Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson still wants William Zepeda ? but won't 'bow down'

[BoxingUpdates]

Shakur Stevenson on Saturday asserted that Turki Alalshikh is seeking to short his originally promised purse when the sides first negotiated a fight with William Zepeda last year.
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[Lefty0616]

If Stevenson was smart, he'd take that fight. An impressive win against Zepeda would put him in the negotiating driving seat. He can beat Zepeda.

He needs a big name on his resume. Zepeda is a big enough name. Stevenson needs to put his ego to the side and invest in putting himself in a position to claim real acclaim and riches.

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

If Stevenson was smart, he'd take that fight. An impressive win against Zepeda would put him in the negotiating driving seat. He can beat Zepeda.

He needs a big name on his resume. Zepeda is a big enough name. Stevenson needs to put his ego to the side and invest in putting himself in a position to claim real acclaim and riches.

I agree! I'm gonna assume that the figure Turki paid Shakur to fight Padley, was the same amount he was gonna originally pay Shakur to fight Zepeda on Riyadh. If you recall, Zepeda supposedly hurt his hand and had to pull out, so Schofield, then replaced Zepeda. After Schofield pulled out last minute, Padley stepped in and Turki ended up overpaying Shakur to fight Padley, so now Turki wants Shakur to take a lower offer to reconcile the over payment.

This goes to show that Turki is not recklessly overpaying fighters as some here have suggested. If he was, he would have agreed to paying Shakur what Shakur is asking for, which was an amount that Turki was originally agreeing to pay...

[Oldskoolg]

If Stevenson was smart, he'd take that fight. An impressive win against Zepeda would put him in the negotiating driving seat. He can beat Zepeda.

He needs a big name on his resume. Zepeda is a big enough name. Stevenson needs to put his ego to the side and invest in putting himself in a position to claim real acclaim and riches.

It’s not up to him, it’s up to Zepeda who seems terrified to fight the champion

[brankobugarski]

Shakur is confused about his market value because Turki overpaid him for a couple of fights. Probably not smart for him to bite the hand that was feeding him so well. I am not sure where he is going to get more money if Turki is cutting his purse - certainly not from Oscar. Might be a time to wake up to commercial reality.

[STREET CLEANER]

It is fine for Shakur to negotiate his best deal. He should not go so hard publicly to the point they won't negotiate in good faith or not at all.

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

"All American boxers should go to Saudi Arabia cause TURKI GOTS DAT BAG THOOOOOO" ahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahah

I was arguing with a couple of posters here a few weeks back who claimed that Turki was paying these guys endless money. My contention was that he is paying more, but not the endless amounts that some folks think he is. I might be a bit off, but I'm of the opinion that he is only paying 30% above market value...

[LarryMerchant'sBottle]

It’s not up to him, it’s up to Zepeda who seems terrified to fight the champion

Not up to him? Shakur just stated that he'll fight Zepeda, but not for the amount that Turki is now offering. Shakur replied to Oscar's claim that they are trying to make the fight, but Shakur is not accepting Turki's current offer.

As Lefty stated, "Shakur should take the offer and fight Zepeda"!

[STREET CLEANER]

Why not? Oscar went public with the negotiations. Unfortunately the days of men meeting for dinner in a steakhouse and making deals away from the public is over. Twitter is the new boardroom

I am fine with him answering back but you don't want people walking away from negotiations because of some comments.

[STREET CLEANER]

Yea I agree biut this is a crazy social media world we live in now. The rules I lived by in the 70s-90s are gone. Chaos is king now!

Indeed. It makes for good drama and it can sell the fight.