Trainer Greg Hackett believes William Zepeda will be a tough fight for WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson if they battle next after watching the Mexican defeat a very tough Tevin Farmer last Saturday night in their rematch in Cancun, Mexico.
Shakur Stevenson says Devin Haney is “way better” than former WBC and WBO light welterweight champion Jose Ramirez. The only thing Stevenson questions is whether Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) is “mentally’ the same after his loss to Ryan Garcia on April 20th last year.
Shakur Stevenson says Gervonta Davis wasn’t mentally messed up for his recent underperformance against Lamont Roach on March 1st at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Edwin De Los Santos revealed that he’ll challenge WBO lightweight champion Keyshawn Davis on June 7th in his hometown. He says the contract for the fight will be sent to him today, and he’ll take it.
Tim Bradley says fans who view Shakur Stevenson as a boring fighter are from the “younger generation”, which is influenced by new technology, social media, and MMA.
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis says he wants to see lightweight champions Gervonta Davis and Shakur Stevenson meet in a unification clash if Tank chooses not to rematch Lamont Roach.
Shakur Stevenson is still bitter about Vasily Lomachenko not agreeing to fight him after he moved up to the lightweight two years ago in 2023.
Shakur Stevenson was playing the ‘I told you so’ game following Gervonta Davis’ controversial 12-round majority draw fight against Lamont Roach last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
WBC interim lightweight champion William Zepeda says he wants to fight Gervonta Davis because he feels he’s “the best at 135.”
Floyd Schofield denies he ducked the fight against WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson last Saturday night in Riyadh. Schofield (18-0, 12 KOs) said that it doesn’t make sense for him to turn down the “biggest paycheck” and opportunity of his life at the last minute.