May 1, 2022
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  • I told ya so. Some Mexican Valdez supporters excuses coming incoming in 5. 4. 3. 2. 1….

    • HawnJay, here’s my excuse. Valdez beat berchelt because berchelt came straight at him and stayed in front of him. Shamir want going to come straight at him and wasn’t going to stay there. He was going to come in with angles and move around. It pretty much a case of whether Valdez could catch Stevenson with a big shot and turn things around.

      • Whetto, the name of the game is “Boxing” not “Rock & Sock Robot”. Shakur Stevenson proved last night that he is CLEARLY the better boxer. And I’d also like to add that Stevenson spent plenty of time being the aggressor during the fight.

      • I don’t care about Berchelt I only care about Valdez and Stevenson. He lost to a better fight. Thats it.

      • Stevenson executed his plan, outboxed Valdez by a huge margin. Stevenson is an awesome boxer, however, he needs to somehow train to avoid right hands, plenty right hands were landing on him.

        • True! I noticed that as well! I guess Shakur didn’t really slip them cause Valdez’s rights weren’t doing any damage to him. You right though! Shakur need to slip those right hands, as those are punches southpaws have the most trouble with.

    • No excuses not even from Valdez, Shakur was the better man. Stevenson is a young dude growing into a bigger body, he’ll have to move up. Valdez looked like a guy in a lower-weight division. Got no problem acknowledging Shakur’s talent but does he have any class? Valdez does.

  • The abrupt ending to the press conference was more exciting than anything Stevenson did in the ring. Talented, yes. Skilled, yes. Boring, YES. He could rack up a 50-0 record but if all the “fights” look like they did last night I won’t be watching. This brings back memories of the 80’s and 90’s when Michael Nunn and Virgil Hill would provide one boring snooze fest after another. Or in more recent memory Floyd Mayweather’s yawners. You can win all the fights you want but if you put the fans asleep doing it…. I will say this too: Valdez has some of the blame because he wouldn’t change tactics. No feinting, no coming in at different angles….just bore in with hands held high. I’m sure Reynoso wanted him doing different things. I’m not trying to play Monday morning quarterback here but come on….when boxers get to this level common sense says you have to have more than one game plan and you have to be willing to take risks to implement them. Truth is I think Valdez was mentally beat long before they got to the ring. I didn’t like the way he was acting at their face-to-face sitdown meeting.

    • Excellent analysis…Valdez knew what Shakur was bringing to the table…Valdez aware that he had to take chances…So why blame Shakur …. Actually it was Shakur that was using his skill and taking risks…boxing is a point based sport so Shakur had to throw punches…more than his opponent to win…To beat Shakur you have to beat his style…Shakur is winning and earning Alot of money with that style…Valdez knew what to expect at this level…Truth is Valdez did not want to engage with Shakur for whatever reason and Shakur busted Valdez up to get the win….Can you blame Shakur for winning and securing an easy payday .this win shall lead to another big payday….Valdez didn’t come to fight….

    • Not the fault of Valdez even Canelo when he fought mayweather he didnt looked good too.Boxers like Mayweather,Shakur,or Nunn they use the same technic jab stick and move counter.

    • You can only take Peds for so long before they start affecting you

    • Of course, Valdez was mentally defeated he didn’t want the fight. That was the entire point Stevenson made. He avoided him for years. Canelo somehow convinced him to climb in the ring and get his ass kicked. Valdez and his fan (YOU) already knew he had no chance that’s why you’re bitter with the unoriginal “boring” analysis. Canelo’s own trainer said African American fighters are difficult to strategize against. Canelo convinced Valdez to do what he isn’t doing.

  • This is why I think ethnic rivalry matchups are the best, and this has nothing to do with hate. The average fan will root for the person that they feel a natural bond with. A Black vs. Mexican fight usually has a lot more drama & intrigue than a Black vs. Black or Mexican vs. Mexican matchup.

    If I were a promoter, I’d put together the first ever ethnic rivalry card in history & I guarantee it would be a success! Here are the matchups I’d want:

    Black vs. Mexican
    Mexican vs. Puerto Rican
    Russian vs. Ukrainian
    Palestinian vs. Jew
    Serb vs. Albanian
    Turk vs. Armenian
    White Liberal vs. Black Conservative

    • Nordic annihilator, if I were a a promoter I would match up the best against the best regardless of color or race. For example Spence vs Crawford. I rather see that than either of them against a Mexican who more than likely won’t beat either.

      • Putting on a Spence vs. Crawford fight is a no-brainer. The only question is: Why hasn’t this fight been made yet?

        • Who knows. We can only speculate. But hopefully it’s not another Floyd vs pac.

        • Easy answer : Build up.

          After Spence’s foolish DUI car crash, the fans were concerned of the effects on his boxing abilities. In Errols first fight back (a below par effort) vs Danny Garcia the question marks remained. Now that Spence has better delivered vs Ugas the Crawford vs Spence PPV match up becomes more interesting.

    • This has “nothing to do with hate”. You are not qualified to say that. It’s case by case.

  • HAHAH His fucking MOM got into a brawl?!!!? Ghetto TRASH can’t act properly in public!!! These people are pure scum!! Did you see them all jumping around ringside during the fight like a bunch of Zulus??? What an embarrassment to any functioning society!

    • Interesting. I didn’t know they let Neanderthal bigots like you on the Internet! How do you keep your knuckles so soft after dragging them all day?

      • Odd…. Calling me a knuckledragger when it’s clear as day that the “people” involved in last nights brawl were about as close to a savage caveman as you could get. Do you feel better up there on your high horse defending a group of social parasites?? You’re probably one of those white scumbag loudmouths that’s always front and center at a BLM rally.

