Shakur Stevenson has shut down claims that a fight between him and Gervonta Davis is already set for November 23.

The American lightweight rivals are being heavily linked with a unification clash later this year after Tank’s planned next bout fell through.

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Davis, who holds the WBA lightweight world title, was initially hoping to make a long-awaited unification with IBF champion Vasyl Lomachenko next.

However, Loma has opted not to fight for the remainder of 2024.

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This week, it has been claimed that a fight between the pair is a done deal and set for November 23.

However, this is not the case.

Stevenson took to social media to respond to these rumours, tweeting: “This is fake.”

Davis shortly beforehand tweeted a picture of a cap, also suggesting the news wasn’t true.

The fight may yet materialise with talks believed to be quietly ongoing.

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As things stand though, it’s clear no deal is done.

The news that Lomachenko was walking away from negotiations to fight Davis certainly shocked the boxing world.

It’s understood talks between long-time promotional rivals Bob Arum’s Top Rank (who promote Lomachenko) and Al Haymon’s PBC (who represent Davis) were going well.

However, the Ukrainian himself decided to step away from the negotiations.

“Loma is not in the mood right now,” his manager Egis Klimas told boxing reporter Steve Kim, “He doesn’t have the motivation at the moment.

“He’s taking off, he wants to spend more time with the family.

“He doesn’t want to do anything until the end of the year.

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“So he’s definitely not coming to the ring until the end of the year.”

Regarding the fact Lomachenko is walking away from a mega money fight, Klimas added: “With Loma, just money is not what motivates him. He doesn’t take anything just because of money.

“You can offer him millions, tens of millions of dollars – if he doesn’t have motivation, he’s not ready to prepare for the fight.”

Shakur Stevenson’s team is prepared to enter into negotiations with Gervonta Davis over a possible fight.

Davis was in talks to face Vasyl Lomachenko in a WBA and IBF lightweight world title unification clash this year.

All indications are that conversations were progressing well between Bob Arum’s Top Rank (who promote Lomachenko) and Al Haymon’s PBC (who represent Davis) for a November showdown.

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However, Lomachenko’s manager Egis Klimas has declared the Ukrainian slickster doesn’t have the motivation to box again this year and so won’t return to the ring until 2025.

With the Loma fight off the table for the back end of this year, Davis’ co-trainer Kenny Ellis indicated that they may target a fight with WBC champion Stevenson next.

Stevenson’s co-manager Josh Dubin, insists their “phone lines are open.”

“It’s all up to ‘Tank.’ The one thing about Shakur – he will take anyone you put in front of him,” Dubin told BoxingScene on Tuesday.

“We’re here and waiting and ready to negotiate.”

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Boxing Scene reported that there have been preliminary discussions between Davis and Stevenson’s representatives although Dubin declined to comment.

“We’ll know how realistic (Davis and PBC’s interest) is by how financially viable they make it for Shakur,” he added.

“They know Shakur produced the highest-rated ESPN card of the year (July 6), so they need to come correct…

“It’s a fight Shakur really wants. He’s been begging for it for a long time.

“What Shakur wants to do – let me say it plainly – is to unify at 135. The logical fights to make that happen are to fight the champions.”

Dubin also revealed that they had tried to get a unification fight over the line with WBO champion Denis Berinchyk but that they “couldn’t get a straight answer.”

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William Zepeda – who is ranked by all four major sanctioning bodies at 135lbs – is expected to box Berinchyk next.

The Mexican puncher has been ordered by the WBC to box Stevenson next but his promoter Oscar De La Hoya has indicated that he will likely go down the WBO route.

Roy Jones Jr is regarded by many as one of the best to ever lace up the gloves, so is well qualified to judge the top fighters in the game today.

Arguably the most talent-stacked divisions in boxing are lightweight and super-lightweight, with the likes of Gervonta Davis, Shakur Stevenson, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Devin Haney and Teofimo Lopez all plying their trade there.

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A potential lightweight unification fight which intrigues fans and offers a fascinating clash of styles is ‘Tank’ Davis versus Stevenson.

Most pundits are split as to who would come out on top – the precision punching power of Tank or the defensive skills of Stevenson.

Speaking to All The Smoke Fight, Jones was full of praise for both men, starting with Shakur,

“Shakur Stevenson is a very good fighter, but he’s got to learn and I hope he pays attention to this, his feet are good but sometimes they take him too far out of range to be able to come back and counter. The last guy he fought, the guy was a good puncher, so when he was jumping back he was jumping too far back out of range to where he couldn’t get couldn’t get something right away and for the fans it starts to look boring.

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He’s a great fighter, he’s got great eyesight, he’s got great reaction time, he’s going to be a great fighter, he’s just got to figure out how to use the feet a little differently.”

The former four-weight world champion believes ‘Tank’ is one of the deadliest fighters in the sport.

“He’s one of the best ones out there. He’s really pound for pound one of the best ones out there, He can punch but he also can box. Somebody that can box can’t punch, somebody that can punch can’t box. Not many guys can do that today.

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He shows discipline, he knows how to set the punch up before he does it, he’s patient enough to set the punch up before he does it, that’s a real chess player in the boxing ring, that’s the most deadly kind of guy in the world in boxing, a guy that can play chess in the boxing ring is a killer.”