{"id":454286,"date":"2026-02-04T23:27:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/454286\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T23:27:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:27:09","slug":"shakur-blasts-wbc-crooks-after-being-stripped-of-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/454286\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Blasts WBC \u2018Crooks\u2019 After Being Stripped Of Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a few days removed from his one-sided win over Teofimo Lopez that earned him the WBO and The Ring junior welterweight titles in New York City (see it again here<\/a>), the World Boxing Commission (WBC) has stripped Shakur Stevenson of his WBC lightweight title.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of Champion Stevenson now being the reigning WBO Super Lightweight World Champion and consistent with the WBC Rules & Regulations, the WBC has declared vacant its Lightweight World title,\u201d the sanctioning body said Wednesday in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe WBC will provide further information regarding the process to crown a new Lightweight World Champion in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stevenson did have plans to drop back down to the division to fight again after defending the title three times, with his most recent one coming in the summer of 2025. The WBC, however, didn\u2019t even give him the opportunity to do so and made the decision to vacate the belt. No comments regarding sanctioning fees were made by WBC officials, but Stevenson was quick to reveal that seems to be the root of it all.<\/p>\n

\u201c100k to some crooks who don\u2019t deserve it? Nah Leilani I rather give it to u baby girl,\u201d he wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cThe WBC didn\u2019t even have shit to do with this fight and it\u2019s eating them alive take your belt it don\u2019t make me. And I just paid these dudes after my last fight. What the hell I\u2019m giving ya\u2019ll 100k right now for? Because ya\u2019ll got beef with Bud so come at me for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you recall, the WBC stripped Terence Crawford <\/a>of his WBC super middleweight title just a couple of months after taking it from Canelo Alvarez (see it here<\/a>). It was later revealed that the move was likely prompted from \u201cBud\u2019s\u201d refusal to pay sanctioning fees to the commission, which resulted in a war of words<\/a> between the two sides. Crawford is one of Stevenson\u2019s closest friends and mentors.<\/p>\n

With two major boxing stars and champions speaking out against WBC, it doesn\u2019t bode well for the commission, who was accused by Crawford of pocketing all of the money collected from fighters to bankroll their expensive suites and dinners. <\/a><\/p>\n

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