Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson turns down 5-fight, $15M Top Rank deal: 'Arum's saving son Lomachenko from ass whooping'

[The Big Dunn]

loma has no thought for shakur, im sure loma thinks and does that suits him best at this stage & if he lands the tank fight its a big win for him and its a unification fight now as well, big event

as for shakur, the dope had a fight for undisputed right in his hand v haney for 25% split, hes a goof ball and then fake retired, thats my thoughts on him at the moment, if loma cant get the tank fight for some reason i think a shakur fight as a unification as well would be a good option

Ok that is fine.

That is a small cut. Bob not getting him more, like he did others, is why he didn’t take it.

what would you do if you were Shakur in this situation?

[Smash]

what would you do if you were Shakur in this situation?

shakur is in a situation of his own making, i would have taken the haney fight in a nano second so i would have NO thoughts on what his situation is now, best of luck to him

[uppercut510]

this delusional idiot & his fans talk lot of mess but he could't even put away an UNKNOWN D level fighter last night... he should take the 15 million & retire quietly instead of making a bigger ass of himself

damn D level???

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Well at this point I personally am hoping Davis stops Shakur and we get a really good fight with Loma Davis.

Stevenson isn't Floyd, Oscar or Bud. Those guys had some exciting fights. Shakur is simply lying, Hartunyan stood in front of him for 80% of the fight and Stevenson never even hurt him badly. Stevenson has a suspect chin with how defensive he has fought over his last two fights. And he will run against Davis, and he isn't getting a gift against Tank because Tank is the guy making promoters money, at least far more than Shakur.

A well rested injury free Loma has about a year or two window where he is still probably too good for both. Hopefully the scenario moves quickly.

[brettWall]

Any offers from others like PBC, MR, GBP? How about from TMT Floyd who is now with Schaefer?

You can't keep on saying it's a lowball offer when nobody is interested in him.

[The Big Dunn]

shakur is in a situation of his own making, i would have taken the haney fight in a nano second so i would have NO thoughts on what his situation is now, best of luck to him

Ok. I can’t see any boxer on Shakur’s level taking 25%, especially when he works for a promoter that regularly negotiates bigger fees for his clients when they are the challenger.

[Duran1333]

Lmao, shakur is so full of **** when he’s talking about his opponent “trying to survive” as being the reason he couldn’t get a knockout. Trying to survive? Like, brother, I have eyes! The dude was literally standing right in front of you all night, his whole demeanor was “hey, I’m right here, knock me out!”, and shakur STILL failed to get the stoppage.

He ain’t got that dawg in him, and you need it to even compete w the likes of tank.

[uppercut510]

do fighters have to have knock outs to be considered good?

[Smash]

Ok. I can’t see any boxer on Shakur’s level taking 25%, especially when he works for a promoter that regularly negotiates bigger fees for his clients when they are the challenger.

as far as i can see it was a take it or leave it offer from haney at the time, 25% for a shot at undisputed, thats what haney said, to me where shakur is and was & the fact that shakur says he beats haney EASY, its a no brainer to take it and then be the MAN at 135, instead of where he is now

[Smash]

Ok. I can’t see any boxer on Shakur’s level taking 25%, especially when he works for a promoter that regularly negotiates bigger fees for his clients when they are the challenger.

one other point, i think you are over rating shakurs level at the moment, he has his home town fans leaving his fights before the end