Shakur Stevenson used to like the comparisons to Floyd Mayweather, especially in terms of defense. That's pretty much it," Gonzalez said. After the ninth round, Jose Gonzalez once again was truthful with his son, telling him, "You already lost this fight. I want to be unified in 14 fights.". Boxing is back next week and it's a future superstar who will headline the big return. Is Fury-Wilder 3 really doomed? I don't know how he can say there's no hard feelings, no disrespect, but the whole time he was disrespecting my family. He was particularly effective with straight left hands to Gonzalez's body. Fighting Josh Warrington is a low hurdle for Shakur, and you need to wonder why he’s picking that soft touch. Copyright © 2007-2020 Boxing News 24. Often, Gonzalez would throw a wide punch -- or several -- that would miss by a mile, with Stevenson having long vacated the spot Gonzalez was aiming for. You have the talking heads build the fighter up without the needing to beat anyone. All Rights Reserved. The Associated Press’ Greg Beacham reported from ringside [excerpts]: Robeisy Ramirez and Shakur Stevenson are two of the top talents in the entire Olympic boxing tournament, and their bantamweight championship bout produced three rounds of tantalizing action. Stevenson looks more like a young Broner, who, at the same age at 22, captured his first title in winning the WBO super featherweight belt in 2011. At 22, he has lived up to the billing, as he claimed the 126-pound belt recently vacated by Oscar Valdez, who elected to move up in weight rather than face Stevenson, who was his mandatory challenger. I got a title now. You got to stop him.". Shakur Stevenson is the next one to step into the ring with the Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer. Shakur Stevenson (right) is undefeated in 14 bouts Boxing was back in Las Vegas for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak but behind closed doors - and not as we know it. "I don't got nothing to be mad about with him. Stevenson is fighting this Tuesday night against Felix Caraballo (13-1-2, 9 KOs) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Would Mayweather be satisfied in facing the fourth-best 126-pounder if he was Stevenson’s age? In 2015 he won the Senior U.S. Olympic Trials, thus qualifying for the U.S. boxing team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Mayweather seemed to be untouchable most of the time, a once-in-a-generation quality Stevenson tries to emulate. (0:31). "I want Josh Warrington," Stevenson said. They shouldn’t call Stevenson the next Mayweather when the best name on his resume is Joet Gonzalez, a fighter that more of a fringe level guy than a top ten contender. Although Stevenson has already captured his first world title in winning the WBO 126-pound belt last October in beating Joet Gonzalez, he’s not mixed it with the good featherweights. Stevenson talks about losing the gold medal in … Well, fame for starters. Broner made too much money early on, and the outside of the ring distractions sidelined his career success. Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes Shakur will wind up at welterweight and maybe even junior-middleweight in the future. 2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism. It was personal for him, but it was business for me. I look at him as the southpaw version of Floyd Mayweather, and I think he will exceed the performances by Floyd. World mandatory contender Shakur Stevenson is the next one to step into the ring with the Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer. “Shakur is a future star in the sport of boxing, a future superstar. In Rio, Stevenson won a silver medal, losing to Robeisy Ramírez of Cuba in the gold medal match. He doesn’t possess the fastest hands, and his power isn’t there. I just think he’s a rare, rare talent,” said Stevenson’s promoter Bob Arum last week during the Telephone news conference. Caraballo isn’t even a contender. The lack of power from Stevenson is going to make it difficult for him to move up beyond the super featherweight limit. In the end, it was Stevenson, the highly touted rising star and 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist, who put on a masterpiece in a near-shutout decision to easily win a vacant featherweight world title in the main event of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN+ card before 2,828 at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada. Adrien was an incredible talent when he fought at 130 and 135. He’s a non-ranked-level opponent brought in for Stevenson to fight behind closed doors without a live audience. Please talk to your daughter and your sister. And Lomachenko might want something of … Can Kell Brook upset Terence Crawford? Stevenson said he hoped that now that the fight is over, they can put the bad feelings behind them and the Gonzalez family fracture can be repaired. BoxRec.com uses cookies to make the site simpler. The guys that Shakur Stevenson will need to beat for him to be viewed as the next Mayweather are these fighters: The reason you have to include all those fighters for Stevenson to beat is that Mayweather captured five-division world titles after starting his career at 130. Shakur Stevenson is at 130 now and wants the Herring-Frampton winner (actually, he wants Herring first, but he’s not getting him). Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs), a southpaw from Newark, New Jersey, who earned $350,000 to Gonzalez's $200,000, dominated with his jab, body shots and exceptional movement that left Gonzalez frustrated and rarely able to land anything clean. Stevenson is doing himself no good for him to be playing along with ESPN and Top Rank with the Mayweather comparison. If Mayweather were 22, he’d be going after Russell Jr, and he would be a paper champion like Warrington. There have been some events scattered across the world but now the sport is coming back with top names. "It was a tough fight. Further, Stevenson made a bit of history by becoming the first 2016 male Olympian to claim a world title. You said you wouldn't fight me until I got a title. A pro for only two-and-a-half years, Stevenson was on the fast track from the moment he turned pro, and he expected to win a world title quickly. Two others previously tried and failed. Stevenson talks … Stevenson, Gonzalez trade blows in fifth (0:31), Stevenson dominates Gonzalez to win vacant title. To watch more Top Rank and catch the rest of this bout, sign up for ESPN+. To show how far away Shakur Stevenson is from Mayweather, he’s not talking about wanting to fight any of those guys. He needs to realize that they’re trying hard to turn Stevenson into a star by hyping him, which is the shortcut way to turn a fighter into a star. I look at him as the southpaw version of Floyd Mayweather, and I think he will exceed the performances by Floyd. Real or Not: Fury-Wilder III without fans? "They wanted to fight me, I didn't want to fight them. "I had never seen Gonzalez fight before, but I felt by the second round that Shakur was way too fast and intelligent for him.". He’s been a professional since 2008, and the best name on his resume is Yuriorkis Gamboa. "He kept a distance really good, which made it hard to catch up and reach him, and that's why my punches weren't landing.". If Arum turns out to be correct, it’s going to be hard for Stevenson. Shakur Stevenson put on a masterful performance against Joet Gonzalez on Saturday, rolling to a near-shutout decision to easily win a vacant featherweight world title. According to CompuBox, Stevenson, who was fighting with a heavy heart following the death of his father, Alfredo Rivera, on Sept. 29, landed 121 of 510 punches (24%), and Gonzalez landed just 53 of 494 (11%). It’s not easy to do that. Stevenson, the Newark native who won a … Gonzalez has made no secret that he does not like their relationship or Stevenson. Shakur Stevenson with his GF Jajaira Gonzalez. On Sept. 28, Uzbekistan's Batyr Akhmedov, who represented Turkey in the Olympics, was 7-0 when he faced Mario Barrios for a vacant junior welterweight belt and lost a controversial decision. After all the bad blood and bitter feelings, Shakur Stevenson and Joet Gonzalez finally got to put their gloves up against each other on Saturday. Shakur Stevenson and Joet Gonzalez trade punches in the fifth round of their main event bout in Reno. So now that the fight's over, it doesn't go away just like that. Stevenson became the second-youngest active world titleholder behind only 20-year-old Devin Haney, who was elevated from interim lightweight titlist to full titlist a few days ago. Nothing but respect for Joet," Stevenson said. That's all I got to say. 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All three judges scored the fight 119-109 for Stevenson. Unless Stevenson hits the weights seriously to try and develop his man-strength, his venture into the 147 and or 154-pound weight classes will end up as his Waterloo. Stevenson looked like he might have taken the round off after exerting so much energy through the first half of the bout.

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