Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson Seeks To Block Herring-Frampton, Enforce WBO Mandatory Status

[BoxingIsGreat]

Shakur can fight Lomachenko in the meantime. No promo obstructions.

[MONGOOSE66]

He’s been saying how easy it would be to beat Loma. NOWS your chance. He dont got no dance partner either.

[GodfatherIV]

Maybe just maybe they get Lomachenko to move back to 130 and be ranked highly by the WBO and that fight happens.

I understand not wanting to wait with all the uncertainty. It does seem weird that all 3 fight under Top Rank and the Herring-Frampton fight was just announced today. Something's off here. People will say the pandemic but this was signed during that time too right? If these fighters fought as much in the ring as in courts and arbitration boxing would be lovely.

As far as potential opponents honestly it doesnt look good with Valdez already fighting Berchelt the next highest contender is the little known Jeremiah Nakathila who's been calling for a shot at Herring too. I think it could be possible that maybe Shakur moved up his timeline because the winner of Berchelt-Valdez especially if its Berchelt might move up. A better matchup might be with Navarette moving up. Navarette being champ at 126 is clearly big for the division and even there was a question in June about whether it was time to move up. Stevenson-Navarette for the vacan title might be better than the rest of the stuff

[Mammoth]

Yeah just go fight the winner...

I get he's frustrated with his competition but still. It's just a matter of time for him for him to get the WBO strap.

[Mammoth]

Shakur can fight Lomachenko in the meantime. No promo obstructions.

Those guys aren't fighting without a belt on the line.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Those guys aren't fighting without a belt on the line.

No need. The winner can fight Davis or WBO winner or Diaz. In a real world.

[ShoulderRoll]

If time ran out on the Wilder-Fury rematch clause then it's only fair that time gets enforced here too. Right?

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I get he's frustrated with his competition but still. It's just a matter of time for him for him to get the WBO strap.

I’d rather Shakur target the Berchelt-Valdez winner. Maybe he wants to try and pick up the WBO and then unify which is fair enough.

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Stevenson is so unlikable.

Just stfu and fight the winner.

[IBOX4LIFE]

This...

Herring shouldn't keep him waiting forever so he should either fight or vacate, shįtty fight for Herring as it's high risk low reward but it is what it is. Only case where not fighting mandatories is ok for me is for unification fights. So if Herring decides to fight Berchelt (not possible in the near futuresince Berchelt is scheduled to fight Valdez in February), who's also with top rank, I could tolerate Stevenson having to wait for the winner, but I don't see why he should wait for Herring to fight Frampton. So fight or vacate, simple as that!

See, this is a real fight fan here...Understands the game of boxing. #DOUBLE_SALUTE