Shakur Stevenson: record, next fight and profile →
Olympic silver medal winner and rising superstar Shakur Stevenson appeared in court and managed to settle his legal issues. Back in April, a video surfaced which showed Stevenson involved in a violent brawl at a Miami Beach parking garage. Stevenson was arrested on July 1 of last year and charged with misdemeanor battery. He was facing three counts of misdemeanor battery and one count of felony battery.
Shakur Stevenson Video Interview - Tyson Fury came to Las Vegas. He fought. He conquered. Fury (28-0-1, 20 KOs), the lineal heavyweight world champion, defended his title for the fourth time via second-round TKO over previously undefeated German challenger Tom Schwarz (24-1, 16 KOs) at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
LAS VEGAS – Shakur Stevenson needs a new opponent for his homecoming fight. Miami’s Hairon Socarras has pulled out of their 10-round featherweight bout scheduled for July 13 at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Their fight, Stevenson’s first as a pro in his hometown, was announced Monday during a press conference in Newark.
NEWARK, N.J. – Shakur Stevenson hopes his homecoming next month is the first of many fights for him in the downtown arena where he grew up. Ideally, Stevenson would like to return to Prudential Center next year to defend a world featherweight title. The skilled southpaw expects to fight for a 126-pound championship later this year or early in 2020.
NEWARK, N.J. – Shakur Stevenson intends to exact revenge on Robeisy Ramirez at some point. For now, Stevenson plans to make Hairon Socarras pay July 13 for his split-decision defeat to Ramirez in the 123-pound gold-medal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Like Ramirez, Socarras is Cuban.
On August 3rd Michael Conlan (11-0) will have a chance for revenge. He will face his rival from the 2016 Olympics,, Vladimir Nikitin (3-0) in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The 27-year-old Conlan lost a controversial decision to Nikitin in their quarterfinal match in Rio. He reacted by raising his middle finger at the judges and delivered a profanity laced tirade in his post fight interview and accused the officials of corruption.
Shakur Stevenson, born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, and closing in on a world title shot, is coming home. Stevenson, a 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist and the WBO No. 1 featherweight contender, will face fellow unbeaten Hairon Socarras in the 10-round main event Saturday, July 13 at Prudential Center, home of the NHL’s New Jersey Devils.
After fighting near his hometown or abroad, Shakur Stevenson will finally fight in the city where he was born and raised. Stevenson will face Hairon Sacorras on July 13 in a clash of unbeaten featherweight contenders, Top Rank Vice President Carl Moretti confirmed to BoxingScene Thursday night.
Shakur Stevenson’s hometown fight is set for July 13. The 2016 Olympic silver medalist will meet Miami’s Hairon Socarras in the 10-round main event that night at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The 21-year-old Stevenson (11-0, 6 KOs) was born and raised in Newark, but the fast-rising featherweight contender now resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
When they first turned pro, Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum had predicted a future fight down the line between Olympians Shakur Stevenson and Michael Conlan. But now Arum doubts that a fight between the two of them will actually take place in the future.