{"id":759114,"date":"2026-09-04T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759114\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T00:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T00:00:16","slug":"shakur-stevenson-accused-of-avoiding-rival-world-champion-i-make-him-nervous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/759114\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson accused of avoiding rival world champion: “I make him nervous”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shakur Stevenson<\/a> is yet to announce an opponent for his Zuffa Boxing debut and one reigning world champion is claiming that he has been avoided by the WBO super-lightweight ruler.<\/p>\n

Stevenson outclassed Teofimo Lopez to become a four-division world champion back in January, but the Newark southpaw hasn\u2019t fought since, despite being linked to a host of names; including Devin Haney, Conor Benn, Raymond Muratalla and O\u2019Shaquie Foster.<\/p>\n

In fact, Foster was told by Stevenson that he could get his shot if able to defeat his good friend, Raymond Ford<\/a>, which he did back in May, prompting a post-fight face-off between he and Stevenson, only for talks to then go quiet.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Fight Hub TV<\/a>, Foster explained why he believes the proposed battle makes Stevenson \u2018nervous\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe don\u2019t want to fight, we didn\u2019t hear nothing, man. He don\u2019t want me to end that gravy train that they got going on, he is going to take his chances somewhere else.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cFor real though, Shakur saw me for a long time. Before me and him even started sparring, when we were staying together in Virginia, he saw me work. So, he know what I can do, he knows what I am capable of.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThen on top of the sparring, Shakur has sparred everybody that he fought and everybody that he wants to fight, he got a beat on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe couldn\u2019t ever get a beat on me, so that is what I feel like it is, it makes him nervous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, Foster \u2013 who holds the WBC super-featherweight world title \u2013 has now moved on to a fascinating three-belt super-featherweight world title unification against unified WBO and IBF 130lb champion, Emanuel Navarrete.<\/p>\n

Continuing, Foster maintained that Stevenson will remain his target during the aftermath, potentially prioritising a clash with the pound-for-pound star over a possible undisputed title bout at super-featherweight.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came talking about, I need to get past Navarrete, he keep throwing everybody else\u2019s name out there.<\/p>\n

When I handle him [Navarrete] though, you come see me next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Navarrete-Foster will take place on Saturday, October 24, whilst the remaining super-featherweight title will be on the line when Anthony Cacace attempts to defend his WBA belt against Nick Ball on Saturday, December 19<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stevenson, meanwhile, may well end up facing Raymond Muratalla, who recently vacated his lightweight title following previous talks of moving up to 140lbs to make the fight happen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson is yet to announce an opponent for his Zuffa Boxing debut and one reigning world champion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":759115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-759114","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\/759114","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=759114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/759114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/759115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=759114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=759114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=759114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}