Shakur Stevenson will attempt to become a three-weight world champion when he takes on Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight world title Thursday, Nov. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Almost a year after his points loss to Shakur Stevenson, Robson Conceicao has secured another 130-pound title shot on Stevenson’s next undercard. A 12-round bout between Conceicao and WBO junior lightweight champion Emanuel Navarrete was announced du...
Luis Alberto “El Venado” Lopez will defend his IBF world title against former two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez on Friday, September 15 at American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Lopez returns stateside after back-to-back champions...
NEW YORK – Robson Conceicao’s first fight since his loss to Shakur Stevenson ended strangely Saturday night. Nicolas Polanco couldn’t continue beyond the second round after an accidental clash of heads apparently left him disoriented. Their junior li...
Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez were kept completely apart again Friday after they made weight at Madison Square Garden. Taylor talked trash and pointed at his head to indicate that he is mentally stronger than Lopez. A calmer Lopez looked directly at...
Shakur Stevenson helped draw over a million viewers on ESPN in a third straight fight late Friday night. Nielsen Media Research released figures that estimated an average of 1,097,000 viewers watched Stevenson’s 12-round, unanimous-decision defeat of...
There are easier ways to make a living. It’s the thing that comes to mind, but louder, with each subsequent fight. Watching Joe Joyce work his way up the heavyweight ranks is an exercise in being impressed on one hand and feeling sorry for world clas...
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By Keith Idec - NEWARK, New Jersey – Shakur Stevenson didn’t defend his 130-pound championships Friday night, but he battered Robson Conceicao for most of their 12-round fight to ensure Conceicao couldn’t win those two titles, either.
Stevenson, Conceicao Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Top junior lightweight Shakur Stevenson will return in the main event against Brazilian standout Robson Conceicao this Friday, Sept. 23 at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+. The...
NEWARK, New Jersey – Shakur Stevenson doesn’t take pound-for-pound debates all that seriously. The unbeaten Stevenson understands the subjective nature of constructing such lists. That’s why he hasn’t taken offense to criticism from those that feel h...
Former two-division champion Oscar Valdez was in Las Vegas last weekend to catch the Canelo Alvarez-Gennadiy Golovkin trilogy bout. Canelo got off to a strong start and closed the books on the rivalry with a decisive unanimous decision victory at th...
NEWARK, New Jersey – Robson Conceicao believes he did enough to take the WBC super featherweight title from Oscar Valdez a year ago in Tucson, Arizona. Conceicao (17-1, 8 KOs) officially lost a unanimous decision to Valdez (30-1, 23 KOs), who surrend...
There was a large contingent of boxing fans that were somewhat disappointed in Shakur Stevenson. Although the New Jersey native is still in the infancy stages of his career, he never appeared to have any trouble with making weight. However, in what w...
By Keith Idec - Robson Conceicao could’ve walked away from his fight against an overweight Shakur Stevenson on Thursday and still received his entire purse. In accordance with New Jersey State Athletic Control Board guidelines, Conceicao would’ve bee...
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Stevenson, Conceicao Weights Photos Gallery - Top junior lightweight Shakur Stevenson will return in the main event against Brazilian standout Robson Conceicao this Friday, Sept. 23 at 10 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+. The even...