Throughout an interview this week, Ryan Garcia roasted Shakur Stevenson, responding to his complaints about not one of the high fighters eager to face him.
Protection-Solely Doesn’t Reduce It
Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) is making a case for being so good that widespread guys keep away from him for worry of getting beat. Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) has a special take. He says that Shakur brings “no cash to the desk” and isn’t an ideal fighter as a result of all he does is “protection.”
Ryan feels that Shakur wants each offense and protection to be a “nice fighter. ” He solely focuses on protection with him, and he nonetheless wins, however barely, as we noticed in his combat in opposition to Edwin De Los Santos.
Don’t inform promoter Eddie Hearn as a result of he signed Shakur lately and is reportedly paying him $5 million for his combat in opposition to Joe Cordina on October twelfth. He thinks Shakur will probably be a “international famous person” quickly, and he doesn’t perceive why he already isn’t a star within the U.S.
Stevenson didn’t land something in that combat, however the judges gave him a questionable win final November. If De Los Santos had been extra widespread, he would have gained as a result of he had landed the higher photographs, and Shakur wasn’t attempting to combat.
It was revealed as we speak that Shakur vs. Joe Cordina combat plus undercard is priced at $14.99 on PPV subsequent month on October twelfth on the Kingdom Enviornment in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The principle occasion combat between gentle heavyweight champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol will probably be proven totally free on ESPN+, which is a really unusual state of affairs as a result of that’s the one combat the followers are fascinated about seeing on the cardboard in massive numbers.
“Everyone desires to see you, however you don’t carry no cash to the desk. So why would anyone wish to see you?” mentioned Ryan Garcia to the Say Cheese YouTube channel, reacting to being instructed that Shakur Stevenson mentioned no one desires to combat him.
“You’re not like that, bro. We watch your entire fights, and also you run, and also you run, and also you run. You virtually misplaced to Edwin De Los Santos [last November] and didn’t even throw one punch. Tim Bradley is [glazing] you each probability he can get. You’re a bum, bro.”
A Query of Leisure
Shakur positively doesn’t meet the factors for what U.S. followers take into account leisure and doesn’t appear to slot in with this period’s followers, who anticipate extra from their fighters. Previously, followers have been extra accepting of defensive artists earlier than the creation of the Web, however now they’ve greater requirements, and Shakur doesn’t meet them.
“You’re Shakur Twitterson. You’re nothing. You’re only a man that’s boxing. He’s not that good, bro,” Ryan continued about Shakur. “He’s good, however he’s not nice. Nice can do offense and protection. You may’t simply do protection.
“Mayweather didn’t simply do protection. He did offense and protection. You [Shakur] solely do protection, and in some way you continue to win. I don’t get it,” mentioned Ryan.
