The world's two best junior lightweights — WBC world champion Oscar Valdez and WBO king Shakur Stevenson — ignited their long-anticipated unification grudge match.
WBC champion Oscar Valdez hopes to become a Mexican boxing legend while WBO king Shakur Stevenson is eyeing the mythical pound-for-pound rankings.
Following weeks of jawing between them, Shakur Stevenson (17-0, 9 KOs) and Jamel Herring (23-3, 11 KOs) finally met in the ring with Herring’s WBO Super Featherweight title on the line in a buzzing Atlanta, GA.
They started as acquaintances, but once Jamel Herring acquired the belt Shakur Stevenson wanted, the friendly vibes went out the window.
Jamel "Semper Fi" Herring and Shakur Stevenson have trained together and share many of the same friends. Sometimes friends make the best enemies.
Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring and Shakur Stevenson have exchanged verbal volleys in person and on social media. They’ll settle the score in the Throwdown in A-Town.
Shakur Stevenson rolled past Namibian knockout artist Jeremiah Nakathila via unanimous decision on Saturday night.
Shakur Stevenson 129.6 lbs vs. Jeremiah Nakathila 129.4 lbs is set for Saturday night on ESPN.
Former Super Featherweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson recently said that he "would love" to fight Vasiliy Lomachenko.
23-year-old Shakur Stevenson has his sights set on a bout with WBC Super Featherweight champion Oscar Valdez.
Shakur Stevenson, former Featherweight world champion, is ready to add a second world title to his trophy case.
Last Saturday, on October 17, Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) lost to the younger, larger and hungrier Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs).
Cincinnati's known about the promise of amateur boxer Duke Ragan for several years but Saturday, August 6 the touted 20-year old enters the pro ranks in Las Vegas on a televised ESPN card
Shakur Stevenson will be moving up to the Junior Lightweight division after vacating his WBO Featherweight title. Will Stevenson dominate at Junior Lightweight?
Top Rank introduced the return of professional boxing with a bang, showcasing rising superstar Shakur Stevenson on a Tuesday evening to a professional sports and live programming deprived world.
