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Atlanta, GA - For the WBO super featherweight title, Shakur Stevenson (17-0, 9 KOs) became a two-division world champion with a tenth round stoppage of Jamel Herring (23-3, 11 KOs) at the State Farm Arena.
State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA - Jamel Herring suffered his first defeat since 2017, when he was stopped in ten rounds by Shakur Stevenson (17-0, 9 KOs), who captured the WBO super featherweight title and became a two-division world champion.
Stevenson, Herring Official Scorecards - Atlanta, GA - For the WBO super featherweight title, Shakur Stevenson (17-0, 9 KOs) became a two-division world champion with a tenth round stoppage of Jamel Herring (23-3, 11 KOs).
All Shakur Stevenson as he outlands Jamel Herring 164-87 in total punches, including 99 power punches. Stevenson avg'd 16 of 53 per round after averaging 13 of 40 in last 5 fights. Stevenson has now outlanded his opponents in 43 consecutive rounds.
By Keith Idec - ATLANTA – This was at least as easy as Shakur Stevenson assured some it would be, maybe even easier. The undefeated Stevenson delivered a dominant performance against Jamel Herring to win a world title in a second weight class Saturday night. The smart, skillful southpaw picked apart a legitimate 130-pound champion who was the most accomplished opponent he had encountered in 17 professional fights and won by 10th-round technical knockout in the main event of a nine-fight card at State Farm Arena.
Herring, Stevenson Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Top Rank junior lightweights Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring and Shakur Stevenson have exchanged verbal volleys in person and on social media, and they will settle the score Saturday, Oct. 23, live on ESPN.
ATLANTA – Shakur Stevenson senses that Jamel Herring intends to press him Saturday night. The skillful southpaw figures Herring will be more aggressive than usual in an effort to try to make him feel uncomfortable during their 12-round fight for Herring’s WBO junior lightweight title. By bringing the fight to Stevenson, Herring and his team would try to out-work an opponent who drew a lot of criticism for his inactivity during his last fight.
ATLANTA – Jamel Herring realizes criticism comes with the glory and the money when you’re a world champion. Herring still couldn’t help but take offense when cynics questioned his heart after an unusual disqualification win over Jonathan Oquendo 13 months ago. The WBO junior lightweight champion couldn’t continue after the eighth round that night because he couldn’t see out of his right eye.
ATLANTA – Jamel Herring doesn’t fight anything like Jeremiah Nakathila. Herring is an active, skillful southpaw, whereas the limited Nakathila is a pure puncher who is overly reliant on landing right hands. That said, Herring noted Nakathila’s mistakes during the Namibian contender’s 12-round, unanimous-decision defeat to Stevenson on June 12 in Las Vegas.
Shakur Stevenson easily executed his game plan the last time he fought for a WBO belt in October. The undefeated southpaw picked apart Joet Gonzalez throughout their 12-round fight for the then-vacant WBO featherweight title in October 2019. When their one-sided championship match ended, Gonzalez, who entered their fight undefeated, had won only one round apiece on all three scorecards at Reno-Sparks Convention Center in Reno, Nevada (119-109, 119-109, 119-109).