Martin on June 15th or in potential unification fights against Shakur Stevenson and Vasily Lomachenko.
Shakur Stevenson: A Longstanding Target
“I don’t know. All these guys are kind of the same,” said Mayweather Promotions CEO to the Sean Zittel YouTube channel when asked who is the great B-side opponent for Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis to fight.
“All of these guys are very good fighters. Shakur is a great fighter. Frank Martin is a very good fighter. Lomachenko is still a good fighter. Keyshawn [Davis] is a good fighter. You’ve got a lot of good young talented fighters out there.”
It might be difficult to put a fight together between Tank Davis and Shakur Stevenson because the New Jersey native could price himself out like he did when Devin Haney offered him a title shot last year.
“That division is very healthy. Any fight that Tank Davis is in is a big fight. Tank is going to get every last one of these guys that you want him to get. He just can’t get them all in one night,” said Ellerbe.
“He’s always been on Tank’s radar,” said Ellerbe about Shakur Stevenson. “It just can’t happen right when you guys want it to happen because a lot of things you guys don’t understand and know is what they were saying before. They had their own little tournament.
Business Considerations and Bob Arum’s Strategy
“They had their own little lightweight tournament at Top Rank. It didn’t matter what this guy was saying. ‘I want to fight him. I’m calling this guy [out].’ None of that s*** matters because Bob Arum had a plan for the guys that he was working with, and he still has a plan.
“He’s not looking to go hand over a title or titles to someone that is not a part of his team if it’s not involving a lot of money,” said Ellerbe.
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