Paulie Malignaggi says that Shakur Stevenson may need to lower his salary by offering part of his purse to lure the ephemeral WBC champion, William Zepeda to fight him. He believes that Shakur (23-0, 11 KO) is avoided by the best guys at the age of 135 because he is so good.

Remuneration proposal

To force these fighters, such as Zepeda (33-0, 27 KO) to fight him, he will have to give up his purse. Malignaggi believes that Shakur’s victory over Zepeda will “force” greater fighting with Gervont Davis.

It is more likely that it will work in the opposite. The impressive victory of Stevenson over Zepeda will forever close the door to the fight with Tank Davis, especially if Shakur runs all night with the Mexican lethargic.

He will have to move around the ring throughout the fight, because if he stands and fights with Zepeda, he will be chewed. Tevin Farmer consumed many penalties in the first six rounds of his last fight with Zepeda, and the only reason he was not detained is that he has a perfect chin.

Shakura promoter, Eddie Hearn, has money to invest in him if he wants to exploit some of his company’s cake to get Zepeda. For a popular warrior, such as Zepeda, it will be pricey. Everything Hearn must offer Zepeda $ 5 millionHe will agree and then hopes that Shakur will make his part without winning. Hearn is scanty and tight, it will cause Stevenson to exist in the shade as long as he stays in the match.

If he is booed by fans, as if he was against Edwin de Los Santos and Jeremiah Nakathlia, he can forget about Tank.

Saudi money has disappeared

The money that according to Shakur will be from the Saudis is no longer after his last fight with Josh Padley on February 22 in Riyadh. Some fans believe that Saudis gave up Stevenson after this terrible performance against the part -time boxer Padley, who fought with a very tedious fight.

“It’s a bit disappointing in which Shakur was in this business. I feel that he is a great warrior,” said Paulie Malignaggi to WarriorSpeaking of how Shakur Stevenson was unable to get the fights he wanted. “It is probably the best lightweight in the world.”

Shakur did not defeat anyone in a slight importance to get the recognition that Malignaggi was overwhelming on him. Stevenson’s fight with Edwin de Los Santos should be a draw or victory for De los Santos. The judges gave it to Shakur, but many fans believe that it was because of his popularity. He shouldn’t lose.

In addition, Shakura’s victories were at a low level of players: Josh Padley [the electrician]An inactive Artem Harutynaan, who took a loss, and little -known Shuichiro Yoshino.

I am a black sheep of boxing, I love it 😈

– Shakur Stevenson (@shakurstevenson) April 14, 2025

Avoidance

“Perhaps a situation in which he may need a little reduction in salary to get these great fights and try to determine his performance,” said Malignaggi. “It sucks, I know. Only in boxing you can be so good that you are not avoided. No other sport does it.”

It is unlikely that this match does not happen, unless Shakur does not dominate the majority of his purse so that William Zepeda is worth fighting with him. Golden Boy and Zepeda apparently saw Shakura’s fight with de los Santos and will know after watching this competition that the winning decision against him would be impossible.

If the judges give Shakur rounds for landing lightweight blows, holding and running, Zepeda will not have a chance to win. In order for Zepeda to have a chance, the fight would have to be staged on a neutral territory in Mexico.

“When you are so good, they have to go through you to be the best, or they can’t be the best. In boxing you can be so good that sometimes you are avoided if you are not in the right situation and everyone plays the ball without you,” said Malignaggi.

The problem is that Shakur did not show that he is “so good” for top -class fighters at the age of 135 to want to fight him. He showed that he is a runner, a tedious runner and is regularly booed when he stands in the face of the opposition with any pop in their blows. It is not popular and many lightweight years from the implementation of PPV status.

Basically, he is known for its activities in social media on the current promoter X. Shakur, Eddie Hearn, could not be transformed into a star and did not invested the cake so as not to get the fight yet to become a home brand, fighting with William Zepeda and Gervont Davis.

Stevenson’s counseling

“It’s crazy for me because I think Shakur is a lightweight premium world in a lightweight division that has good fighters,” said Malignaggi. “I don’t know what the answer is. Maybe take some cut to try to fight Zepeda and then dominate Zeda. This will force more fights in this way, because then you will dominate a guy like Zepeda.

“I don’t know anymore. It’s such a stupid business. There is a crazy sum of money in it. It moves in a strange way. People play favorite. There is a lot of politics because there is something if there is a lot of money, but it gets so frustrating,” said Malignaggi.

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Houston – George Foreman was remembered on Monday in a funeral service in his hometown of Houston for the legendary boxing career, as well as for the love of God, family, horses and cheeseburgers and for the desire to lend a hand his neighbors.

“Love was all the time. That’s what this life is about. It’s about love, and George was spotless because George lived and believed in what he proclaimed,” said James Douglas, a longtime friend and former president of the University of Southern Texas in Houston.

During almost 1.5 hours of funeral service, the Foreman and Friends family reminded anecdotes about a man who was a two-time hefty boxing champion, but he was also a pastor who provided sermons confirming life in his church in the north-eastern Houston and an experienced businessman best known from George Foreman Grill.

