In an interview, Promoter Oscar De La Hoya criticized Shakur Stevenson, saying he lacks the self-belief to placed on entertaining performances to promote tickets.
Security-First Preventing Type
De La Hoya believes Shakur’s safety-first preventing model stems from a insecurity and one thing he might change if he believed in himself. Oscar needs Shakur to be fan-friendly, however that’s inconceivable with out breaking him as a fighter.
It’s in all probability too late for Shakur to vary how he fights as a result of he appears afraid of taking photographs, and he thinks he can excel on the highest ranges at 135 utilizing his ugly hit-and-run preventing model.
It labored for Shakur at 130 and 126, however he didn’t combat nice abilities in these weight lessons. The very best guys Shakur fought in these divisions have been shopworn fighters, Oscar Valdez and Jamel Herring, who’d had seen higher days.
Since transferring as much as 135, Shakur has fought thrice and seemed under common in two fights towards Edwin De Los Santos and Artem Harutyunyan. He’s now hounding Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis for a combat in what some view as a blatant cry for a payday.
Stevenson might defend his WBC light-weight title subsequent towards William Zepeda, a fighter promoted by Golden Boy Promotions, at one among His Excellency Turki Alalshikh’s occasions.
Shakur’s Cautious Type is Ingrained
Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) has at all times fought cautiously since his beginner days, which is why he misplaced within the Olympics in 2016. The judges didn’t respect his ‘hit-and-not-get-hit; model within the Olympic finals match towards Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba.
It’s comprehensible why De La Hoya can be involved with Shakur’s lack of ability to promote as a result of it might impression a PPV occasion involving Zepeda if that combat occurs subsequent.
“He wants the boldness to combat. He has to imagine in himself to placed on a very good present and promote seats. That’s the issue he’s having. He’s not promoting seats,” mentioned promoter Oscar De La Hoya to the Membership Shay Shay YouTube channel, speaking about Shakur Stevenson’s lack of ability to promote tickets and never being a draw.
“He’s an incredible fighter. He’s demanding all this cash, and fights aren’t being made.”
If De La Hoya is relying on Shakur to vary his preventing model in time for a combat towards William Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs), he should neglect it as a result of it’s not occurring. Shakur’s preventing model is ready in stone, and he doesn’t like getting hit.
Shakur might need been damage in sparring episodes and has no confidence to threat his chin in exchanges with highly effective fighters. We noticed Shakur get labored over in a sparring video towards Liam Paro, so it is sensible for him to combat scared as a result of he has restricted offensive capability.
