NEWARK, New Jersey – Shakur Stevenson doesn’t take pound-for-pound debates all that seriously. The unbeaten Stevenson understands the subjective nature of constructing such lists. That’s why he hasn’t taken offense to criticism from those that feel he hasn’t accomplished enough to warrant a spot in the top 10. Naturally, Stevenson believes he belongs among the
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Find out why professionals are using BoxBandz Posted on 09/23/2022 By: Sean Crose “He said yesterday that I am fake,” Robson Conceicao said of Shakur Stevenson after the weigh in for their Friday night fight, “so he shows to the world whose fake – it’s him.” Conceicao was understandably put off by the fact that Stevenson,
9:02 AM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Shakur Stevenson returns to his native Newark, New Jersey, squarely on the precipice of pound-for-pound greatness, if not stardom. At 25, Stevenson owns an Olympic silver medal along with titles in two weight classes. Until Thursday, when he failed to make weight, Stevenson was a unified champion at 130 pounds.
Floyd Mayweather will return to exhibition action on Saturday night U.S. time, facing Mikuru Asakura in a bout from Saitama Super Arena in Japan. Here’s how you can watch the show. If you’re in the United States, the the exhibition fight is available on pay-per-view for a cost of $29.99, through traditional cable and satellite.
The show goes on even in the absence of its local hero. Maxi Hughes and Kid Galahad are prepared to take the lead in their makeshift main event, as both made weight for their scheduled twelve-round IBO lightweight contest. The bout will headline a DAZN telecast Saturday evening from Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England. Hughes
Posted on 09/23/2022 By: Sean Crose Shakur Stevenson takes on Robson Conceicao in a twelve round main event tonight at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. The fight will be aired live on ESPN and ESPN+ starting at 10 PM eastern time. The 18-0 Stevenson was supposed to be defending his WBO and WBC junior lightweight
5:59 AM ET Oleksandr Usyk said he wants to face Britain’s Tyson Fury in a bout to unify the world heavyweight titles, as well as a “freak” fight with super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, before he retires from the sport. The 35-year-old Ukrainian retained his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO heavyweight titles with a
Shakur Stevenson returns to action tonight to face Robson Conceicao in an ESPN main event from Newark, N.J., but the fight has admittedly lost some luster as of yesterday. Stevenson missed weight on Friday, so the WBC and WBO junior lightweight titles are on the line for Conceicao only. All the same, we’ll be here,
A heavyweight showdown for the WBO Interim Heavyweight World Title fight between Joe Joyce and Joseph Parker is set for September the 24th at the AO Arena in Manchester. Check out the best bits from today’s press conference with the two titans. Subscribe to BT Sport Boxing on YouTube ➡️ http://www.youtube.com/c/btsportboxing Follow BT Sport Boxing
Gervonta Davis will have his day in court, though for a case where he was hoping for a different outcome. A plea agreement between Davis and the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s office was rejected by judge Melissa Phinn during a hearing Wednesday morning at Circuit Court for Baltimore City, as first reported by The Baltimore
Posted on 09/22/2022 By: Sean Crose Earlier today, WBO and WBC junior lightweight titlist Shakur Stevenson, who is set to face Robson Conceicao tomorrow night in Newark, New Jersey, missed weight by 1.6 pounds. He was given two hours to make things right on the scale. He didn’t bother, opting instead to post the following
5:50 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Boxer Gervonta Davis will stand trial on Dec. 12 for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run incident, according to court records. A Baltimore Circuit Court judge declined to approve a plea deal on Wednesday that would have avoided jail time for Davis and instead meted out 60 days of house
DAZN has officially revealed the undercard for Chris Eubank Jr’s October 8th clash with Conor Benn, which includes a number of familiar British faces like Felix Cash, Galal Yafai, Harlem Eubank, Ellie Scotney, Lyndon Arthur, and Shannon Courtenay. Cash (15-0, 10 KO) takes what looks to be a decent-sized step back against Connor Coyle (17-0,
Former undisputed women’s world champion, ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus is going title hunting in the junior middleweight division. “I’m very excited to compete in the 154lb. division and want to fight all of the world champions,” said Braekhus, (36-2, 9 KO’s). “I fought for thirteen years as a welterweight with great success and now
Posted on 09/22/2022 By: Sean Crose “I gave it my all,” Shakur Stevenson posted on Twitter Thursday afternoon. He had come in 1.6 pounds overweight on the scales a few minutes earlier at the weigh in for his scheduled Friday night battle with Robson Conceicao, who himself made weight easily. “I’ve been professional my whole
3:19 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Shakur Stevenson failed to make weight Thursday ahead of his fight vs. Robson Conceicao on Friday in Newark, New Jersey, and will be stripped of his two 130-pound titles, per championship fight rules governed by the WBO and WBC. The 25-year-old weighed 131.6 pounds and had two hours to shed
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum chats with Fight Hype about the future of Shakur Stevenson as he heads into this weekend’s fight, before taking questions about the much talked about fight between Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis and Ryan Garcia. Now obviously a fight between Tank and Garcia has yet to be formally announced, but both fighters