{"id":459636,"date":"2026-02-07T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459636\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:48:09","slug":"shakur-stevenson-gives-take-on-facing-raymond-muratalla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459636\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson Gives Take On Facing Raymond Muratalla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IBF 135-pound champ looked directly into the camera and called Stevenson out following his <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/news\/raymond-muratalla-retains-ibf-title-with-majority-decision-over-andy-cruz-q2yXq3vWXzxzCSEoeAT6U\">close majority decision win over Andy Cruz<\/a> last month. <\/p>\n<p>Seldom is Stevenson the hunted. However, Muratalla has said time and time again the 2016 Olympic silver medalist is his number one target. Stevenson, of course, isn\u2019t the type to duck any action. But for those who believe he\u2019d have a difficult time in the ring with Muratalla, all Stevenson (25-0, 11 KOs) can do is laugh. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love the Muratalla fight,\u201d Stevenson told Cigar Talk. \u201cI would beat him so easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson, 28, has a few options. The Ring\u2019s No. 6 pound-for-pounder shone like a diamond last New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden on The Ring 6 as he <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/news\/shakur-stevenson-dominates-to-become-four-division-champion-22RHfdwjPdCemycXZ7MSDZ\">dismantled Teofimo Lopez to become a four-division champion<\/a>. Now, with The Ring and WBO 140-pound straps in his possession, he isn\u2019t entirely sure what his next move will be. <\/p>\n<p>Would he be willing to move back down, where he still holds the WBC lightweight belt, to fight Muratalla? It depends on the pay day. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Muratalla is a good fighter,\u201d Stevenson said. \u201cI\u2019m not saying he\u2019s a bad fighter so I would love that fight but how lucrative is the fight? How much money are y\u2019all gonna pay me for this fight?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Getting it on with Muratalla (24-0, 17 KOs) probably won\u2019t give Stevenson the sort of purse he\u2019s looking for, but the IBF champion impressed in his win over Cruz. Still, Stevenson won&#8217;t give him too much credit for it. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndy Cruz is nice,\u201d Stevenson said. \u201cBut he don\u2019t have the experience. Andy is still an amateur. Helluva fighter, but he\u2019s not a 12-round fighter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The IBF 135-pound champ looked directly into the camera and called Stevenson out following his close majority decision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[72640,1331,703,184736,711,49,48,10453,82,1134],"class_list":["post-459636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-object-object","tag-article","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-articles","tag-boxing-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-lightweight","tag-sports","tag-the-ring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}