Gervonta Davis has claimed that he would knockout Terence Crawford if the pair ever fought each other.
Two weight divisions separate Davis and Crawford, who cemented himself as arguably the best fighter in the sport after stopping the previously undefeated Errol Spence Jr in the ninth round to become the undisputed welterweight champion in Las Vegas last week.
Three-weight world champion, Davis, who has never campaigned higher than 140lbs when he knocked out Mario Barrios in June 2021 to win the WBA ‘regular’ title, believes he is capable of moving up to 147lbs and halting the Omaha native, who extended his undefeated record to 40 straight wins with victory over Spence.
When asked on a Twitter space how the fight would play out, ’Tank’ said: “At 147?
“If I tap that chin, you know he going to sleep.
“He ain’t got no chance.
“I got round six.”
Crawford, who became the first man in history to claim all four belts in two different weight classes, has already dismissed a meeting with the 28-year-old Baltimore man, who stopped Ryan Garcia in the seventh round of their 136lb catchweight contest in April.
Instead, the 35-year-old fellow three-division titlist is likely to rematch Spence, who indicated that he would exercise his right to a second bout later this year when speaking to the media in the post-fight press conference.
If Spence does not exercise his rematch clause, a clash with the current undisputed super welterweight champion, Jermell Charlo is also an option, although the American is due to challenge undisputed super middleweight champion, Canelo Alvarez in September.
Charlo, a stablemate of Spence, was ringside at the T-Mobile Arena and ‘Bud’ appeared to signal to him during the fight that he wanted to face him next.
“Tank is at a lower weight class than me,” Crawford said in response to Davis during an interview with HOT 97.
“He’s at 135lbs, I’m at 147lbs.
“I would never [make 135lbs now]. Nah, I wouldn’t say that it’ll happen.”
