WBC World Lightweight Champion signed with match-room
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Eddie Hearn and Matchroom are pleased to announce the service of one of boxing superstar in form of Shakur Stevenson.
Shakur Stevenson who hold the belt of WBC World Lightweight Champion hold the best record of being undefeated. He fought Twenty-Two times without being defeated and managed to One Knock out(KO).
He will be hoping to defend his Belt title when he face off against the former IBF Super-Featherweight king Joe Cordina on October 12 in the upcoming Riyadh Season spectacle in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The manager of WBC World Lightweight Champion Turki Alalshikh confirmed that, three-division World champion will fight with Welshman Cordina on the same night of the fight between Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev who will be challenging one another for Undisputed Light-Heavyweight championship.
The winner between Welshman Cordina vs Shakur Stevenson will challenge William Zepeda and Shakur feels confident that he will be the one who will challenge undefeated Mexican.
Stevenson said “I am ready to start this next chapter of my career and it begins on October 12 with Joe Cordina on the stacked Riyadh Season card in Saudi Arabia.
“I’ve made it clear that I want the biggest names and the biggest fights in the sport. Bring on William Zepeda at the top of 2025 and I’m ready for anyone who is brave enough to step in the ring with me. There have been few willing to take on that challenge in recent years.
“With Matchroom and Riyadh Season, I am teaming up with a promotional force that matches my world class talent. We will be unstoppable in and out of the ring, and I will continue to show my dominance for many years to come in the sport of boxing.”
Matchroom Sport chairman Eddie Hearn hopes that Shakur will be one the best fighter and he will greatest amongst the legend.
Hearn said “I am delighted to welcome what I believe is a pound-for-pound great to the Matchroom team.
“Shakur Stevenson is 27 and already a three-division World champion and might be unbeatable in the sport of boxing.
“This young man should be a global superstar, and I believe with our machine behind him, he will land all the big fights and receive all the credit that he deserves.
“The journey begins on October 12 in Riyadh on a huge card, and we cannot wait for the future together.”
The American born won the WBC Lightweight title in November 2023 when he defeated Edwin De Los Santos in Las Vegas to land the new belt.
Stevenson went on to defeat the likes of Oscar Valdez, Robson Conceicao and Jamel Herring and earned a spot to challenge and win the WBC and WBO Super Featherweight title, along with the WBO Featherweight title.
Matchroom Boxing will provide details on a launch press conference with Shakur Stevenson in U.S Los Angeles next week in due course.
BY LUCKY SEANEGO
