{"id":582713,"date":"2026-05-14T01:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582713\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T01:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T01:13:08","slug":"former-world-champion-calls-out-shakur-stevenson-for-one-of-the-best-fights-in-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/582713\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world champion calls out Shakur Stevenson for ‘one of the best fights in boxing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shakur Stevenson<\/a> is a man that many fighters want to avoid due to his outstanding abilities, but there is one former world champion who is keen for a showdown with the Newark southpaw.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stevenson became the WBO super-lightweight champion when he claimed Teofimo Lopez\u2019s crown back in January.<\/a> Then, just days later, he was stripped of his WBC lightweight title, due to unpaid sanctioning fees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether Stevenson will opt to return to his natural 135lb division, remain at 140lbs, or even move up to welterweight, but there is a fight with one lightweight which could be of interest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for his old title, former opponent William Zepeda looks set to take on Lamont Roach Jr in a showdown for the vacant WBC lightweight strap, with that bout anticipated to take place in either July or August.<\/p>\n

However, despite being set for that fight, former WBA super-featherweight champion Roach told FightHype<\/a> that he \u2018would love\u2019 to take on Stevenson, in what could turn out to be his first defence of the WBC lightweight world title.<\/p>\n

\u201cShakur, one of the best fighters in the world, I would love to get into the ring with Shakur.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talked to each other and when it comes to fruition, it will come to fruition, that would be one of the best fights in boxing, I promise you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stevenson has recently been linked to a move to sign with Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing, which could jeopardise a potential Stevenson vs Roach fight down the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson is a man that many fighters want to avoid due to his outstanding abilities, but there…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-582713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}