Shakur Stevenson claims he’s being “blackballed” by sure individuals in boxing to attempt to freeze him out to stop him from getting the alternatives for large fights he deserves.
It’s not conspiracy being performed to “blackball” WBC light-weight champion Shakur. The issue is that fighters and their promoters don’t need to struggle defensive fighters that transfer as a lot as Shakur.
The Unpopular Protection-First Type
Some fighters are averted within the sport, and defensive fighters, southpaws, switch-hitters, and knockout artists are excessive on the checklist.
Stevenson doesn’t say who these individuals are that don’t need him to get the massive fights, however he says it’s not going to work. He’ll get the matches he desires ultimately.
This Saturday, Shakur (21-0, 10 KOs) will defend his WBC light-weight title towards Artem Hartuyunyan (13-1, 7 KOs) on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey. Harutyunyan, 33, isn’t the struggle he wished.
Shakur says he wished to struggle one among these guys: George Kambosos Jr., Vasily Lomachenko, William Zepeda, or Gervonta Davis.
The Blackballing Fable
“I’m not searching for a knockout. If it comes, it comes. That simply appears like somebody who’s scared,” stated Shakur Stevenson to the media, reacting to being informed that Gervonta Davis stated he didn’t need to struggle him as a result of he was too defensive.”
Gervonta and plenty of different fighters don’t need to struggle Shakur, not as a result of they’re scared, however somewhat as a result of he strikes an excessive amount of and can exit of his means to not get hit. His final struggle made Shakur one of many undesirables.
Shakur isn’t a sufficiently big puncher to go for a knockout towards an skilled Olympian, Harutyunyan, who has been in with greater punchers than him and was by no means stopped.
“Somebody says that I’m defensive and so they don’t need to get within the ring with you since you obtained nice protection. That appears like someone that’s terrified of shedding. I obtained Artem in entrance of me, and that’s my focus. On Saturday, I’ll placed on an amazing present,” stated Shakur.
How might Shakur be so mistaken? Fighters like Tank don’t need to struggle him as a result of they’ll be pressured to chase him, and he won’t get an opportunity to land greater than two or three pictures per spherical. We noticed that with Shakur’s final opponent, Edwin De Los Santos.
“I’m not going to say no names, however I feel they’re attempting to blackball me and purposefully maintain me out to maintain me out of the combination to provide me the chance I deserve,” stated Shakur to Deepcuts about his perception that individuals are deliberately freezing him out.”
Is Change the Solely Resolution?
If Shakur doesn’t change his preventing type, he’ll proceed to be averted, however solely as a result of his fighters don’t need to cope with a man who strikes as a lot as him. It gained’t be on account of a conspiracy to lock him out for an additional motive. If Shakur believes it has nothing to do together with his preventing type, he’s deceiving himself.
“That’s when endurance is available in. When the time is correct, every little thing goes to occur the way in which it’s purported to occur. I obtained to place myself in a greater state of affairs. I feel July sixth is a begin, after which so on. The whole lot ought to fall into play the way in which it ought to fall into play,” stated Shakur.
Stevenson will in all probability get an opportunity to struggle Tank Davis ultimately, however that depends upon how he performs and whether or not his fan base is rising. The tank can make more cash preventing Ryan Garcia once more than he can struggle Shakur.
