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Shakur Stevenson is back on his hometown, this time he will be fighting Japanese Shuichiro Yoshino in April 8 at Prudential Center In Newark.

This will serve as a title eliminator, winner of this fight will get the winner of Haney vs Loma.

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No odds yet, but for sure Stevenson will be the favorite here against Yoshino. If I'm not mistaken, the Japanese is a WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF lightweight, so this guy for sure will give Shakur a good fight.

So just imagine if Shakur will win this one, either of the winner of Haney vs Loma against him will be a banger fight.

It seems that this Shuichiro Yoshino is decent enough to face Shakur Stevenson in his debut, looking at the Japanese boxer's stats and recent fights, he is quite good but all of his fights are somehow irrelevant when it comes to the main ring because this Japanese boxer is more of a local boxer who keeps fighting inside his nation and his compatriots, just like Casimero's recent opponent.

Still, this will be a good test for Shakur for testing the new weight class. I'd say that this fight will highlight Shakur before he goes for a title attempt against the winner of Loma-Haney fight. If I'm not mistaken, Haney wanted Shakur to be his opponent because their camp is quite underestimating Loma already and they want a good fight.

No way for Shuichiro Yoshino can pull an upset against Shakur Stevenson, this fight will happen in US and this is the first time for Yoshino will fight in US. I think Stevenson will become heavy favorite with the odds around 1.10x. I think the odds for Stevenson win via KO would be quite high since the fight will high likely end via decision. We need to look for odds 9-12 rounds, if it's high, it's worth to bet.

So just imagine if Shakur will win this one, either of the winner of Haney vs Loma against him will be a banger fight.

shakur shows high skills every time and is very much exposed to us since he is more covered in media than this Japanese but this tale of the tape shows Yoshino has a large advantage in power over Stevenson, he has 75% knockout while Stevenson's 47%.  

I don't think it's a valid comparison because Yoshino never fight with a world champion boxer. In Stevenson's career the highest losses of his opponent only 4, while Yoshino have 7 times fights with boxers have losses more than 4, the highest is 16 losses.

I'm not agree if Yoshino has more power, but I tend to agree if Stevenson doesn't have a lot power. Stevenson is only fast and skillful, he ever make Oscar Valdez and Jeremia Nakathila fall, but it doesn't enough to stop them.

Although Yoshino had defended his lightweight title for a long time, he doesn't look like he has the skills to maneuver Stevenson. Still, this is another round for Shakur to break at 135 after all Yoshino ranked in the top 5 on the WBC which is quite impressive.

The undercard list is some that is to look at like Damian Knyba and Jared Anderson who are both undefeated heavyweights. Seems easy win as they fight older athletes with more than 5 loss.

Decent but I will say average when he face the likes of Shakur. And no surprise here, I mean Japanese fighters started their career home grown and then venture out of the country if they gain enough experience.

Shakur has been calling out a lot of names in the 135 lbs, that includes Haney and Loma and even Tank Davis.

He is willing to test this skills against this boxers and it will be a great fight to see him against those names in the future.

Shakur will be the favorite here, its also a home court advantage so this will be a big challenge for Yoshino, both boxer are undefeated so this will be a big pressure to them. Shakur seems to be more fit and active though, if you’ll see his previous matches his aggressiveness is there and a deadly punches are there as well. Who ever wins here will face another big challenge on their next match either with Haney or Loma, so better for them to do their best on this match.

Not sure if there is pressure on Shakur, yeah, he needs to win this fight because it will be in hometown, but he will be facing a somewhat unknown boxer from Japan. I'm not saying that Yoshino is not going to win, but basing on the experience alone of Shakur and Yoshino not exposed, it might be very hard for him to win in US, in my opinion. Yes, whoever wins here, is assured to face the winner of the Loma vs Haney fight. So this is in the mind of Shakur since he wanted to break into the picture and become a champion in another weight class.

Shakur Stevenson is back on his hometown, this time he will be fighting Japanese Shuichiro Yoshino in April 8 at Prudential Center In Newark.

No odds yet, but for sure Stevenson will be the favorite here against Yoshino. If I'm not mistaken, the Japanese is a WBO Asia Pacific and OPBF lightweight, so this guy for sure will give Shakur a good fight.

So just imagine if Shakur will win this one, either of the winner of Haney vs Loma against him will be a banger fight.

Actually both are having 'noisy' names, there's just this barrier between local and international viewers. Yoshino quite had a good record for being undefeated in his local while Shakur is as well but with foreign fighters. This is where difficulty with bettors measure comes from. In general, the japanese boxer's statistics would be somehow set aside since international record is believed to be having a bigger weight not only in sports industry. But this is boxing we are talking about and anything could happen once both fighters starts in the middle of the square. Both has their own trainings and tactics to win over their opponent. So what's more likely to happen , and as we can see in this topic, Shuichiro is just the underdog in this match.

