Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe does not believe that Gervonta Davis does not need to face Josh Taylor to earn a big payday.
Ellerbe does not know if Davis will remain at 140lbs, or if he will move on elsewhere. Josh Taylor holds all the belts at junior welterweight, and ‘Tank’ is now the interim championship for the WBA.
The 26-year-old American secured an 11th-round stoppage over Mario Barrios after also dropping him twice in the eighth, who was previously undefeated.
Ellerbe is unconcerned that Taylor is the division’s dominant champion, because he does not make good business sense should he come to America to fight.
“He’s an excellent fighter,” Ellerbe told BoxingScene.com.
However, Taylor, “Can’t draw s— in the United States. Can’t draw s—. And see, that’s a problem. That’s a problem. The only way that’s a huge, huge fight is if you do something over there [in the United Kingdom]. … And again, it’s that whatever we decide, we’ll let you guys know.
"And again, I’m just being honest – if you asked the 16,570 in that building tonight, I guarantee you, I said earlier it might’ve been a hundred people, it probably would’ve been 70 people would’ve even heard of [Taylor].
"And I guarantee you the 70 people would’ve been included in this media room, my staff, the Showtime staff.
“Because the 16,570 in that building, they came to see Tank Davis. They came to see Tank Davis, just like any of these other cities that we go to. And see, just because you guys say that this guy’s the [best], it’s like, again, people want to see big fights and they wanna come and support.”