Shakur Stevenson in Peril: Zepeda Fight Could Derail Lightweight Career
WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson and #1 ranked contender William Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) are in talks for a fight that could happen in October.
WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson and #1 ranked contender William Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) are in talks for a fight that could happen in October.
Shakur Stevenson has shot down the fake story on X by a popular YouTube channel, reporting that a unification match between him and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis was a done deal for November 23rd.
Terence Crawford wants to see WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson unify the 135-lb division and silence all the doubters who view him as a fake, a timid runner afraid to exchange.
Keyshawn Davis and Ryan Garcia roasted Teofimo Lopez on Instagram live today, talking about how he’s in outer space with his weirdness.
Shakur Stevenson received some news today: the WBC ordered a fight between him and his #1 ranked contender, William Zepeda.
De La Hoya’s Cryptic Tweet
The news quickly turned sour when Zepeda’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, posted on Twitter, “Check this out: William Zepeda is so bad, nobody will tell him who he must fight next.”
While free agent Shakur Stevenson has not yet made up his mind as far as who he may sign a deal with – be it Eddie Hearn and Matchroom, Oscar De La Hoya, and Golden Boy, or Floyd Mayweather and Mayweather Promotions – the unbeaten southpaw does have his eye on a few fights, with one, in particular, being a fight he feels “would bring out the best in me.”
Promoter Eddie Hearn says if he signs free agent Shakur Stevenson to his Matchroom stable, the first fight he wants to match him against is his #1 WBC challenger, William Zepeda.
Shakur Stevenson says he injured both hands during his fight against Artem Harutyunyan last Saturday night in Newark, New Jersey.
Although Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) got the one-sided twelve-round unanimous decision to retain his WBC lightweight title, his stock continued to plummet with his second consecutive unexciting performance.
Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn hopes to reel the giant catfish Shakur Stevenson into his net with him attending the Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis vs.
Shakur Stevenson revealed that the options that he’s considering signing with as a free agent are Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing and Mayweather Promotions.