Shakur Stevenson gained new confidence in himself after watching the lackluster Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga battle card final Saturday night time in Las Vegas. Stevenson feels good about his profession potential, and it’s comprehensible why.
After watching these matches on the cardboard, the injured WBC light-weight champion Shakur took to social media to foretell that he would go down as “one of many greats” in boxing.
Shakur is not going to go down as one of many greats, however you may perceive why he would get that concept after viewing 4 of the primary fights on the Canelo-Berlanga card. That was like watching a automotive crash on the facet of the street.
The Canelo-Berlanga card would make any midway first rate fighter be ok with themselves as a result of just about each battle on the high-priced $89.99 card was mediocrity. The co-feature battle between WBA middleweight champion Erislandy Lara and Danny Garcia was one of many worst fights in latest reminiscence.
My trustworthy takeaway from watching the fights tonight is I’m so chilly at this boxing [stuff] I’m going go down as one of many greats and among the finest to lace ’em up. I’m on a really, very, very excessive talent degree, and these fighters can’t beat me 😤 #ChasingGreatness,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson on X, pumping himself up after watching the Canelo Alvarez vs. Edgar Berlanga occasion final Saturday night time.
Shakur will doubtless lose his subsequent battle in opposition to William Zepeda in early 2025 after which get knocked out within the rematch. As soon as that occurs, promoter Eddie Hearn will wash his fingers of Shakur and transfer on. In different phrases, there is not going to be a Joshua-esque rebuild for Shakur like Hearn did with Anthony Joshua. It’s too costly.
Since shifting as much as 135 in 2023, Shakur has been experiencing hand issues, indicating he doesn’t have the bodily instruments to battle in opposition to fighters on this weight class. Attributable to his lack of energy, Stevenson has to load up on each shot with most energy, and his fingers are too brittle to try this.
The apparent answer to the issue can be for Shakur to return from whence he got here at 130 or 126, however he’s outgrown each of these weight courses. He was at all times a weight bully for featherweight and tremendous featherweight from the soar, however now he can’t soften right down to these divisions any longer with out lacking weight.
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