Comments Thread For: 'Bam' or Shakur ? who?s the next American pound-for-pound king?

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Eric Raskin weighs up the relative merits of Shakur Stevenson and Jesse Rodriguez in the race to become the pound-for-pound number one.
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[Grandma Lover]

Bam and it's not even close.

Shakira has a bunch of gimmes on his resume. Zepeda is a decent name i guess and teofimo too but cmon who gave him a chance to win? The guy lost to kambosos, a gift against Martin so the blueprint was already there. Shakira can make a case at 147 but it's dead there.

Bam has a shot with all the tough fighters around his division.

[El_Mero]

Bam and it's not even close.

Shakira has a bunch of gimmes on his resume. Zepeda is a decent name i guess and teofimo too but cmon who gave him a chance to win? The guy lost to kambosos, a gift against Martin so the blueprint was already there. Shakira can make a case at 147 but it's dead there.

Bam has a shot with all the tough fighters around his division.

Couldnt have said it better, BUT, you forgot the excitement aspect.
hit and not get hit is cool, but hitting and koing is better and whats put a$$e$ in the seats and buys ppvs

[Liondw]

Boots or Shakur. Those are the two best American fighters. The best, arguably pound for pound, is Shakur.

It's not about who you deem the most exciting, but his sweet science is very sweet.

[Verus]

This is a real tough call. It seems to me that a case can be made that Shakur is the better boxer, but given the level opposition and knockouts a case can be made that at this point Bam can be ranked a notch higher than Shakur. These guys are both terrific. There is no bad choice here.

[famicommander]

Bam: 7-0 vs world title winners at age 26
Stevenson: 4-0 vs world title winners at age 28

Bam has faced considerably better opposition to this point despite being the younger man. He's two years younger and has had two fewer fights.

To catch him Stevenson is going to have to face several top level opponents in a row.

[famicommander]

Boots or Shakur. Those are the two best American fighters. The best, arguably pound for pound, is Shakur.

It's not about who you deem the most exciting, but his sweet science is very sweet.

Boots isn't even in the conversation, he has maybe 2 or 3 quality opponents on his record and he's two years older with 13 more pro fights than Bam.

[SouthpawRight]

Boots or Shakur. Those are the two best American fighters. The best, arguably pound for pound, is Shakur.

It's not about who you deem the most exciting, but his sweet science is very sweet.

This is a real tough call. It seems to me that a case can be made that Shakur is the better boxer, but given the level opposition and knockouts a case can be made that at this point Bam can be ranked a notch higher than Shakur. These guys are both terrific. There is no bad choice here.

Bam: 7-0 vs world title winners at age 26
Stevenson: 4-0 vs world title winners at age 28

Bam has faced considerably better opposition to this point despite being the younger man. He's two years younger and has had two fewer fights.

To catch him Stevenson is going to have to face several top level opponents in a row.

Silk Smooth Shakur easy because he'll soon be beating up welterweights which is a glamor division

dwarf divisions are overlooked and underrated

We see it in real time right now. Naoya is better than once a year oleksandr doing Dubois and Deontay back to back

yet oleksandr is usually ranked ahead

need to be at least a lightweight to capture western attention

Jesse is a 115 fighter it remains to be seen if he can featherweight 126

[famicommander]

Silk Smooth Shakur easy because he'll soon be beating up welterweights which is a glamor division

dwarf divisions are overlooked and underrated

We see it in real time right now. Naoya is better than once a year oleksandr doing Dubois and Deontay back to back

yet oleksandr is usually ranked ahead

need to be at least a lightweight to capture western attention

Jesse is a 115 fighter it remains to be seen if he can featherweight 126

TBRB is the only real credible source left and they have Inoue #1.

[SouthpawRight]

TBRB is the only real credible source left and they have Inoue #1.

1	Naoya Inoue *	JPN	32-0-0 (27)	Jr. Featherweight
2	Oleksandr Usyk *	UKR	24-0-0 (15)	Heavyweight
3	Jesse Rodriguez *	USA	23-0-0 (16)	Jr. Bantamweight
4	Shakur Stevenson*	USA	25-0-0 (11)	Lightweight/ Jr. Welterweight
5	Dmitry Bivol*	RUS	24-1-0 (12)	Light Heavyweight
6	Artur Beterbiev	CAN	21-1-0 (20)	Light Heavyweight
7	Junto Nakatani	JPN	32-0-0 (24)	Jr. Featherweight
8	Saul Alvarez	MEX	63-3-2 (39)	Super Middleweight
9	David Benavidez	USA	31-0-0 (25)	Light Heavyweight
10	Oscar Collazo	PR	13-0-0 (10)	Strawweight

https://tbrb.org/p4p