Shakur Stevenson and his new promoter, Eddie Hearn, will maintain a press convention subsequent week in Los Angeles to debate Shakur’s subsequent struggle with Matchroom towards Joe Cordina on October twelfth in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The date will likely be introduced quickly.
A Confidence Booster and a Stepping Stone
Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) and former IBF tremendous featherweight champion Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs) will share the cardboard with the headliner act between unified mild heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev and WBA champ Dmitry Bivol on the Kingdom Area in His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s Riyadh Season occasion.
Hearn hasn’t stated whether or not he plans to re-sign Shakur to a long-term deal after his one-fight with Cordina struggle is completed. He says he desires to show him into a worldwide star, however it’s unclear who he can match him with exterior non-Matchroom fighters.
The interesting fights for Shakur would contain fighters like William Zepeda, Gervonta Davis, and Vasily Lomachenko. These guys aren’t with Hearn, however they might be prepared to struggle Shakur if the cash was proper.
The plan is to place Shakur on this confidence booster towards Cordina to assist enhance his inventory with followers after which match him towards William Zepeda. Then if Shakur wins these two, try to put collectively a take care of Gervonta Davis.
Stevenson’s Ego and Satisfaction
Shakur will possible have to signal with PBC for him to get the Tank struggle, and even then, it can depend upon the negotiations. Stevenson’s ego and pleasure may end in him overpricing himself and shedding out on the Tank struggle.
The issue is that Shakur feels he’s on the identical stage as Tank Davis due to his three-division world titles and his WBC strap. These issues don’t imply something. Shakur nonetheless can’t promote and isn’t anyplace close to Tank’s stage.
“With Matchroom and Riyadh Season, I’m teaming up with a promotional power that matches my world-class expertise,” stated Shakur. “We will likely be unstoppable out and in of the ring, and I’ll proceed to point out my dominance for a few years to return within the sport of boxing.”
Hearn’s Ham-Handed Promotional Methods
Hearn is worked up about Shakur’s new signing, as he was with Demetrius Andrade when he signed him to Matchroom in 2019. He’s didn’t study from the previous and is steering Shakur’s profession in the identical course.
When Hearn signed Andrade, he was excited concerning the potential, however as an alternative of profiting from it, he matched him towards three British fighters, and his reputation didn’t take off.
Hearn appeared shocked when Andrade failed to realize traction with followers. Now, Hearn is making the identical mistake with Shakur by matching him towards a British fighter, which received’t enhance his reputation with U.S. followers. It should harm Shakur’s reputation as a result of he’ll in all probability look dangerous.
Sharp rounds within the financial institution immediately 🔪
— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) August 22, 2024
