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LAS VEGAS – Shakur Stevenson emphasized numerous times Thursday night that he didn’t perform anywhere near his own high standards against Edwin De Los Santos.
Edwin De Los Santos spent countless months in the gym as he prepared for the biggest fight of his pugilistic life. He threw thudding left hands against the heavy bag, destroyed the speed bag, and worked on his smooth counter-punching.
LAS VEGAS – There were points during the weeks leading up to Shakur Stevenson’s fight with Edwin De Los Santos when his primary promoter thought Stevenson’s “various ailments” would cause him to withdraw from it.
Shakur Stevenson spent a lot of time apologizing following his “bad performance” against Edwin De Los Santos on Thursday night. The unbeaten Stevenson repeatedly refrained from offering excuses for fighting extremely cautiously against the dangerous De Los Santos. The three-division champion also refused to address speculation that he entered the ring at T-
The last fighter to hold the WBC lightweight title was not at all impressed with the fight to fill that vacancy. Devin Haney didn’t even wait until the final bell to take a parting shot at Shakur Stevenson, who outpointed Edwin De Los Santos over twelve painfully dull rounds to win the vacant WBC 135-pound title. Newark’s Stevenson won by scores of
Shakur Stevenson Video Interview - T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - For the vacant WBC lightweight title, Shakur Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) boxed his way, in a slow-paced fight, to secure a twelve round unanimous decision over Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs).
Edwin De Los Santos made CompuBox history tonight in WBC world title fight against Shaku Stevenson. His 40 landed punches are the fewest landed punches in a twelve round fight in CompuBox's 38-year history.
Shakur Stevenson is now a three-weight world champion. Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) captured the vacant WBC lightweight crown with a unanimous decision win against Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) Thursday evening at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
By Keith Idec – If East Coast fight fans weren’t already asleep when the Shakur Stevenson-Edwin De Los Santos fight finally started at 12:08 a.m. ET early Friday morning, the epically cautious southpaws did little throughout their 12-round, 135-pound championship match to help keep them awake.
Stevenson vs. De Los Santos Scorecard BoxingScene Live - In the main event, Shakur Stevenson will attempt to become a three-weight world champion when he takes on Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight world title.