Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson Inks Promotional Pact With Top Rank

[Pigeons]

Great steal by Top Rank.

[Butch.McRae]

Once I saw J Prince/Ward was signed on as the kid's manager I immediately began to worry about the team behind him. (That totally took any Haymon affiliated promoter out of the picture; I thought Schaefer was the perfect guy for Stevenson) Good job by Top Rank pulling him in, but how long does Bob have left to build him up? This isn't a Loma situation. That guy was a finished product ready to go from the start.

I wish this kid well, but this is a little surprising considering the current trends in the sport. If you watch what Floyd has done with Jack, Davis (Tank), Tabiti, etc. I think it's fair to say that they are on to something at Mayweather Promotions. All of his fighters have gotten opportunities, even J'Leon Love (not all have succeeded obviously).

For example, Davis's profile has exploded over the last month. (His social media following increased by by over 200k on IG; more than almost all current champions)

I get wanting to roll with Bob (he's the best promoter of all time), but this may turn out to be a bad move as Bob is old and Prince managed fighters always end up in some contractual dispute. (Mayweather, Ward, etc.) Fingers crossed that this works out.

[GMAN SUPREME]

the fl0mos are going to be pissed they thought for sure shakur was going to sign with the unholy alliance but crafty old arum stole him away from gayweather jr. hahahah

[TheCell8]

Bob stay winning.

Shakur Stevenson is the best prospect USA has had in probably 10+ years. Easily the best from the Olympic team.

The funny thing is, after all the courting Mayweather did, the guy Floyd hates the most comes in and swoops Shakur Stevenson from ride under his wing.

Big W for Bob. Monumental L for Mayweather.

[Tjrjr]

Met him at the Ward-Kovalev fight. Nice kid. wish him the best!

[TheCell8]

Top rank is retooling nicely.

Conlan and Stevenson could very well carry their company for years to come.

The most popular and talked about fighters from the Olympics, and Bob gets both of them.

[-PBP-]

Top Rank is top dawg in terms of building young fighters

[O.K.! 2.0]

WOW! Not a big surprise he chose TR but I had not idea he was meeting with the TR office. My first thought a few months ago was Mayweather had the lead to sign this kid but when he accepted Ward, Prince, etc as his managers, I knew Floyd was out of the running. Great sign(steal)for TR which is the best boxing company out there.

[O.K.! 2.0]

I wish this kid well, but this is a little surprising considering the current trends in the sport. If you watch what Floyd has done with Jack, Davis (Tank), Tabiti, etc. I think it's fair to say that they are on to something at Mayweather Promotions. All of his fighters have gotten opportunities, even J'Leon Love (not all have succeeded obviously).

I do think Floyd has done a good job with the fighters he currently has but there's two promoter problems Floyd has in my opinion! 1) Al Haymon, Floyd has always gave major credit to Haymon for being a big part of his career. Why would fighters sign with Floyd when they can skip the middle man & go straight to Haymon? 2) Somehow Floyd always makes it about Floyd! Floyd is new to the promoter game but he needs to understand that great promoters makes it all about their fighters. Bob is the greatest promoter of all time but he doesn't make it all about himself. Oscar makes it all about his fighters(Canelo). You can say the same for many other promoters as well but I'm sure Floyd will learn.

[AliBombaye]

Arum gonna rob him and Shakur will want to leave, book it.