24-year-old Shakur Stevenson (18-0, 9 KOs) hopes that his compatriot Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs) will continue to win so that one day they will both enter the same ring and hit the jackpot on popularity. The American says that Garcia is “an excellent fighter, I won’t say anything bad about him.”
Last weekend, Garcia returned to the ring and knocked out Javier Fortuna.
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“Ryan is handsome, he has a big fan base and he’s Mexican,” Shakur said.
Fighthype. “It will eventually lead to a fight where even the public that doesn’t know anything about boxing, all these teen model fans, girls who follow him, will watch us fight.”
Stevenson sparring with top heavyweight prospect: video
“Fighting him would have made me a PPV superstar,” says the 2016 Olympic silver medalist.
For some reason, Stevenson also believes that “he could become a big star outside of boxing.
On September 23, Shakur will defend the WBC / WBO super featherweight titles (up to 59 kg) against Robson Conceição (17-1, 8 KOs). The day before yesterday, he told when he will fight Lomachenko.
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