Shakur Stevenson, the WBC light-weight champion, will defend his title towards Artem Harutyunyan on ESPN on Saturday evening, however he’s already concentrating on a conflict towards Vasily Lomachenko.
Stevenson Questions Lomachenko’s Braveness
Sad about being ignored by the favored Ukrainian expertise, Lomachenko (18-3, 12 KOs), Shakur (21-0, 10 KOs) is questioning his braveness, seeing him as ducking him for concern of being overwhelmed.
“Lomachenko seemed good, however I nonetheless assume he’s scared to combat me,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson to Combat Hub TV’s YouTube channel about Lomachenko’s current eleventh-round knockout of former unified light-weight champion George Kambosos Jr. on Could twelfth in Perth, Australia.
“Cease being scared, Lomachenko. I’ll name you duck-Chenko or scary-Chenko till you combat me, champ.”
It’s the identical strategy that Shakur has used to attempt to encourage Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis to combat him, which has so far did not repay.
Tank has continued to disregard Shakur, which is simple to do as a result of he’s not well-liked with followers. He’s nonetheless reeling from his disastrous efficiency towards Edwin De Los Santos on November sixteenth final yr on the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Shakur’s questioning of Lomachenko’s braveness hasn’t caught on with followers, who nonetheless view him as being an excellent fighter with an entertaining combating fashion.
In distinction, followers don’t take pleasure in watching Shakur’s fights, and there are doubts about whether or not he’ll ever be a star within the ring.
It’s not sufficient for Shakur to brag about himself on social media and through interviews as a result of that’s not going to remodel him right into a PPV attraction, herald enormous rankings for the community, or please the promoters who signal him to a brand new contract.
It doesn’t look doubtless that Shakur will get a combat towards the previous three-division world champion Lomachenko, who’s in negotiations with Tank Davis for a mega-fight in November.
If Lomachenko loses to Tank, he most likely gained’t be interested by combating a lesser identify like Shakur for a smaller payday and should chase him across the ring for twelve rounds.
Tank has mentioned that Shakur is without doubt one of the names he’ll be combating on his new contract along with his administration, however it’s unclear when.
Shakur is in a giant hurry to combat Tank and Lomachenko and isn’t interested by combating proficient contenders like Raymond Muratalla, William Zepeda, or Abdullah Mason. Ideally, Shakur ought to give Edwin De Los Santos a rematch as a result of many felt he was given a present choice over him final November.
