Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson Eyes Futures Fights With Lomachenko, Tank Davis

[SimpleTouchee]

Hate how all these American fighters come out of the woodwork to challenge semi-washed guys when they’re viewed to be easy-pickings

You can say that about 99 percent of boxing. Not just americans

[Ganondorf]

I would LOVE to see Shakur beat the hell out of Davis.

[Bronx2245]

If he beats loma I bet bob will. If he loses, his value is very diminished. A non fan friendly fighter coming off a loss with his style is not someone anyone is going to go out of their way to fight. It’s not like there is big money in Haney, especially if he doesn’t have a belt.

However he's not getting what he wants, and he has ALL the belts!

[Bronx2245]

They have now had him turn down both Ryan and Shakur.PBC will keep him in light until the time comes for when they need that Tank rematch. Basically being used as a pawn like Ortiz was for Wilder.

What about William Zepeda? Why would GBP keep him away?

[Bronx2245]

Hate how all these American fighters come out of the woodwork to challenge semi-washed guys when they’re viewed to be easy-pickings

He wanted Loma b4 Loma fought Teofimo Lopez! It was Loma that went "in the other direction," not Devin Haney!

[crimsonfalcon07]

Shakur is another one with a style that's high risk very low reward. I think it's got to be impossible to look good fighting him, and he's got to be maybe the most frustrating guy to fight in all of boxing. He's probably going to go down as one of the best defensive fighters of all time, but he's not popular with the casuals.

TBH, I could see him being less interesting even for lovers of the sweet science because his style depends so much on his reflexes and absolutely elite distance management. It's not the sort of thing that can be duplicated with lots of training. Either you have the reflexes or you don't, and the eye for distance can only be developed so far. And he doesn't really have the finishing instincts, nor does his style lend itself to knockouts, because the shots that knock people out are the ones they don't see coming, and he's very good at hitting and not being hit from the pocket. So his opponents probably see the shots coming but can't really hit back.

I would love to see him spend a little time with Bomac and Terrence Crawford.

[Sctrojan]

What about William Zepeda? Why would GBP keep him away?

That, idk. Possible future matchup with Schofield?

[Bronx2245]

That, idk. Possible future matchup with Schofield?

Zepeda is not sitting around for that fight! Schofield won't be fighting him for at least a year! Kid Austin is 20 years old w/ 12 fights! Zepeda is 26 years old w/ 27 fights, and 23 KOs! He's ready now!

[Pac=Duran]

You can say that about 99 percent of boxing. Not just americans

True I guess