{"id":521761,"date":"2026-03-08T03:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521761\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T03:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:42:07","slug":"shakur-stevenson-sets-his-sights-on-one-world-champion-i-want-that-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/521761\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson sets his sights on one world champion: \u201cI want that belt\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shakur Stevenson<\/a> has set his sights on adding another world title to his ledger.<\/p>\n

Stevenson most recently defeated Teofimo Lopez to win the WBO super-lightweight title, but it appears the 28-year-old believes there is unfinished business at 135lbs.<\/p>\n

Stevenson had moved up from lightweight to face Lopez in January, producing a truly dominant performance to become a four-division world champion, though the slick southpaw discovered he had been stripped of his WBC title<\/a> at 135lbs for not following the sanctioning body\u2019s rules.<\/p>\n

In response, Stevenson delivered a scathing social media post against the WBC<\/a>, while at no point ruling out a potential return to lightweight.<\/p>\n

But rather than looking to reclaim his green and gold strap, the pound-for-pound star has expressed his desire to collect the vacant Ring Magazine lightweight title.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Joe Rogan<\/a>, Stevenson explained that he would need to defeat IBF world champion Raymond Muratalla, who is ranked No.2 by Ring Magazine, in order to make his dream a reality.<\/p>\n

\u201cI may go back to 135[lbs] and get that Ring [Magazine] belt. We\u2019ll see, though. I can\u2019t promise that I will, but I may.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the Ring Magazine belt. I know the opponent that I would have to fight to get it \u2013 I\u2019m hearing it\u2019s Raymond Muratalla.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a good fighter \u2013 he just beat Andy Cruz \u2013 [but] it ain\u2019t [about] the opponent; it\u2019s more so just to have the Ring belt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Muratalla comes off a strong performance against Olympic gold medallist Cruz, who he outpointed by majority decision to defend his IBF title in January.<\/p>\n

The American is generally thought to be tight at the weight, though, and has previously hinted at a move up to 140lbs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson has set his sights on adding another world title to his ledger. Stevenson most recently defeated…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-521761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521761","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=521761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}