I'm not seeing it as a difficult though, for sure it's easy for bookies to make Shakur their favorite even if the Japanese is also a champion. It's been gauge on their experience and again, Yoshino might be good in Asia but the centerpiece of boxing is in the US.

Underdog means that you are treated to have low chance of winning.

And even in this community, we all know that Shakur will likely take this W.

And also means that Shuichiro Yoshino chances are not that good against the world champion who vacated his belt because of weight issues, actually, I see this fight as more of Shakur's debut and highlights before he go and pursue the generals of this division. It's no doubt already that Shakur will get defeated in this bout before he can chase titles.

No offense for the Japanese fighter but this bout looks like a good tune-up fight to prepare Shakur for a much bigger bout in the future. In short, just a stepping stone.

Yes, this will be Shakur's debut and we are eager to see him at this division, he has been telling us all that he wanted to move up at 135 lbs because that's where the challenge is, a lot of good names that he wants to fight.

Anyhow, it's going to be a win-win though for Yoshino, also his chances are slim to none, at least he will get to travel and exposed his talent in the US soil. And so even if he losses, who knows, maybe he can still get a fight there, just like Nakatani, who he beat recently. And with the emergence of Inoue in the big US market, for sure there will be a lot of Japanese too that might followed next. Similar to what Pacquiao did to many Filipino boxers when he was at his prime. At least they are given the chance with the likes of Mark Magsayo and Casimero and many more. So this might be the case for Japanese boxer in the next coming years.

And if I recall it correctly, Shakur almost got a fight with the champion directly, Devin Haney but I think Bob Arum doesn't want that for now and chose Loma instead to have the chance because it's much more profitable as people are calling for it since he got back again in the ring.

Speaking of Japanese boxers that will follow Inoue's footstep, I just knew that his younger brother, Takuma Inoue, has been fighting at bantamweight already years before Inoue made his statement to climb the same weight class. Takuma got the WBC Interim title last 2018 but has been defeated a year after as he chased the WBC regular belt. But unlike Naoya, it seems that Takuma haven't got his older brothers talent.

Are anyone here surprised by the odds?

I just check on sportsbet and Yoshino is 7:1 underdog. For me I'm, it's expected that this is somewhat be relatively easy fight for Shakur against the Japanese. And Shakur should win here and if he does, as per Bob Arum, he will get the winner of the Loma and Haney fight. So that will be the most compelling fight for Shakur next.

I can't really say if I'm surprised or not because somehow I was already expecting that Yoshino will be a heavy underdog in this fight like a 4:1 odds but 7:1? That's like underestimating Yoshino and just another way of saying that there's no way he can stand up against or defeat Shakur Stevenson. To sum up the upcoming fight, I'm not expecting either from the Japanese boxer because I'm seeing him as more like a local and not used to get in the world stage/ring.

Just good thing though that Shakur Stevenson (granting that he won this bout) will get to fight the winner of Loma-Haney fight. That's what I wanted to see.

Yes, that's the word "underestimated" because the bookies are indeed underestimating Yoshino that his chances to defeat Shakur is little less than slim but what can we do, the bookies surely know the chances as well because this debut fight of Shakur highlights him making a statement as he will going to fight either Lomancheko or Haney soon after this. Same here though, I'm also leaning in-favor of Shakur to win by a way of TKO/KO.

But it's slim though, we all know how good Shakur is and he wouldn't let someone deter his goals of fighting for the belt next. So we should lean on Shakur with a big win via ko/tko.

The winning method odds for Shakur to win via knockout should be high because he's not a knockout artist, so it would be profitable if you want to bet that's option. Yoshino haven't lose in any fight and he tend to win via knockout, so it's quite hard to judge how good his chin. I still think Shakur win via decision is high likely to happen, but the odds still not included and if it's not worth, it's better for me to bet via knockout.

Exactly, the likelihood of Shakur winning by KO is not high. Would you bet on Shakur to win via KO, knowing his boring strategy in boxing? Personally, I doubt that he will win by KO in this fight. Most likely, it will still go the full 12 rounds, and he will win via unanimous decision. However, if you like to have fun and are willing to take the risk, then Shakur winning by KO could be the right bet for you.

Those handicappers really knows what they do, they are good in what they are doing here so I agree with that odds that they released right now. This is going to be no easy fight though for Shakure because Yoshino wanted to break barriers here and fight in the US and this is his chance as he will have the biggest stage to become known.

