Shakur Stevenson has made it clear that he wants to fight the biggest names in his division, but so far nobody has accepted the challenge.
At just 27 years old, the slick defensive boxer is already a three-weight world champion and the current WBC lightweight title holder. The 135 and 140 divisions have some of the best talent in all of boxing with the likes of Gervonta Davis, Vasiliy Lomachenko, Devin Haney and Teofimo Lopez all plying their trade at those weights.
One thing missing from Stevenson’s resume is a marquee name, and the Newark native wants that in his next fight as he goes chasing a unification against either ‘Tank’ Davis or Lomachenko. However, according to the Ukrainian’s promoter, Lomachenko looks set to land the Davis fight next.
Stevenson’s training partner, Terence Crawford, knows all too well about the struggles of landing that career defining fight. He waited years to until he finally got his undisputed lightweight clash against Errol Spence Jr – a fight he would go on to dominate and catapult his star power to the next level.
In an interview with FightHype, Crawford told his gym buddy that patience is the key to making these fights materialise.
Stevenson is now a free agent having fought the last fight of his Top Rank contract last time out against Artem Harutyunyan, so one major promotional hurdle has been removed from getting the match-ups he wants.
