Shakur Stevenson: record, next fight and profile →
This past Saturday night in Washington, Gervonta 'Tank' Davis retained the WBA 'regular' lightweight title with a stoppage win over previously unbeaten Hector Luis Garcia.
GARY CULLY has set his sights on cracking America - and wants to rekindle an 11-year-old rivalry with Shakur Stevenson. The ‘Diva’ this week signed a new long-term deal with Matchroom just months after penning an initial three-fight contract with them.
Gervonta Davis has a date with Hector Luis Garcia on Saturday at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. on Showtime pay-per-view. Should Tank remain successful, Ryan Garcia will be his next foe ready to go for an already agreed-upon 136 catchweight bout set to take place this spring.
The days of Shakur Stevenson squeezing down his ever-growing frame to the 130-pound limit are officially behind him. After failing to make weight, and subsequently losing WBO and WBC super featherweight titles as a result, Stevenson, following his masterful performance against Robson Conceicao, announced that moving forward, he will now compete as a full-fledged lightweight.
Sure Shakur Stevenson has yet to compete in the lightweight division but that hasn’t stopped the former Olympic silver medalist from scouting his competition.
Shakur Stevenson's chance to become a three-division titlist will depend on how quickly Devin Haney decides to move up to the 140-pound division. Haney, Oakland, California, is currently the undisputed champion of the 135-pound division. He became the fully unified champion earlier this year after he defeated Australia’s George Kambosos Jr. in the summer in Kambosos’ homeland. Haney repeated the achievement four months later in a contractually-mandated rematch.
Adrien Broner thinks the toughest test for Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis in the lightweight division is the southpaw out of Newark. Broner, the multi-division champion from Cincinnati, Ohio, was recently asked about how a potential fight between Baltimore’s Davis and Shakur Stevenson would play out. Broner, who is close friends with Davis, refrained from offering a purely partisan opinion, saying that he thinks Stevenson is the one fighter who would give Davis the most “difficult time” in the ring.
Former two division world champion Shakur Stevenson is still hunting for an opponent for a planned WBC lightweight eliminator. Several names have turned him down, but one name that is likely to agree - is Jamaine Ortiz.
Former two division champion Shakur Stevenson is hunting for big fights in 2023 - and his eyes are firmly set on top names Vasiliy Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis. Stevenson is now player in the lightweight division after making a jump in weight to pursue a third division title.
By and large, Jamaine Ortiz marched into his showdown against Vasiliy Lomachenko as nothing more than cannon fodder. Though the 26-year-old successfully ushered Jamel Herring into retirement one fight prior, he was given essentially no shot at upsetting the Ukrainian star.