Shakur Stevenson saw something entirely different from his ringside seat than the three judges witnessed Saturday night in Shawnee, Oklahoma.

The undefeated two-division champion contended afterward that British southpaw Maxi Hughes definitely deserved a victory over George Kambosos Jr. in their 12-round lightweight fight at FireLake Arena. Two judges – Josef Mason (117-111) and Gerald Ritter (115-113) – scored their fight for Australia’s Kambosos, who won their ESPN main event by majority decision because judge David Sutherland scored their bout a draw, 114-114.

Stevenson didn’t mince words when the elite lightweight contender was interviewed by ESPN’s Bernardo Osuna at ringside after Kambosos’ controversial win.

“I thought it was a robbery,” Stevenson said. “I thought Maxi boxed well and I thought he was a better fighter.”

Kambosos had a lot of difficulty dealing with Hughes’ movement and avoiding Hughes’ straight left hand. Mason somehow scored nine of the 12 rounds for Kambosos, who won seven rounds on Ritter’s card.

“I think that the judges should be held to a higher criteria,” Stevenson said. “I think that they should be as focused as the boxers and I think that they need a lot more [training] to become a judge. So, I feel like they not watching the fights and they’re not really paying too much attention to the fights, and I think it’s messing up boxing.”

The 26-year-old Stevenson expressed respect for Kambosos’ accomplishments when they spoke as Kambosos and his team left the ring. Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) was also honest, however, and told Kambosos he would “beat the sh*t” out of him if they were to fight.

Stevenson previously informed Osuna that he has little interest in boxing Kambosos, who, like Stevenson, is now represented by Bob Arum’s Top Rank Inc., which co-promotes Kambosos along with DiBella Entertainment.

“I wanna fight the best of the best, so as of right now, Kambosos is not on my level,” Stevenson said. “I wanna fight the Lomachenkos, the Devin Haneys, Gervonta Davis. Them the fights that I’m looking for. If you see me fightin’ Kambosos, y’all know I’m gonna stop him. That’s how I feel about it, so I don’t feel like he’s on that level. But if I don’t got no choice, and he’s the next step down, I’ll beat him up, too.”

Kambosos (21-2, 10 KOs) won the IBO lightweight title from Hughes (26-6-2, 5 KOs) and secured the number two position in the IBF’s ratings by winning what was also an elimination match. The Sydney native could square off against Argentina’s Gustavo Lemos (28-0, 18 KOs), the IBF’s number one contender, for the vacant IBF lightweight championship in his next fight if Haney gives up his IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO lightweight titles to compete in the 140-pound division.

Stevenson, meanwhile, is perfectly positioned to fight Vasiliy Lomachenko for what would be an unclaimed WBC championship if Haney moves up in weight.

The 2016 Olympic silver medalist from Newark, New Jersey is the WBC’s number two lightweight contender. Ukraine’s Lomachenko (17-3, 11 KOs) is ranked first at lightweight by the WBC.

Keith Idec is a senior writer/columnist for BoxingScene.com. He can be reached on Twitter @Idecboxing.