{"id":652331,"date":"2026-06-22T15:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652331\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T15:02:12","slug":"shakur-stevenson-reveals-weight-as-devin-haney-catchweight-debate-grows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/652331\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson Reveals Weight As Devin Haney Catchweight Debate Grows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxing247.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add East Side Boxing as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770669047_552_google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKAgKIiJDQklTRXdnTWFnOEtEV0p2ZUdsdVp6STBOeTVqYjIwb0FBUAE?ceid=US:en&amp;oc=3&amp;hl=en-US&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow East Side Boxing on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The brief clip showed Stevenson stepping onto a digital bathroom scale, with the display reading just under 149 pounds. The video quickly circulated among boxing fans, many of whom viewed it as a response to ongoing debates about his natural size.<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson has previously been linked to discussions about a potential fight with Devin Haney at a 144-pound catchweight. The scale reading, however, has led some fans to question why such a catchweight would be necessary.<\/p>\n<p>If Stevenson is naturally around 148.5 pounds, he would be less than two pounds above the welterweight limit of 147 pounds. That has fueled debate among fans who argue that a fight with Haney could simply take place at the full welterweight limit rather than requiring either fighter to come in at 144.<\/p>\n<p>Others have defended Stevenson, noting that a fighter\u2019s walking-around weight is not always the same as his preferred fighting weight. They argue that a single scale reading does not reveal what a boxer weighs during training camp or what weight he believes gives him the best chance of performing at his highest level.<\/p>\n<p>The video was intended to counter claims that Stevenson routinely walks around at 160 pounds or higher. Instead, it has created a new discussion surrounding the proposed Haney fight and the reasoning behind a 144-pound catchweight.<\/p>\n<p>With Haney currently holding the WBO welterweight title and Stevenson continuing to be linked to bigger fights above lightweight, the debate over what weight a future meeting should take place at is unlikely to disappear anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UewdjkOe9p\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/UewdjkOe9p<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ZZWvVwbOr\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/6ZZWvVwbOr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShakurStevenson\/status\/2068405918845292588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The brief clip showed Stevenson stepping onto a digital bathroom scale, with the display reading just under 149&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-652331","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\/652331","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=652331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}