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Shakur Stevenson Says He Will Only Fight One Fighter for $500 Million: ‘I’m Not Going to Let Him Beat Me’

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11 months ago

December 26, 2025

Shakur Stevenson says he will only fight one man for $500m: “I don’t plan on letting him beat me”

Shakur Stevenson has been praised for his take on whatever he wants attitude and his willingness to take on the hardest fights possible, although that willingness is not often reciprocated. However, there is one man that the Newark sensation has no interest in fighting unless he is offered a huge sum of money.

The 28-year-old southpaw has worked his way up through the divisions to become a three-division world champion, and now he’s ready to step up to the super lightweight scene in five weeks and challenge Teofimo Lopez for the WBO super lightweight title.

Time will tell if Stevenson will stay at 140 pounds or look to move up to welterweight if he can dethrone Lopez. Although if he decides to stay on the scale, there is one American he has no intention of facing.

I’m talking to The art of dialogueStevenson made it clear that he would not fight his good friend Keyshawn Davis unless he offered him a purse that would provide him with generational wealth.

“I understand how you might feel when you don’t understand someone’s relationship with someone, but this is my brother, my right hand man. Why I’m putting on a show in front of you, why I’m fighting with my brother in front of the world, it could screw up our relationship, because at the end of the day, I’m competitive as hell, he’s competitive as hell, and there has to be a winner and a loser.

“I ain’t gonna let niggas beat me, I don’t care who it is. So ultimately that would come between me and his relationship. I don’t care what anyone else thinks about it.”

“Unless mother**** gives us $500 million or some crazy shit that will feed our families for the rest of our lives and the generations that follow, I don’t care.” [about fighting Keyshawn]it is what it is.”

Davis won the WBO lightweight title earlier in the year, but cut weight before his first defense against Edwin De Los Santos in June, prompting the switch to the superlight version.

“The Businessman” has yet to fight since then, but he is the mandatory challenger for the WBO title in the division, which means Stevenson will have to vacate the belt if he defeats Lopez and wants to avoid a fight with Davis.

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Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyus Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News

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3 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Robert Garcia Analyzes Tim Tszyu's Odds Against Erislandy Lara | Boxing News"

Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.

Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.

Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.

Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.

“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.

“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.

“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”

Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.

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Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight

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4 hours ago

November 7, 2026

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"Malik Scott Predicts Knockout Victory for Jai Opetaia in Upcoming Fight"

Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.

The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.

Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.

It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.

Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.

With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.

“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.

“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.

“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”

While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.