The words of Jamaine Ortiz were drowned out. Although he shouted as loud as he could, those who heard him gave the lightweight contender an incredulous look. Shakur Stevenson was heavily favored heading into his showdown against Edwin De Los Santos e...
LAS VEGAS – Edwin De Los Santos’ promoter compared Shakur Stevenson’s subpar performance last week to stealing money. Sampson Lewkowicz also faulted his own fighter for failing to force Stevenson into engaging, but he sees Stevenson as primarily resp...
Shakur Stevenson has taken umbrage at the notion that he doesn’t merit comparison with boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jr. Stevenson, the highly skilled lefty from Newark, New Jersey, has been pilloried by fans and pundits in recent days after
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Normally, fighters have other interests outside of boxing. Whether it’s hanging out with their friends, kicking back with their families, or simply traveling the world, they normally find other ways to pass the time.
There’s no need to beat around the bush. Last Thursday night, boxing fans who endured into the early hours of Friday got to experience one of the worst major title fights ever aired. Sure, sometimes styles don’t clash but lack of style clash doesn’t...
LAS VEGAS – Shakur Stevenson wouldn’t accept customary congratulations after what he considers “a bad performance” that didn’t deserve any praise. Stevenson realizes, however, that he’ll have to tolerate the scathing scrutiny that figures to continue...
Edwin De Los Santos spent countless months in the gym as he prepared for the biggest fight of his pugilistic life. He threw thudding left hands against the heavy bag, destroyed the speed bag, and worked on his smooth counter-punching.
LAS VEGAS – There were points during the weeks leading up to Shakur Stevenson’s fight with Edwin De Los Santos when his primary promoter thought Stevenson’s “various ailments” would cause him to withdraw from it.
Shakur Stevenson spent a lot of time apologizing following his “bad performance” against Edwin De Los Santos on Thursday night. The unbeaten Stevenson repeatedly refrained from offering excuses for fighting extremely cautiously against the dangerous...
The last fighter to hold the WBC lightweight title was not at all impressed with the fight to fill that vacancy. Devin Haney didn’t even wait until the final bell to take a parting shot at Shakur Stevenson, who outpointed Edwin De Los Santos over twe...
Shakur Stevenson is now a three-weight world champion. Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) captured the vacant WBC lightweight crown with a unanimous decision win against Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KOs) Thursday evening at T-Mobile Arena in...
By Keith Idec – If East Coast fight fans weren’t already asleep when the Shakur Stevenson-Edwin De Los Santos fight finally started at 12:08 a.m. ET early Friday morning, the epically cautious southpaws did little throughout their 12-round, 135-pound...
