Shakur Stevenson believes he’s the “stronger fighter than Floyd Schofield after sparring with him in the last. The WBC lightweight champion Shakur’s KO rate is 45.5%.
Hand Injuries
Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs) says he’d had hand problems throughout his career, which limited his ability to sit down on his punches. His glass hand continues to be a problem, as he recently had hand surgery.
In a video posted of Shakur working out, he wasn’t using his right hand. That’s the one he had surgery on. If Stevenson’s hand falls apart against Schofield, he’s going to be helpless and unable to fight him off. He can’t run his way to victory like he did against Edwin De Los Santos and count on the judges to give him a victory because he’s the A-side.
“The only thing that makes him a threat is his awkward style. His offbeat rhythm, the jumping in, and just have to be prepared for it. But truthfully, I’m levels about his kid. So, I’m going to show it,” said Shakur Stevenson to Shawn Porter’s channel, talking about Floyd Schofield.
“I think it’s delusion,” said Shakur when asked why fighters think they can beat him after they’ve sparred with him. “He didn’t see nothing when he was in the ring. He didn’t get out of the ring and be like, ‘I think I can beat him because he got out of the ring and said I was the greatest fighter he’d ever been in the ring with.”
If Shakur isn’t throwing with power due to his brittle hands, it’s understandable why his sparring partners believe they can beat him. If Schofield is going by what went down with his sparring with Shakur, it’s understandable why he feels he can beat him. It’s a logical conclusion anyone would reach after training with a fighter favoring a fragile, injury-prone hand.
“He DM’d me and said, ‘Bro, you’re better than anybody I ever seen.’ He remembered how the sparring went,” said Shakur about his sparring with Schofield. “He remembered what happened, but I think fighters nowadays they’ve got to be delusional. I think he’s a delusional little kid, and his dad is delusional. They’re telling themselves that to hype themselves up, but I read between the lines.”
If Shakur couldn’t sit down on his punches due to hand problems, how can he call Kid Austin “delusional” for believing that he can beat him. It makes sense for him to think he can beat a non-puncher.
“I feel like I’m stronger than him. I don’t feel like he’s stronger than me. I think people get it confused with me having hand problems throughout my career. I think, truthfully, I’m a stronger fighter than he is,” said Shakur Stevenson.
Shakur sounds delusional here, saying he thinks he’s “stronger” than Schofield because all you got to do is look at their past fights on YouTube, and you can fell that Kid Austin is a much bigger puncher.
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