Shakur Stevenson is complaining on X that nobody desires to combat him proper now. The WBC light-weight champion Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) says he gained’t get the fights he desires till he turns into a “PPV celebrity.”
That doesn’t sound promising for the 27-year-old free agent Stevenson as a result of he’s lately placed on the kind of performances that recommend he’s ever going to grow to be a “PPV celebrity.”
A Fighter Out of Time?
- Received’t have interaction
- Boring
- Strikes an excessive amount of
What Shakur wants is a few form of radical shock remedy to rework him into a distinct kind of fighter, curing him of his tendency to maneuver across the ring.
Stevenson should be shocked into changing into a distinct fighter as a result of it’s not taking place together with his present mindset. Shakur simply doesn’t belong on this period, and he’s like an odd chicken that followers hate and fighters keep away from just like the plague.
Stevenson isn’t suited to trendy boxing and belongs preventing in a distinct period the place followers had fewer decisions for leisure and would put up with defensive fighters.
The William Zepeda combat that Shakur had hoped for isn’t taking place subsequent as a result of the match is being pushed to early 2025 in February. Gervonta Davis hasn’t proven curiosity in preventing Shakur, and it’s unclear whether or not he ever will.
A Controversial Victory
Followers want to see Shakur rematch Edwin De Los Santos as a result of many really feel that his combat towards the slugger final November ought to have been scored as a 12-round draw as a substitute of a win.
Shakur moved all evening, throwing single pictures and looking out terrified of De Los Santos. That was not the best manner for Shakur to win the WBC light-weight title, and it illegitimatizes him within the eyes of the general public.
Combating De Los Santos once more and never operating can be the best manner for Shakur to win again followers and show he’s able to combat his #1 challenger, William Zepeda. Overlook about Tank Davis and Lomachenko.
These guys need nothing to do with Shakur as a result of they know what would occur to them. Shakur would hit and run all evening, resulting in a uninteresting combat that will go to a call. Relying on the preferences of the judging crew that labored that evening, they might lose to Shakur by a controversial determination.
“The place is the vitality for the fighters saying, ‘no’? Yall can’t place blame on me as a result of no one attempting step within the ring with me,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson on X, telling his followers to not roast him as a result of he’s supposedly being prevented by fighters.
“I enroll and combat whoever is in entrance of me. Till I flip myself right into a PPV celebrity, fighters don’t wish to combat me.”
