Comments Thread For: Paulie Malignaggi's Picks: Shakur Stevenson showed he's best at 135 pounds and that it's time for rivals to step up

[Lance98]

Shakur may not be a KO artist, but he is a hard person to beat for sure as many guys in that division don't want to look silly trying to outbox him and looking dumb punching air. They will just say he is boring because they can't figure him out. Shakur's only weakness is that he talks a lot of crap like he is going to beat the **** out of guys and when that don't happen, people point out his lack of power. I think he should lean more towards being a defensive guy and act that way, and people wouldn't be as critical. He could definitely outbox many guys around his division, even at 140. I personally think that he shouldn't change his style just to please casuals.

[Badboy9]

Of course Paulie would say Shakur is the more talented fighter than tank. Paulie didn’t have power so he relied on his boxing skills so this alone makes his choice biased. Tank will walk shakur down and beat him to the body then deliver the knoeck out punch in round 10. And speaking about stepping up, who has shakur beaten? NOBODY!!!

[GhostofDempsey]

One boring, pillow-fisted big mouth praising another boring, pillow-fisted big mouth.

[Tibburon245]

Probably a competitive fight but Tank is dangerous always. The KO can come at any time.

[davef]

Never understood the hype with Stevenson to me he looks sh** and im not saying Tank is as great as he or his team claims but he would put this kid asleep brutally

[SteveM]

That's a balanced and insightful assessment of Stevenson and his division. I can't see Loma or Zepeda fighting Stevenson. With his lack of opportunities he probably should have taken the money - $15 million is not to sniffed at

[hitmanjosh]

Paulie should shut the *** up until proven, right now he's proven to beat up so so fighters at lightweight anyways. I haven't seen him hit or continuous pressured by a fighter that can punch and box that has good ring generalship so we still have questions but he's doing what he should do with the opposition before him.

[-Kev-]

Martin was a huge underdog lol and a prospect. wtf kid.

And Artem was an even bigger underdog. Wtf is your point?

[right_uppercut]

Zepeda vs. Stevenson is the fight to make. From Stevenson's point of view the risk/reward may not add up. However, I do believe a super talented fighter like Zepeda will bring out the best in Shakur. In this fight, Shakur would not be allowed just to be a defensive guru. If it's true that Shakur really does have excellent offensive skills Zepeda will force him to prove it. This would be a great fight

[GoldenBackHand]

Showed he’s best at 135 by out pointing Artem?

Where do you fools come up with this shat?

Its like you have biases and allow them to embarrassingly drive your positions..

So Tank annihilates the man that beat Artem, Frank Martin, and what he gets no credit for that? Lol