Foreman even turned to the crowd posthumously at the Wortham Theater Center, a stage center of art in which a monument hosted, with previous audio messages.

“Victory and losing can never provide a lasting smile. But speaking on the face you see every day,” I did my best, “said Foreman on the recording.

Many people who spoke in the monument, including George Foreman IV, one of the five sons of the boxing legend, emphasized the importance of faith in the life of an older foreman and the way God managed his efforts to lend a hand others.

“How well I remember how Jesus moved me? I prayed, walked at night or two. I said: Lord, why don’t you take me and exploit me? That’s all I can do. He gives me my life to Jesus, what about you?” It was a song that my grandmother gave my father.

Foreman had 12 children, including five sons who are renowned for the name of George Edward Foreman.

“Rest well, dad. We will always wear your love,” said George Foreman IV, who is also a pastor.

Former boxer Michael Moorerer, whom the foreman defeated in 1994 to become the oldest man at the age of 45, who won the championship in hefty weight, told the crowd that they both went from competitors to the relationship “based on respect for over 30 years”.

“George was a champion in his life. His faith transformed a shy boy from Texas into a successful businessman and a voice for less happiness,” said Moorer.

Dr. Adan Rios, a longtime friend of boxing, remembered how Foreman bought land to create a food bank for patients with AIDS and donated $ 1.7 million to lend a hand treat patients with cancer teenagers.

Foreman died on March 21 at the age of 76. Foreman’s family did not reveal their cause of death, saying only in social media that “he left calmly … in the environment of loved ones.”

Born in Marshall, Texas, the foreman grew up in the fifth branch of Houston, one of the historically black districts of the city.

In 1968 he began his boxing career as a golden Olympic medalist, changing the professional the following year.

Foreman became a heavyweight champion when he defeated Joe Frazier in 1973. But he lost the title the following year, when Muhammad Ali defeated Foreman in the renowned fight “Rumble in the Jungle” in Zaire.

Then the foreman gave up boxing and after religious waking up and became an ordained minister in 1978. He began to preach in Houston, later founded the church of Jesus Christ in 1980.

A middle-aged fighter returned to the ring after 10 years of absence, and in 1994 he broke one of the most spectacular knockout in boxing history, floor, moral-year-old his junior-from surgical right hand to demand two hefty lanes of a humid truck.

Foreman retired in 1997 with a career record 76-5.

Then he moved to the next chapter in his life as a businessman, Pitchman and an occasional actor.

He became known to the novel generation as the face of George Foreman Grill. A straightforward cooking machine sold over 100 million pieces and brought him more wealth than boxing. A biographical film based on his life was released in 2023.

“Of all the features I could mention, his faith, his family, boxing career, business career, the one who distinguishes me as a friend of George Foreman, never forgot where he came from,” said Mayor Houston John Whitmire.

The host of Pod, Shawn Porter, went overboard, praising Jaron “Boots” Ennis after winning last Saturday evening, saying that he is a combination of Shakur Stevenson and Gervonta Davis. He says that if you “mix” a tank and shakur, you’ll get Jaron Ennis. Sounds crazy, but it’s a porter’s view.

(Credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom)

Porter was caught at the momentOverwhelmed by ennis winning in the sixth round in relation to the WBA Eimantas Stanionis (15-1, 9 KO) welterweight master at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

Twisted praise?

Based on this performance, Ennis, former IBF champion 147-lb “Showtime” Shawn said that he is like a combination of Shakur and Tank. He says that BOOTS’s defensive skills are on a par with the WBC Lightweight Shakur Stevesnon champion, who is close to unauthorized and his “explosive” power is like tank Davis.

“If you want a warrior who is just as defensive as Shakur Stevenson, he makes the right movement every time, defensively, this man [Jaron Ennis] It is there – said Shawn Porter on his YouTube channel, passing by side, stunning Jaron “Boots” Ennis.

Defensive realities

Ennis stays too much to compare it to Shakur. Porter’s ideas are completely wrong. Even against the rocky Balboa Eimantas Stanionis, Boots was heavily hit in every round. He was not too hit, because Stanionis was as confined as the warrior, but the strikes that the shoes hit were a type that knocked out many fighters.

I mean that Stanionis was hit by Stanionis. If this guy had real talent, Ennis would be knocked out.

“If you want a man who is as powerful as [135-pounder] Tank Davis is like an explosion and can end the fight at any time and at any time, “Shawn said, continuing his great praise of shoes.

“You have a mixture of Shakur Stevenson and Tank Davis, the two best fighters in the world and one man [Ennis] Right there. This kid is so good – said Porter.

Ennis’s power is not explosive. Many shots must land to get a knockout. Unlike this, Tank Davis has one -off power and draws his opponents with one shot. Shoes will never be this kind of warrior.

Porter must put a sock in it and stop the shining praise of shoes until he defeated two or three of these killers:

– Vergil Ortiz Jr
– Terence Crawford
– Serhia Bohachuk
– Janibek Alikhakhanuly
– Israil Madrimov
– Sebastian Fundor
– Charles Conwell

Tank + shakur = shoes 🥊 https://t.co/th70xziybh

– Showtimeshawn porter (@showtimeshawnp) April 14, 2025