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Both Cruz and Zepeda turned down Shakur!
Sources: Shakur Stevenson, Shuichiro Yoshino finalizing April 8 fight
Now, Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) will seek a title in a third weight class. The WBC ordered a title eliminator between Stevenson and Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz, but Cruz is choosing a different path. William Zepeda, who is coming off a dominant victory over Joseph Diaz Jr., was next in line but promoter Oscar De La Hoya tweeted that he passed on the fight because he needs "more exposure for Zepeda to create a super fight with Shakur."
George Kambosos, who lost his undisputed lightweight championship to Devin Haney last year, was next up in the rankings but declined the bout.
"I'm on well-deserved holidays with my kids, anticipating my return mid next year," Kambosos tweeted last month. " ... Full respect Shakur, I feel an end-of-year war coming in 2023."
"Third person turned me down and I haven't fought one fight at 135," Stevenson tweeted in December.
But now he has an opponent in Yoshino, a 31-year-old from Tokyo who's never fought outside Japan.
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...-april-8-fight
You're pathetic! I know you know these things already! I'm done with you!
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