American Shakur Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs) is ready to conquer the third weight category – the lightweight division. Last week, he missed the super featherweight limit and lost his WBC/WBO titles before fighting Brazil’s Olympian Robson Conceição, then won in a landslide.
Stevenson decided to play in lightweight next year and is not going to trade for passers – he wants to make his debut in a fight with the elite: “I would choose Vasily Lomachenko. If not in the debut fight, then at least in the second. I’m ready for this fight. You can see for yourself that in Top Rank they know it – they are ready to make this fight. The problem may be that Lomachenko is not up to me right now – he wants to fight for all the division titles first.
If anything, Shakur does not mind making his debut at 61.2 kg in a fight against the powerful Mexican slugger Isaac Cruz (24-2-1, 17 KOs): “I would have agreed without any problems. But I’m afraid that in this fight the fans would see what they already know – I will effortlessly blow his head off. He has nothing to oppose me.
Ryan Garcia blasted Stevenson hard yesterday. It’s funny, but you will agree with his arguments. And we previously talked about what awaits lightweight with the transition of Shakur.
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