        • I’m not sure what’s blowing my mind more: the fact that you don’t see how racist your comments are (equating black people to cavemen, calling them parasites, etc.) or that your comments don’t do ANYTHING to disprove that you ARE a racist and bigot, and you keep opening your bigoted mouth. In any case, if you want to keep going, feel free. Ignorance is bliss, I guess. In any case, I’m pretty sure you’re white, so keep living in your privilege and rockin’ that stars & bars in your window. It’s always fun to anger under/uneducated cro-magnons like you, and it’s SO EASY.

          • Haha another clown that believes the myth of white privilege. Another leftist lie to smother liberals like yourself in white guilt and make you feel like you have to hold yourself accountable for an entire group of peoples shortcomings. Sad really.

          • Welp, it’s clear to see what side of the Civil War YOUR ancestors were on: the LOSING SIDE. You DO know that the losers don’t get to write the history books, right? I’d post a picture of what a history book looks like to you, but you probably still wouldn’t be familiar. If not hating people of color makes me a “liberal”, I’ll take that over your blissful ignorance and KKK-centric stupidity. I mean, you haven’t done anything to DISPROVE that you AREN’T a racist, so I think I’ve made my point….Wait…maybe I should try to put myself in your shoes, so I can better relate to you. Let’s see if this works: “Benghazi! LOCK HER UP!!! LOCK HER UP!!! CANCEL CULTURE!!!! GEN-Z IS LAZY!!!” ……Nah, I guess being a “brave bigot” isn’t for me. Good luck with it, though, I’m sure it’s working out just great for you now….You know, this thread has really gotten a bit out of hand. Not really focused on boxing anymore, so I should probably stop. Should I just let you go and get back to polishing your gun rack?

    • So I suppose you’re the model for how people should behave? If you are get me off this fxxxxxx planet immediately.

    • Quit the crap it’s all support you and your trash family would do the same to your trash family member fighting.

  • I did notice Terence Crawford at ringside. I thought Crawford was suing Arum because of bizarre claims that the promoter “discriminates against Black fighters & prevents them from getting ahead in life?” Crawford looked like a fool for being there, because not only has Arum helped numerous Black fighters over the years, but also because the 90-yr-old promoter promotes Stevenson, who is a Black activist & in 2020 entered the ring with a BLM shirt on! If I were a reporter I would’ve called Crawford out on his hoax!!!

    • Good call-out, Nordic. Terrence is weak and caused unnecessary drama with his foolish accusation. He has no shame. I can’t wait for Spence to put him in his place.

      • Won’t happen, Crawford is going to outbox and outmuscle Spence the majority of the fight. Might even sit him down once or twice in the fight.

        • I agree with the statement from this racist 100%. Crawford will probably outbox Spence handily.

  • Based on such a small percentage of Black males (BM) born in the USA, I am amazed how athletic training systems have produced an extraordinary amount of BM athletes, primarily in:

    1) College football.
    2) NFL.
    3) College basketball.
    4) NBA.
    5) Track and field.
    6) Boxing.

    BM athletes are increasing for MMA/UFC and soccer. However, it appears an athletic training system for baseball has collapsed for BM born in the USA.

    I must admit, for such a small percentage of BM born in the USA, there are excellent/outstanding athletic systems in place for producing a large amount of BM athletes (born in USA).

    I will leave this for athletic systems only because non-athletic systems regarding BM is not necessary for this sports based source.

    • Genetics plays a major role in athletics, which is why you never see Filipinos & people of Thai descent in the NFL. Just as Mike Tyson & Sugar Ray Leonard were great genetic material for boxing; both have fast twitch muscle fiber & very little nose cartilage.

    • You are correct in that black males aged 18-31 are only 2% of the USA population. It would be much higher if Democrats didn’t fight so hard for abortion, 4 black women get an abortion for every 1 white woman, and that statistic is much higher in our cities.

  • Good win for Stevenson, and I feel he deserved more respect when addressing the press. I’ve never heard so much noise and commotion in the background when a champion is speaking to the press just after winning another title. It’s unbelievable and appalling! America as a society is in a free fall, overrun by ignorance, lack of civility, respect, and dignity, dominated by shallowness, superficiality, immaturity, racial division. We are not a ‘united’ states, and this become clear with each passing day. Quite disturbing.

    Kudos to Shakur Stevenson for his continued excellence in the ring. He’s a champion and deserves respect.

  • Size matters in boxing, as soon as the first round started it was clear how the whole fight would play out. Valdez had no business in there with a guy like Shakur. It was like watching a good Featherweight fight a good Jr. Welterweight. Remember Valdez is a natural featherweight only fought twice at super featherweight. Must have been a fat payday for Valdez for not turning down the fight, I am kind of glad he lost as Reynoso and Canela think they are boxing gods. Good IQ from Shakur but his jousting is very annoying and illegal. I could tell it’s a developed habit and his trainers need to get him to break this bad habit. When he does face a hard hitting opponent and overhand will put him on the deck.

    • Alleycat925, Shakur Stevenson faced Oscar Valdez (a very hard hitting opponent) last night. Did you completely miss the Oscar Valdez vs Miguel Berchelt fight?!?

  • That’s one eventful night for the young champ. Unifies 2 belts for 1st time since 2005 at the weight + has RING belt, then proposes marriage, then has to go save mom in another scrap..

  • It was an easy fight and an easy opponent for Shakur, he was boring and he’s not a prodigy, he’s a good big fighter and Valdez is overrated, simple as that

  • The .Moms fight was more interesting because at least she wasnt acting like an idiot like her son.

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