Steven Luevano retires after Top Rank release him.

[Ben_London]

Featherweight Steven Luevano (37-2-1, 15 KOs), who lost his title via seventh-round knockout to Juan Manuel Lopez in January, has retired. He fought for 10 years as a pro after a standout amateur career, winning a vacant world title in 2007 in England, where he knocked out hometown fighter Nicky Cook in the 11th round. Luevano, 29, made five defenses, mainly as a staple of Top Rank pay-per-view undercards. Following the loss to Lopez, Top Rank, which promoted him for his whole career, released him. That deeply hurt Luevano, manager Cameron Dunkin said. "He told me that when Top Rank let him go it stuck a dagger in his heart and he said he never recovered," Dunkin said. "He said it hurt him so bad. He said, 'I thought we were like family.' When that happened he said, 'I just didn't want to fight.' He said, 'I thought I would come out of it,' but he went to the gym a few times and he didn't. He's an emotional and sensitive kid. He said he thinks it's better if he retires. He's retired. He did well. He made about $2 million. He saved his money, paid his taxes, has a beautiful home and family. I'm really happy for him."


Source espn.com

[ßringer]

He should've been publicly executed after that fight with Billy Dib.

[Check]

Business is business so he really shouldn't of felt like that. Luevano wasn't an exciting fighter but he did fight with heart and had some skills. Good luck to him but I think he should of kept fighting.

[xcaret v3]

arum has no soul when it comes to his fighters

[The Gambler1981]

If he is well off and has his health that is good very few fighters can walk away from the sport in such fashion. Good for him even if it ended on a sour note.

[ßringer]

What?

We're not cracking Luevano/Dib jokes around here anymore?

This place really has changed.

[The Gambler1981]

I have tried my best to stricken that fight from my memory.

[DeelDough]

Juanma sent him into retirement , that was one of Juanmas best performances , he took his time and outboxed a pretty good boxer.

And now he will definetly send Rafa into retirement , and its sad because I kind of liked rafa. he is a face first warrior , but a warrior nonetheless.

After Juanma finishes with rafa , he will have more haters on boxingscene than ever.

[ßringer]

I have tried my best to stricken that fight from my memory.

How'd you manage to do that?

I still wake up in sweats at night sceaming "do something!", and "corner him!".

[Fearless Angel]

Steven was a very good fighter with solid skills. No doubt he was one of the best featherweights in the world and he did pretty well in his career. I respect him a lot and wish him nothing but the best.