Shakur Stevenson needs to make use of George Kambosos Jr as his subsequent opponent for February after studying #1 WBC contender William Zepeda suffered a right-hand harm final Saturday and received’t be obtainable to battle him subsequent.
After shedding the Zepeda battle, Shakur is determined to get a giant title to conform to battle him. He’d been chasing the Zepeda match in a job reversal and was relying on that battle taking place. Nevertheless, Zepeda’s harm took him out of the equation for February twenty second.
Zepeda’s Loss, Kambosos’ Acquire?
Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) is within the battle with the previous unified light-weight champion Kambosos (21-3, 10 KOs) and needs to know who to contact to start negotiations. Kambosos Jr. simply signed a co-promotional take care of Eddie Hearn’s Matchoom Boxing. His different promoter is Lou Dibella.
“Come see me in February in Australia. Drop your belt. Let Zepeda change into an e-mail chump, and see me at 140. You understand precisely who to contact; I’m proper right here,” stated George Kambosos Jr. on X.
Kambosos has a 1-3 file in his final 4 fights, and he wouldn’t be the perfect selection for Shakur to take if he needs to seize the eye of U.S. followers. A greater battle for Shakur could be for Andy Cruz, Floyd Schofield, or Raymond Muratalla.
Kambosos brings the PPV cash from Australia, which might be much less harmful for Shakur. If the concept is for Shakur to herald cash from Aussie PPV in a battle that might permit him to showcase his abilities, Kambosos could be the ticket. Combating Cruz, Schofield or Muratalla would contain danger, and Shakur may wind up trying unhealthy if he ran from one in all them.
Hearn would want to conform to the concept of creating a battle between Shakur and Kambosos as a result of he’d talked about that he needed George to battle IBF mild welterweight champion Liam Paro subsequent if he’s victorious over Richardson Hitchins on December seventh. A match between Paro and Kambosos would herald a number of PPV buys of their native Australia, and it’d promote out a stadium over there.
Kambosos says Shakur would want to come back as much as 140 for him to battle him, and he needs him to vacant his WBC light-weight title. It’s not going that Shakur will vacate that belt as a result of he wants a device to win the unification in opposition to WBA champ Gervonta Davis.
Blah blah blah let’s battle pussy
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) November 24, 2024
Let’s go bum!! Who can we contact for negotiations? https://t.co/Vhj5wvIhZK
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) November 24, 2024
