Commentator Tim Bradley says that Shakur Stevenson should ignore the critics he receives for being a defensive, pure boxer who avoids hitting his fight. Bradley claims that Shakur (23-0, 11 KO) should continue to fight as he does, show “size” and pick up his own “check” Go home.
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Tim wants Shakur to continue the archaic, petrified style he uses from the past and hopes that younger fans who prefer to have fun will enjoy his archaic style. It sounds like a stupid idea, but what choice does Stevenson have?
Contemporary requirements
Tim indicates that fans in the past called Floyd Mayweather Jr “lifeless,” And he still had a fortune thanks to his first fight style. However, Bradley omits that Mayweather gained fame in the early days of the Internet, before MMA started, and when boxing fans had fewer entertainment options than now. If Floyd came now, he would not have a need for television for fans and would not be an attraction of PPV. He would be forced to be interested in his fights through rubbish.
“Enter this ring and you are dealing with business. Just win. They said the same about Floyd Mayaather many years ago.” He was lifeless. “You can’t buy it. Warriorcoming to defense Shakur Stevenson, Enabling him fight in his lifeless style.
Bradley wants Shakur to continue to fight as he didn’t change and eventually become a star. However, this did not happen, and he remains behind the younger, more fun warriors. Unfortunately, there is no choice. He has no impact strength and would break him if he tried to fight in an stimulating style.
Shakur has been knocked out many times. We saw how much he was hit in his last fight with the frail British national warrior, Josh Padley, February 22. If Stevenson stood in his pocket for a warrior with power, like Jadier Herrera, he would be destroyed. That is why, of course, the Cuban was not chosen as his opponent. Shakur had to play on this card and he would not be able to do it against a warrior who could hit.
Attention includes
“As long as you go home with a check and a enormous one, and you still show your size every time you are in this ring, keep going. If I could come back and box like Shakur Stevenson, I would come back and boxing like him,” said Bradley.
“With Shakur Stevenson attention [for fans] There is no more boxing [for defensive, safety-first fighters in this era]. You hit the guy in MMA and they fall. Either they are knocked out or choke. So I think it has a lot in common. The younger generation now has UFC. Then [in the past]They didn’t have a UFC. Now technology [Internet & cable television] and social media. Many people have a miniature attention. They want knockout, “said Bradley.
Terenka Crawford supported his friend, Keyshawn Davis, after he arrived at the amount of 4.3 overweight at 139.3 pounds for defending his lithe WBO belt against the pretender to the Edwin de los Santos ranking, on Saturday, June 7, in Norfolk in Virginia.
Miss intended weight?
The former world champion in four letters Crawford was nonchalant about Keyshawn (13-0, 9 KO) missing by such a wide margin, saying: “This is happening.” However, fans perceive this as Davis’s insidious strategy to gain an advantage and avoid a potentially changing career loss compared to immense punching Southpaw de los Santos (16-2, 14 KO).
They note that Keyshawn has not shown any signs of exhaustion or fatigue, which is a characteristic signal that he deliberately overlooked the weight to the game. People perceive Davis as “Bully weighing” Noticing that he seemed to weigh over 160 pounds in his last fight with the lithe champion WBO Denys Berinchyk on February 14. “
Proposed hydration limit
Some fans think it must be RThe eodency limit of six pounds for tomorrow morning to prevent Keyshawn 15 to 20 pounds and looking like a full average weight when it enters the ring. The hydration limit would make the fight a bit fair.
Official ESPN weights
– Keyshawn Davis: 139.3 vs. Edwin de los Santos: 134.7 – Abdullah Mason: 134.5 vs. Jeremia Nakasihila: 134.8 – Kelvin Davis: 140 vs. Nahir Albright: 139 – Delivery “Tiger” Johnson: 147.2 vs. Janeson Bossa: 147.6 – Troy Isley: 159.9 vs. Etondi Michel William: 159.2 -Keon Davis: 146.5 vs. Michael Velez-Garcia: 145.4 – Euro Cedeno: 158.4 vs. Abel Mina: 158.9 – Deric Davis: 137.6 vs. Naheem Parker: 138.8 – Patrick O’Connor: 198.8 vs. Marcus Smith: 199.1
Crawford defends Miss Davis
“He says he has shifted the weight. Nobody knows his body. Time to get up,” said Crawford WarriorReacting to Keyshawn Davis is missing on Friday. “Many times people do not gain weight. This is happening.”
You must wonder how Crawford would feel if his opponent missed the weight of 4.5 pounds for their fight. Did he move his arms, behaving, as if it was only one of these things or would he shout a bloody murder? I saw Crawford complaining without interruption, pressing to enhance the salary or the hydration limit on the day of the fight.
“It probably has grown out of it. I am not sure how it goes as far as possible to become empty, but I will keep up,” said Abdullah Mason Warrior About the lack of Keyshawn weighing. “I’m still looking for grabbing this belt.”
Fresh look at weighing
To make Keyshawn look like physically rested and unlimited, it is a red flag for fans on social media, that it was intentional on his part. He did not even try to bring weight because he said that it was his last fight at 135. So, if this was his last fight, why, at hell, Keyshawn would be worried? Think about it.
What can you get thanks to weight when you know that this is your last fight in the division and you have to win? If you are a bang, who should fight for 147 or 154, why should you want to kill yourself to get distance on weight?
