Shakur Stevenson says he injured each palms throughout his battle towards Artem Harutyunyan final Saturday night time in Newark, New Jersey.
Though Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) received the one-sided twelve-round unanimous resolution to retain his WBC light-weight title, his inventory continued to plummet together with his second consecutive unexciting efficiency.
Stevenson ought to have tipped followers off earlier than the battle that he was combating with two “fragile” palms as a result of it will have gone higher with them in the event that they felt he was combating with a handicap and wasn’t 100%. However for Shakur to disclose the issue instantly after paints the image of a fighter simply making excuses to deflect criticism.
“Yeah, each of them. They’re fragile. I’m going to get them stronger within the offseason,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson on social media, revealing that he injured each palms in his win over Artem Harutyunyan final Saturday night time.
Doubts about Future Success
If Shakur does have unhealthy palms, he wants to think about retirement as a result of it’s possible not going to get higher, and he isn’t going to beat one of many killers within the light-weight division like Gervonta Davis, William Zepeda or Vasily Lomachenko combating the way in which he’s finished in his final two fights towards Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos.
“Hear, Shakur did what he usually does. He containers them, and he wins, however I talked to him final night time, and [he stated that] each of his palms had been damage. I talked to his cousin, and he mentioned he’s at all times hurting his palms when he’s punching,”‘ mentioned coach Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis to YSM Sports activities Media about Shakur Stevenson saying he’s injured each palms throughout his battle towards Artem Harutyunyan.
Floyd Mayweather had unhealthy palms, however he fought at a better stage than Shakur all through his profession, even when he received outdated. Shakur’s palms have to be in worse form than Mayweather’s had been.
“I advised him to cease listening to the folks and cease listening to the group speaking about you. You ain’t received to be cussing at them. Don’t allow them to take you off the sq.. You gained the battle, and now you bought to return within the lab,” mentioned Bozy.
“You bought on the market and battle and do what you need to do,” mentioned Bozy when requested how Shakur can deal with his enterprise. I advised Shakur final night time to let his palms go a bit bit extra, and he would have stopped him. He was ready and throwing one or two photographs.
“It was a clumsy fighter. Typically whenever you get in with a clumsy fighter, typically it may be troublesome,” mentioned Bozy about Harutyunyan being a clumsy fighter for Shakur.
