Shakur Stevenson

Watch the unification fight between WBO super-featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson and WBC king Oscar Valdez live on Sky Sports Main Event and Arena from ...

"It's the perfect time to have this fight now. Both believe they can combat said styles. Both feel they can implement each other's styles. It's the perfect time. "I just told him he's got to crack the code, I feel like a lot of people when they get in the ring with me have got to crack the code and I had to let him know," said Stevenson. "I'm very excited for this.

Valdez's WBC junior lightweight championship and Stevenson's WBO title will be on the line Saturday night in Las Vegas.

Two more left hooks rock Sanchez and a final right uppercut pierces through the guard for the referee to have seen enough. Just as that was said, Valdez presses to the body and finds a bit of success, cutting off the ring and landing a shot. Keep it locked here for all the live updates, results and highlights from Oscar Valdez vs. Crisp left jab lands on an off-balance Valdez. Moments later, Stevenson flicks out the right jab as a temperature gauge before splitting Valdez's guard with a left hand. Valdez needs to do a lot more of that to close the gap on Stevenson and the WBO titleholder's superb boxing skills. Left hand to the body followed by a right upstairs. Stevenson is the bigger man in the ring and Valdez pops the right-hand jab, daring his younger opponent to bring the fight to him. Again, Valdez goes to the body and lands but Stevenson makes him pay with a left hook across the jaw. Valdez is increasingly cutting off the ring now and hitting Stevenson's body. Big left hand lands for Stevenson who measures and catches Valdez as he's coming in. Valdez once again closing the distance and coming up empty. Valdez pushes his way into the phonebooth and throws everything wildly with bad intentions — coming up empty on most of the attempts.

A pair of junior lightweight titles are on the line in this massive unification fight between undefeated champions.

I feel like as of now, yeah, I have the skill and I have the ability to beat a lot of these fighters now, maybe some champions. I want more people tuned in to me and I just want a bigger fan base for myself, just so, you know, when I do get to that big world title fight or that fight to get me to the world title fight, I'm already, you know, a star, or at least close to it." He is the type of fighter that is not willing to go to war. Lucky for Valdez, he has shown tremendous punch resistance in the past, fighting through a broken jaw to outlast Scott Quigg in their 2018 featherweight thriller. Five knockdowns later after Corrales' corner threw in the towel to end a one-sided dismantling in Round 10, Mayweather had cemented himself as a top P4P threat. Valdez is talented and versatile enough to make this, at least on paper, a potentially interesting style matchup. "He is the type of fighter that talks a lot and is always running his mouth," Valdez said. "The odds are against me and everyone thinks he will walk all over me," Valdez said. Can't get enough boxing and MMA? Get the latest in the world of combat sports from two of the best in the business. Ahead of a September return against unbeaten Robson Conceicao, Valdez tested positive for a banned substance yet was controversially allowed to still fight. But just as Valdez appeared to be closing in as a possible pound-for-pound level talent, controversy soon followed. Subscribe to Morning Kombat with Luke Thomas and Brian Campbell for the best analysis and in-depth news, including a complete preview of Stevenson vs.

Shakur Stevenson proved his status as a pound-for-pound boxing star with a magnificent unanimous decision win over Oscar Valdez on Saturday night in L.

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Shakur Stevenson (18-0, 9 KOs) wins by unanimous decision (117-110, 118-109, 118-109), taking Oscar Valdezs WBC belt with the victory; Stevenson dropped to ...

U.S. Olympic silver medalist Keyshawn Davis (5-0, 4 KOs) dictated the tempo in what went from an eight-round lightweight bout against Esteban Sanchez (18-2), to a one-sided boxing clinic. After standing toe-to-toe for much of the round, and continually landing his right hook to Ibarra's head, Ali Walsh set up his outmatched opponent. What started out as an even fight through the first five rounds turned into a one-man show after Stevenson took advantage of Valdez's huge gamble with an overhand left that left him in a vulnerable position.

Everything you need to know ahead of the Valdez vs Stevenson super featherweight unification fight this weekend with live streaming info, TV channel and ...

Oscar Valdez vs. Here is everything you need to know ahead of the fight: But someone's perfect record has to go, with both fighters undefeated during their professional careers.

Looking to prove he's one of boxing's pound-for-pound best, Shakur Stevenson put his WBO junior lightweight championship up against WBC champion Oscar ...

"I'm a superstar in this sport," Stevenson said. She said yes, giving Stevenson his second win in one evening. This approach allowed Stevenson to employ a simple strategy of jabs to set up straight lefts from his southpaw stance. With the ropes holding him up, it was ruled a knockdown, giving Stevenson a 10-8 round and some extra padding in a fight where he truly never needed it. I deserve to be a superstar." The biggest moment of the fight came in Round 8, when Stevenson hit a right hook that stumbled Valdez. Another right hook seconds later sent Valdez shooting into the ropes.

Shakur Stevenson capped off his big win by getting down on one knee during the postfight interview.

The first win came when he defeated Oscar Valdez in a unanimous 117-110, 118-109, 118-109 decision. "I'm a superstar in this sport," the 24-year-old Stevenson said after the fight. Stevenson dominated from minute one in front of a hostile crowd of 10,102 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, knocking Valdez down in the sixth round.

Stevenson improved to 18-0 by outpointing Oscar Valdez to became a unified junior lightweight champion, but his was spoiled by a post-fight brawl that ...

"I have got nothing but respect and love for Devin, but we can line it up in the future too." Stevenson then put down his world titles and left the stage as a brawl was taking place outside of the media room. He wants to become undisputed at 130lb and also addressed a potential fight with WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney, who was ringside.

On what should have been a night of celebration for Shakur Stevenson after beating Oscar Valdez, it quickly turned sour when a brawl broke out at the.

It is unclear exactly what happened, but Stevenson was filmed calling for his mother later on and there are conflicting reports that she was involved and he was running to her aid. The two-weight world champion then notices a melee going on in the crowd at the press conference and he reportedly thought his mother was in trouble and so cut the press conference short to run towards the action. The night then went from jubilation to disaster for Stevenson and his family at the post-fight press conference.

Footage of Stevenson's post-fight press conference shows the fighter looking worried, then putting his titles down and speeding towards a huge commotion in ...

I have got nothing but respect and love for Devin – but we can line it up in the future, too.' Stevenson had to ask someone to bring his belts and shouted at the crowd to calm down before the cheery press conference began, according to Yahoo. - Reports say Stevenson was protecting his mother in the chaos outside the room

Stevenson's unified title win against Oscar Valdez on Saturday night was made even sweeter as he proposed to his girlfriend in the ring after the fight.

The celebrations for Stevenson's proposal and world title win were cut short as a brawl involving his mother took place after the fight. He praised Valdez for his gutsy performance and thinks the Mexican will be a future champion in the weight class. Olympic silver medalist Stevenson remained unbeaten as a professional by picking up the biggest win of his career against Valdez on Saturday night.

LAS VEGAS – Shakur Stevenson isn't nearly as certain after defeating Oscar Valdez who he wants next as he was in the immediate aftermath of each of his two ...

“I mean, like I said, I gotta sit back and talk to my team and see what my team decide and what I decide,” Stevenson said. “I came in there, I took control, I let him know I was here to win. Now that Stevenson has beaten Jamel Herring and Valdez in back-to-back 130-pound title bouts, his inclination is to become his division’s first fully unified champion of boxing’s four-belt era.