Shakur Stevenson responded at the moment to folks’s criticism of being a “boring” fighter, viewing it as a coordinated effort to maintain him down.
A Conspiracy Concept?
Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) suggests it’s a conspiracy to maintain him from getting the fights he needs. The concept is that after they say he’s “boring,” they’re attempting to affect others to maintain him down.
It’s a wierd concept that Shakur has cooked up as a conspiracy. It must contain tens of 1000’s of individuals, who collectively view him as boring and never value watching the principle occasions on tv.
Fairly than viewing it as a conspiracy, Shakur should take heed to what followers say as a result of they inform him his defensive combating model is boring.
Ignoring The Actual Concern
The booing from the followers for Shakur’s final two fights in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos wasn’t as a result of they had been whispering to one another to conspire to maintain him down from getting the fights he wished. They had been letting him know that he was not entertaining.
To additional his argument that he’s being singled out. Shakur talked about Vasily Lomachenko’s combat in opposition to Jose Pedraza in 2018, saying he didn’t assume it was entertaining to observe. Nonetheless, Shakur notes that folks had been exhibiting spotlight clips of Lomachenko, making it clear they favored his combating model and weren’t criticizing him.
“We’re [Gervonta Davis] each younger black kings…I’m not the primary individual that was referred to as boring. Floyd was referred to as boring. Andre Ward was referred to as boring. Pernell Whitaker, they referred to as him boring. Bud bought booed in fights earlier than,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson to DAZN Boxing, reacting to being advised that two YouTube publish hosts labeled him as a boring fighter and didn’t wish to watch him combat sooner or later.
King of Denial
Shakur isn’t a “king” at light-weight. He’s only a man who gained his WBC light-weight with an unpleasant 12-round choice in opposition to Edwin De Los Santos final November in a boring, unwatchable combat a lot nearer than the judges’ scores.
Stevenson has made one protection of his WBC light-weight title in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan, a fighter coming off a loss to Frank Martin. Shakur’s final two fights had been lackluster, and they didn’t carry out like a king.
“They’re enjoying with the those that wish to put the agenda on the market that wish to go together with the narrative to cease me from getting the fights that I would like. They’re enjoying into that,” mentioned Shakur, making it clear that he sees it as a conspiracy that individuals are labeling him as boring and don’t wish to watch him as a result of they wish to preserve him from succeeding.
“It’s all good. You’re saying my identify. So my identify goes up,” mentioned a visibly upset-looking Shakur, attempting to play it off prefer it doesn’t hassle him that folks view him as a boring fighter. “Maintain speaking.”
Stevenson is disingenuous when he says the criticism doesn’t hassle him as a result of it does. That’s why he’s defending himself night time and day on X, firing again in any respect the followers and notable individuals who name him boring. He’s unwilling to hear and alter, which is able to maintain him again and damage his profession.
If the boss tells you that you just’re performing poorly in any job, you hear and make corrections. For those who don’t, you get fired. In Shakur’s case, he’s arguing and refusing to alter. That’s why he’s not a PPV attraction and nonetheless hasn’t gotten the fights he’s been begging for in opposition to Gervonta Davis and Vasily Lomachenko.
Deflection and Comparisons
“Somebody like Lomachenko. After I watched Lomachenko-Pedraza, I didn’t assume that was probably the most entertaining combat. The opposite folks felt that was an entertaining combat. It was one of the best combat. They’re mentioning spotlight clips. However with regards to me, and I’m within the pocket, touching a man, and a man is transferring, they’re going to make it appear to be I’m in a foul combat, and it’s boring,” mentioned Shakur
It’s a poor comparability Shakur brings as much as try to escape his boring label. Lomachenko was so a lot better in opposition to Pedraza than what he’s proven as a professional or beginner.
I watched Lomachenko’s combat in opposition to Pedraza, and Loma was way more entertaining in that combat than any of Shakur’s final 22 fights as a professional. The offensive abilities, motion, and technical capability that Lomachenko displayed in opposition to Pedraza had been on one other degree than Shakur’s three-foot step-back strategy to his fights.
Lomachenko wasn’t booed as a result of he was attacking in opposition to Pedraza, firing pictures, and never retreating when attacked the complete combat the way in which Shakur sometimes does.
