Shakur Stevenson: record, next fight and profile →
Featherweight contender Shakur Stevenson (10-0, 6 KOs) would like to fight for a world title in about four fights. Back in January, the Olympic silver medal winner scored a fourth round knockout over Jessie Rosales.
Now we have an answer as to how ready Top Rank’s matchmakers feel Shakur Stevenson is for a steep step up in competition. According to an ESPN.com report Wednesday, a deal almost has been finalized for Stevenson to oppose Puerto Rico’s Christopher Diaz on April 20 at Madison Square Garden. The Stevenson-Diaz fight will be part of the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan undercard and will air as part of an ESPN Pay-Per-View telecast.
Bryant Jennings, Oscar Rivas Fight Photos Gallery - For 11 rounds, the action happened in fits and starts. Then, in round 12, heavyweight contender Oscar Rivas lowered the boom, knocking out former world title challenger Bryant “B.Y.” Jennings. Rivas knocked down Jennings in the 12th round, then a follow-up flurry pinned Jennings against the ropes and forced referee Gary Rosato to stop the fight. (photos by Mikey Williams)
Shakur Stevenson opens up the new year the same way he closed out 2018—with a bang. The 21-year old Newark (NJ) native and 2016 Olympic Silver medalist scored his second straight spectacular knockout, the latest a 4th round stoppage of Jessie Cris Rosales in Friday’s ESPN+-streamed co-feature at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York.
Bryant Jennings and Oscar Rivas top the first ESPN+ boxing telecast of 2019, as they meet in a pivotal 12-round heavyweight bout Friday evening at Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, New York. The pair of aspiring heavyweight contenders both came in fighting fit at Thursday’s weigh-in ahead of their crossroads bout. Jennings (24-2, 14KOs) tipped the scales at a trim and ready 225.25 pounds, while Canada’s Rivas (25-0, 17KOs) weighed in at 234 pounds.
Devin Haney, one of boxing's rising stars, fights Xolisani Ndongeni tonight on ShoBox. CompuBox examines Haney's stats (last 4 fights), as well as the numbers for other top prospects Vergil Ortiz (last 5 fights), Shakur Stevenson (last 5 fights), Michael Conlan (last 5 fights) and Teofimo Lopez (last 4 fights) in a total of 10 offensive and defensive categories.
Southpaw Shakur Stevenson wants his first title shot to be against IBF 126-pound champion Josh Warrington in the latter’s home country of The United Kingdom, the undefeated 21-year-old 2016 Olympic silver medalist told host Nestor Gibbs during a recent edition of Tha Boxing Voice podcast.
Shakur Stevenson, the 21-year-old wunderkind who captured a silver medal for the United States at the 2016 Rio Olympics, will begin his 2019 campaign with his toughest professional bout to date. Stevenson (9-0, 5 KOs) will battle Jessie Cris Rosales in a 10-rounder for the IBF Intercontinental and WBC Continental Americas featherweight belts on Friday, Jan. 18 at Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y.
Bryant “B.Y.” Jennings is itching for another heavyweight world title shot. The 34-year-old Philadelphia native has won five consecutive bouts, four by knockout, and is intent on making an emphatic statement. Jennings will put his IBF International and NABO heavyweight belts on the line in a 12-round showdown against the unbeaten NABF champion Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas on Friday, Jan. 18 at the Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. In the 10-round co-feature, undefeated featherweight sensation and 2016 U.S. Olympic silver medalist Shakur Stevenson will face an opponent to be determined.
More viewers tuned in to watch ESPN’s boxing broadcast Saturday night than for any of the network’s telecasts of the sport since Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn. According to Nielsen Media Research ratings released Tuesday, an average of 2,245,000 viewers watched the nearly two-hour show that featured Terence Crawford in the main event. The undefeated Crawford stopped Jose Benavidez Jr. in the 12th round of their welterweight title fight at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.