“First of all, tomorrow I care about Nakoscilia. Either way, I’m going for this belt. Perhaps. If he moves to 140, we’ll meet at 140,” said Mason about him and Keyshawn finally fighting in a lithe welterweight.
Everything that Mason has to do is win tomorrow evening against Nakathila, and he will fight for the free title WBO Lightweight Axt against No. 1 Sam Noakes. However, as Abdullah looked, he doesn’t speak lithe long. It seems that he will be forced to move to 140 in several fights.
“Boxing will determine who I am fighting when I get there. I think it’s boxing, he grows out of this weight class and he fights for 140,” said Mason. “So maybe I will meet him at the age of 140. This is boxing. This is happening. I still want to win this title, but it comes.”
I would not be so sure that I met Keyshawn at the age of 140 if I was a freemason because it may not happen. Although Davis looked in the last two fights, only 140 will be exhausted, because it is enough. It must be at least 147, and preferably 154. Apparently it will be based on the fight in a younger medium scale and try every trick in the book to keep your weight to avoid this division filled with sharks. This is where he should be if he was not a massive tyrant.
“I know my set of skills. I know what I can do when I enter this ring. When this bell rings, it is different. When I get in front of the opponent, and I feel that something has something, then my IQ goes up. My skill configuration goes up. I feel like every opponent who put in with me, I will be able to keep my own and turn to the end,” said Abdullah.
Keyshawn Davis is no longer the WBO Lightweight champion after he did not get a huge margin.
Davis (13-0, 9 KO) scaled 139.3 pounds while trying to make a specific division limit of 135 pounds, losing his championship.
The opponent Edwin de Los Santos (16-2, 14 KO) hit the sign and is the only boxer who can leave the arena with the belt.
President WBO, Gustavo Olivieri, explained the situation that stood after Friday’s weighing.
“As for the Featherlight WBO division, if the WBO master does not bring weight, the title is abandoned in the scale, regardless of whether the claimant brings weight.
“If the claimant wins, they become a fresh WBO champion. If the former champion, the title remains empty.
“The vacancy should be filled with two highest available pretenders in the division when he defines the championship committee.
“Currently, Noakes sits at number one and (Abdullah) Mason is number two.”
Re: WBO Lightweight Division
If Master WBO is not of importance, the title is abandoned on the scales, regardless of whether the claimant brings weight.
➡️ If the claimant wins, they become the fresh WBO master.
➡️ If the former master, the title remains empty.
– Gustavo Olivieri, Esq. (@Olivieriilaw) June 6, 2025
Before the defeat of the scale, Davis was looking for an impressive victory in his home.
“I chose him because I know that he will come to create a great fight for fans who leave. And it will be a great fight, but he will not hear and fresh.
“He comes to fight and implements the performance because his last was rubbish.”
Perhaps by anticipating his title loss 24 hours earlier, Davis added: “I know who I am with or without. I am a businessman. I introduce great fights. I introduce great performances.”
De los Santos used his platform to explain his long absence in the ring.
“I had a health problem. I had a blood clot in my leg. Unfortunately, I had to be out of the ring because of this.
“This time the result will be different because I overcame death. And after defeating my death I know that there is nothing more.”
On Saturday, Abdullah Mason (18-0, 16 Kos), Jeremia Nakathila (26-4, 21 Kos) is fighting. Both fights will be broadcast live to ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 22:00 ET/19 PM entitled
Undercard with ESPN+begins at 17:10 et/2: 10 pm Pt and covers the rest of DB3 in action, with older brother Keyshawn, Kelvin “Nite nite” Davis (15-0, 8 Kos) in the face of Nahir “Woo” Albright (16-2, 7 Kos) in 10-round shoes.
Keon Davis and Troy Isley form the central part of the highest rank.
Keyshawn Davis is no longer the WBO Lightweight of the World champion. He lost the world championship title not in the ring, but on the scales. On Friday, when he considered his Saturday fight against Edwin de Los Santos, Davis tilted scales worth over 139 pounds – four plus pounds heavier than he was supposed to be in a slight fight for the title. For his part, de los Santos made the weight of body weight in a few ounces below the limit of 135 pounds. It is demanding to imagine what Davis’ excuses can be. Needless to say, Davis did not try to come back on a scale.
“I exceeded the weight,” said Davis. “I put this weight for over four years. I just extorted the weight. I tried. I got up tardy yesterday. I woke up early in the morning, trying to bear the weight. I just grew up, senior. Norfolk Davis, Virginia on the city arena.
How it changes. At the beginning of this year, Davis won the title of WBO World, stopping Denys Berinchyk in four. On the other hand, de los Santos was seen the fight against Shakur Stevenson in what turned out to be a brutally dull romance. Now it will be Davis, whose goal of mockery, while de los Santos becomes more sympathetic from two fighters. Unlike the defending master, De los Santos was able to earn a lot.
Although Davis said that he wanted to move to Munior Welter, it is complex to see how it works positive for Virginians. The victory will probably be perceived as which it brought an unfair advantage. What’s more, brutal win can be a rascal work. And if de los Santos took nervousness, Davis’s career will have at least a solemn hit. Davis is not expected to lose, which probably makes it not so mysterious. Why can you wonder if Davis’s weight problems only arise now?
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