Everybody wants to talk about Foster vs Shakur. Fannon’s whole video is an argument that you are talking about the wrong fight. His thesis: once O’Shaquie Foster finishes his undisputed run at 130, the man he is much more likely to face is Gervonta “Tank” Davis — not Shakur Stevenson.
The spark, per Fannon — and note that no fighter actually speaks in this video; this is the host reporting it — is that Davis responded to Foster’s win by saying Foster was stealing his style. The comparison is specific: Foster dropped Emanuel Navarrete off the ropes with a counter right hook, the same trap Davis set with a counter left hook when he knocked out Rolly Romero. The difference, Fannon concedes, is that Davis finished his man and Foster’s knockdowns secured the deal without the knockout.
The Shakur side of the ledger is where Fannon gets blunt, and it matches the record Rnd5 has covered all week. Shakur said he would fight Foster if Foster beat Raymond Ford. Foster beat Ford — then beat Stephen Fulton Jr. and Navarrete in the same year — and Shakur’s answer now amounts to: finish your business first, then maybe. Fannon’s advice: do not hold your breath. Quoting the fighters-versus-businessmen line he credits to Stephen “Breadman” Edwards, he puts Shakur firmly in businessman mode — easiest angle, most money, least effort — the same pattern behind Shakur’s praise-after-the-fact turn on Foster.
Davis, Fannon argues, has the opposite history: a long list of reigning 130-pound champions on his resume, because Davis is really a 130-to-135-pound fighter himself — hence the rehydration demands at 140 and zero talk of 147. This fight lives in his real division.
And the pick? Checked and stated plainly in the video: if Davis walks in without a fight or two first, Fannon gives it to Foster. If Foster somehow did fight Shakur instead, Fannon would actually pick Shakur — but calls it a very, very close fight against a Foster who is way better than people say. Rnd5’s line is simpler: Foster keeps collecting belts and calling names. The fighters who take real fights keep finding him. The ones who don’t, keep explaining.
Video credit: Fannon International Boxing Channel.
