Shakur Stevenson says he injured each arms throughout his struggle towards Artem Harutyunyan final Saturday evening in Newark, New Jersey.
Though Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) bought the one-sided twelve-round unanimous choice to retain his WBC light-weight title, his inventory continued to plummet along with his second consecutive unexciting efficiency.
Stevenson ought to have tipped followers off earlier than the struggle that he was preventing with two “fragile” arms as a result of it will have gone higher with them in the event that they felt he was preventing with a handicap and wasn’t 100%. However for Shakur to disclose the issue instantly after paints the image of a fighter simply making excuses to deflect criticism.
“Yeah, each of them. They’re fragile. I’m going to get them stronger within the offseason,” mentioned Shakur Stevenson on social media, revealing that he injured each arms in his win over Artem Harutyunyan final Saturday evening.
Doubts about Future Success
If Shakur does have dangerous arms, he wants to contemplate retirement as a result of it’s possible not going to get higher, and he isn’t going to beat one of many killers within the light-weight division like Gervonta Davis, William Zepeda or Vasily Lomachenko preventing the way in which he’s performed in his final two fights towards Harutyunyan and Edwin De Los Santos.
“Pay attention, Shakur did what he usually does. He bins them, and he wins, however I talked to him final evening, and [he stated that] each of his arms have been damage. I talked to his cousin, and he mentioned he’s all the time hurting his arms when he’s punching,”‘ mentioned coach Derek ‘Bozy’ Ennis to YSM Sports activities Media about Shakur Stevenson saying he’s injured each arms throughout his struggle towards Artem Harutyunyan.
Floyd Mayweather had dangerous arms, however he fought at the next stage than Shakur all through his profession, even when he bought previous. Shakur’s arms have to be in worse form than Mayweather’s have been.
“I informed him to cease listening to the individuals and cease listening to the gang speaking about you. You ain’t bought to be cussing at them. Don’t allow them to take you off the sq.. You gained the struggle, and now you bought to return within the lab,” mentioned Bozy.
“You bought on the market and struggle and do what it’s a must to do,” mentioned Bozy when requested how Shakur can deal with his enterprise. I informed Shakur final evening to let his arms go a little bit bit extra, and he would have stopped him. He was ready and throwing one or two pictures.
“It was a clumsy fighter. Generally whenever you get in with a clumsy fighter, generally it may be troublesome,” mentioned Bozy about Harutyunyan being a clumsy fighter for Shakur.
