Comments Thread For: Shakur Stevenson retains title with breezy win over Artem Harutyunyan

[Left Hook Louie]

Sometimes the Zen approach is the way to go.
Shakur did what Shakur does.
One of the keys to happiness in life is acceptance of what is and what isn't.
In other words, we control what we can, and we can't control what we can't, and acceptance of that fact
is a good way to calibrate one's expectations to avoid unnecessary disappointment.
I will never tune in to a Shakur fight expecting to see a Tank-like performance. That would be pointless.
Having said that, I literally fell asleep last night somewhere around Round 7 or 8.
Yup.
It is what it is.

[TheWinners]

Boxing is not just a sport but a business. In business you have to take risks. Shakur seems uninterested in risking anything that will result in a scratch. All Shakur's fights are snoozers. I can't support this nonsense.

[Oracle01]

Power is the only thing in the way of Shakur being a complete fighter.

lmao..

[Nightfall]

Stevenson just isn't as good as he thinks. He's a lefty and I think that's why he's undefeated. Other than that I just can't watch any full fight of his regardless the opponent

[Claude Palle]

Boxing's the only sport where you can be absolutely great, near perfect at it, but people complain about you being TOO perfect at it because they just want to see "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots"

Not exactly true. As one poster said " this is the pros, not the amateurs". Stevenson has all the talent in the world but talent alone doesn't sell. He can fight this way his entire career but he will not attain the status that he craves. He will also not get the big fights. It's his choice and his alone. Is he a great fighter? He is certainly not great to watch!

[Bronx2245]

How is someone with basic repetitive offense,who struggles to let his hands go, extremely talented?? I don't think he is that talented tbh. No traps, no creativity or versatility in his fighting style, he is very basic imo. I'm sick of hearing about how talented he is just because he fights like a *****.

When you can stand directly in front of a man, and he can’t hit you, then you’re very talented! There’s a reason Loma, Navarrette, and soon Zepeda, all chose an alternate path to a title at 135’

[Lefty0616]

...And how irritating is Timothy Bradley?!!!!

He started off as the biggest defender during last night's fight. He spoke about Shakur staying right in the pocket and not "running". By the end of the night, he was like, "Shakur is trying to make a case for himself as being the best out there, but he can't be that, if he doesn't get the knockout".

Shakur fought a good fight last night. It wasn't brilliant, but he was good. Knockouts isn't the norm for every boxer.

Timothy Bradley must've forgotten his career. He had no power, had a fight of the year against Provadnakov, was gifted a fight against Pacquiao, and fought a dud against Devon Alexander. He talked last night as though boxing is easy and that every fight should go your way. Bradley is the perfect example of a boxer who had all types of fights - some good and some bad.

[Nightfall]

Boxing is not just a sport but a business. In business you have to take risks. Shakur seems uninterested in risking anything that will result in a scratch. All Shakur's fights are snoozers. I can't support this nonsense.

He just isn't as mean in the ring as he talks outside. Need to start being offensively aggressive or he's not getting the big fights. Zepeda definitely will test and maybe bring it out

[Bronx2245]

You just described a created player..

What I described is a 27 year old phenom, undefeated, with 32 fights, and 28 KOs!

[GoldenBackHand]

Zepeda smoked Shakur again last night LOL.. Shakur needs to take that fake trinket he holds and hand it over to the man that is truly earning it in the ring.. not running hia mouth wildly outside of it then boring everyone to death inside the ring