Stevenson is borrrring.. dont havw superstar potential

[Boxing-1013]

no ward was a master boxer! isnt it strange how he fights straight up against brand and paul smith(cept when he got rocked) but when the competition gets tough...here comes wrestler! remember edwin rodriguez was giving him hell and the ref threatened to take away rodriguez's purse if he didnt stop cheating...lmao! after that he immediately stopped trying. the rules never applied to ward only to his opponents and he knew that was free reign to cheat since his boxing wasnt that great. he new home court was decisive and thats why he refused to join the super six without it and after he gained more power he never relinquished it even for huge fights

I don't understand how you are fairly logical on some things. And then way off on others.

[sicko]

Young Mayweather was exciting! Stevenson is very skilled and talented but not as exciting, not must watch TV. Him as well as Haney wants to skip straight to being "Money" Mayweather and want to be Defensive and not really put punches together. While I appreciate Hit and Not Get Hit style, I'm a Hardcore Boxing Fans. For the Casuals, that is not going to make them a fan, that is NOT going to make them pay to see you and that is NOT going to Deliver Ratings or get you PPV Buys!

At this age and at this stage of their careers you have to put on a show to BECOME a Superstar!

Younger Mayweather before the Brittle Hands was very exciting to watch he wasn't just Defensive First. Pernell Whitaker as well!

[_Maxi]

boring as ****. Both he and Haney. He didn't have power at fw, doesn't have it at jr lw and for some reason he thinks he can go up to LW and beat the top guys? hahhaa

Mayweather didn't have power at 147 or 154 but went up there and beat many men with more power than him.

Boxing is not just power.

[Mammoth]

Funny thing about that is people said the same thing about Andre Ward. You don't have to knock everybody out to win fights.

Yup.........

[buddyr]

Mayweather didn't have power at 147 or 154 but went up there and beat many men with more power than him.

Boxing is not just power.

Mayweather had power at 130, 135 and 140. 147 he had enough pop to get respect from those guys. DLH was a bit older at 154, Cotto had already been beat to death by Margarito and Pac and Mayweather even hurt him. Anyone with a full functioning brain knew he was gonna beat Canelo. Canelo was easy to outbox. Lara did it after Maweather and Trout was doing it before the open scoring was announced. So Mayweather had respectable power. You weren't gonna just just take 5-6 of his punches to land one and he had great defense.

[buddyr]

Young Mayweather was exciting! Stevenson is very skilled and talented but not as exciting, not must watch TV. Him as well as Haney wants to skip straight to being "Money" Mayweather and want to be Defensive and not really put punches together. While I appreciate Hit and Not Get Hit style, I'm a Hardcore Boxing Fans. For the Casuals, that is not going to make them a fan, that is NOT going to make them pay to see you and that is NOT going to Deliver Ratings or get you PPV Buys!

At this age and at this stage of their careers you have to put on a show to BECOME a Superstar!

Younger Mayweather before the Brittle Hands was very exciting to watch he wasn't just Defensive First. Pernell Whitaker as well!

That's what I'm saying. Mayweather wasn't fighting like Haney and Stevenson this early in his career. He was knocking mfers out. He became safer as he moved up in weight. If these guys are fighting like this now, imagine them at 140 or 147 eight years from now. lol.

[ippo]

That's what I'm saying. Mayweather wasn't fighting like Haney and Stevenson this early in his career. He was knocking mfers out. He became safer as he moved up in weight. If these guys are fighting like this now, imagine them at 140 or 147 eight years from now. lol.

They are not gonna be facing anyone good at 147lbs.

[Idunnoshet]

Man he fought half of his fights in Oakland, 75% of them in Cali, and I think every one but one in the US.



Hey I'm sure he has had some true fans out there who really followed him. I've just seen too many 'Ward would have schooled this guy, like Mayweather would have' comments from Ward fans.

He and Floyd fought nothing alike. If they compared him to Bhop or something, OK, I get it. But yeah I feel like a lot of the Ward support out there is superficial and tribal. That is true for a lot of fighters though. Still a lot of casual-ness even on a hardcore forum like this.

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To the central point, I haven't seen enough of Shakur to comment. He does seem to be more like a Mayweather boxer type. Ward was a roughhouse, smart, tough fighter. We didn't know how much dog, and chin, Floyd had until he got into tougher fights.

I guess as he gets into more fights, we will see what Shakur has. I know some were comparing Haney to Floyd, and I ain't seeing that one yet.

Good break downs.
I did follow Ward's ( professional ) career and Stevensons.
And yes. IMO they both have / had boring styles.

[The3]

I be disgusted when I see u fight.. The feeling is mutual 🤣🤣 https://t.co/Uv7nshiXWU

— Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) December 13, 2020

[Nash out]

I'll give him a chance for when he starts fighting the other top fighters. He's beating guys levels below him, when he fights better guys he may be forced into doing more. I'm done watching him fight these bums though. Has talent, but his record is almost as padded as Inoue's and Zelenoff's.