Shakur Stevenson says he needs to be referred to as the “greatest fighter on the planet” by folks once they watch him defend his WBC light-weight title in opposition to Floyd Schofield on the February twenty second card subsequent month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The struggle might be proven dwell on DAZN PPV, and lots of followers might be watching. That is Shakur’s massive alternative to develop his fanbase by placing on a present and stealing the thunder from the primary occasion between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.
“Greatest In The World”
“I dominate. I don’t have shut fights. You watch me go up one, two, three, 4, 5, six rounds, after which it comes some extent the place somebody simply needs to finish it. They need a knockout, or there’s going to be loads of criticism with it,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson to Secondsout, reacting to the individuals who criticize his preventing type, labeling him as ‘boring.’
“I sit within the pocket so much. My final struggle [Artem Harutyunyan], I sat within the pocket. If he comes wreckless, I’m going to should put him in his place,” Shakur mentioned about Floyd Schofield. “I’ll struggle all of these guys. I’ll struggle Ryan. I’ll struggle Devin or Teo. Any of these guys. If these guys need to struggle me, I’ll struggle them.
“That I’m the perfect fighter on the planet,” mentioned Shakur when requested what he needs folks to say about him when he fights Schofield on February twenty second in Riyadh. “I do know I’m the perfect fighter on the planet, and I can’t wait to show it,” mentioned Stevenson.
It’s not true that Shakur sits in “the pocket so much” in his fights. He solely does that when he’s dealing with weak opposition. When he’s dealing with opposition with expertise and energy, he by no means stays within the pocket, which is why he’s criticized.
In Stevenson’s final struggle in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan, he stayed within the pocket as a result of he was weak and gradual. In his match earlier than that in opposition to Edwin De Los Santos, Stevenson was on his bike all the 12-round struggle and was booed by the followers.
The fighters that Shakur wish to struggle aren’t eager about preventing him. He says he wish to struggle Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia, and Devin Haney. These guys aren’t going to struggle him as a result of he doesn’t interact and strikes an excessive amount of. That’s why Stevenson hasn’t gotten a nibble from Gervonta Davis and Vasily Lomachenko.
“I might like to struggle Tank. I might like to struggle Gervonta Davis. I feel that’s the largest and the perfect struggle to make within the sport of boxing. Anytime they need to make these massive fights occur, I’m able to struggle anyone and all people,” mentioned Stevenson.
Turki Al-Sheikh may probably lure Tank into preventing Shakur, but it surely’s going to take a giant supply for that struggle to occur as a result of there’s no curiosity on the Baltimore native’s half in preventing him.
