Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Shakur Stevenson have ruled the lightweight division together since the start of 2023. Shakur is the current WBC World Lightweight Champion and Tank is the current WBA World Lightweight Champion.
Tank vs Shakur is one of the most highly-anticipated fights in boxing right now, as fans want these two undefeated champions to stop taking on easy opponents and test themselves as each other. Given the timeline, there’s a very good chance that these two already-rivals will finally face off in 2025.
Shakur will defend his lightweight title against 18-0 challenger Floyd Schofield on January 22nd, as he looks to take his own undefeated record to 23-0. It will be his second defense since winning the WBC title.
Tank will defend his WBA title against 25-1-1 Lamont Roach just over a week later on March 1st. He has held his world title since 2019, and has been dominating the lightweight division much longer than Stevenson.
Since both of these fighters are having their first defenses in 2025 around the same time, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that they could have a showdown later this year. Tank has historically only fought once a year as of recently due to his status, though this may change considering how early in 2025 he is fighting.
