{"id":814921,"date":"2026-10-27T00:26:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T00:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814921\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T00:26:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T00:26:12","slug":"shakur-stevenson-called-out-for-stadium-world-title-fight-that-would-be-like-mayweather-vs-hatton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/814921\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson called out for stadium world title fight that would be like ‘Mayweather vs Hatton’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shakur Stevenson<\/a> could be involved in a British stadium fight next year, with the potential showdown being likened to Floyd Mayweather vs Ricky Hatton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back then, in 2007, the British fight fans came in their droves as Hatton attempted to dethrone one of the pound-for-pound greats in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, he was unsuccessful, but the \u2018Hitman\u2019 nonetheless gave a spirited effort before getting stopped by Mayweather, the defending WBC champion, in round 10 of their welterweight contest.<\/p>\n

Nearly two decades later, Stevenson would be keen to orchestrate a similar result if he ends up facing Dalton Smith, who retained his WBC title against Alberto Puello on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Sheffield man became a world super-lightweight champion earlier this year, dethroning Subriel Matias with a stunning fifth-round finish<\/a> on away soil.<\/p>\n

Things were slightly more complicated in his first title defence, however, as Smith edged a rather contentious split decision against mandatory challenger Puello<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then, shortly afterwards, the 29-year-old called for a unification match with Stevenson at Hillsborough Stadium \u2013 home to Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew it wasn\u2019t going to be [entertaining, and that Puello] was going to be an awkward opponent. But a champion has to do what he has to do. These are the best in the world, and I\u2019m proving why I\u2019m number one now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a lot of respect for Shakur \u2013 he\u2019s one hell of a fighter. This takes me back to the Ricky Hatton and Mayweather days. We can build something good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having parted ways with Dana White\u2019s Zuffa Boxing, WBO champion Stevenson is now a promotional free agent and could be enticed by a clash with Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson could be involved in a British stadium fight next year, with the potential showdown being likened…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-814921","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\/814921","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=814921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}