But it's slim though, we all know how good Shakur is and he wouldn't let someone deter his goals of fighting for the belt next. So we should lean on Shakur with a big win via ko/tko.

I agree though, his knockout percentage is not even 50%, so most likely it will be a long and deliberate fight for him against Yoshino, unless he become a big hitter and Yoshino doesn't have a good chin to begin with.

It might be better though for me at least, so just sit out this match.

And wait for the outcome because the next fight might be the good one to bet. Shakur vs the winner of Haney vs Loma.

Both boxers wanted the rewards that is earned after this fight but only one of them will continue successfully as a draw in this bout is very unlikely to happen and besides, we both know here who got the right talent to continue on his journey and who doesn't have what it takes to take the said reward. Shakur is on a campaign to get either Haney or Loma, so I don't really think that he'll just give this Japanese guy an easy way in.

Their record is well paired. Both have an undefeated record and have power punches that can knock out their opponent.  Though I have a feeling that this will be an easy fight for Shakur Stevenson since looking at the quality of the opponent, Stevenson has faced a better opponent and beat them.  This will be a test for the Japanese fighter if he can be as hot as Naoya Inoue in terms of dominating the ring.


I think this fight will have one fighter kissing the canvas since both have devastating power punches.

In terms of record, yes, it is well paired but on power level? I guess no, we probably know why as even the bookies gave 7:1 underdog odds to Yoshino despite having a good record but that record was just established inside Japan, so more like a localize fights rather than being held in an international ring like this bout.

Still though, we shouldn't be careless because there are some cases that the heavy underdogs will rise from the mud and defeat the favorite. But in this case, I definitely think that the chances are really slim and it's just unfortunate for Yoshino because he's being paired with Shakur.

Bookies certainly don't believe Yoshi can make it and I think the odds they give are reasonable because he hasn't fought anyone with remarkable.

Yesterday I watch a fight that I also thought was an easy win and then I lose when an upset happen. I tend to bet a sum for it is quite funny that I planned to celebrate before the fight happened. They are developing Shakur for a bigger fight. Although this might be more than a 50% win for Shakur, I will limit my wager to a minimum.

I agree though, his knockout percentage is not even 50%, so most likely it will be a long and deliberate fight for him against Yoshino, unless he become a big hitter and Yoshino doesn't have a good chin to begin with.

It might be better though for me at least, so just sit out this match.

And wait for the outcome because the next fight might be the good one to bet. Shakur vs the winner of Haney vs Loma.

If you can take that risk and you are aiming for a considerable profit then it's on you to decide. I mean, knowing the strategy
of Shakur, he will continue to seek for his advantage in winning by UD.

Unless he's camp already change his strategy and starts practicing him on a KO base fight, we can't tell if how things will proceed.

It's on the bettors' decision whether to bet on KO or UD, but most likely Shakur is the favorite here.

also, shakur's name rings a bell more than his japanese opponent. so yeah, i agree that shakur will be the favourite of bookies here. if you are not very sure about the winning method for this match, you can always place a bet in the major betting line. but in my opinion, shakur will likely win on this match. but should not be confident as the KO percentage of yoshino is about 75% as compared to 47% for shakur.

I check 2 sports bookies and so far the only is odds listed is the ML, so no value if we are going to bet on Shakur. But if we wanted to go for the Japanese underdog at 7.x, now is the time to bet (but as I have said, the chances are slim to win either by decision or ko/tko).

So let's wait for more line to be offered, maybe we can see some value if there will be more options for Shakur like winning by decision or even winning by knockout or which round. Maybe the referee will have to stop it when he sees the Japanese taking more damage from Shakur jab and pin point accuracy in this match.

^^ I would agree, decent to good opponent for Shakur but I doubt that he can upset Stevenson at this point. So I will have to put Shakur here winning maybe by a knockout or complete domination of the fight.

No offense to the Japanese fighter, he had the belt in Asia, beat Nakatani who gave Teo Lopez all he can handle and also fought Loma in his comeback fight. But that is not enough resume to beat the likes of Shakur right now.

also, shakur's name rings a bell more than his japanese opponent. so yeah, i agree that shakur will be the favourite of bookies here. if you are not very sure about the winning method for this match, you can always place a bet in the major betting line. but in my opinion, shakur will likely win on this match. but should not be confident as the KO percentage of yoshino is about 75% as compared to 47% for shakur.

Enticing for gambler who love to take the big risk and hope for some luck, 7x of your initial bet would be nice if the Japanese
fighter will manage to upset Shakur.

For sure, there are gamblers who will take the ML for Shakur even the winning odd is small, some might place a big amount to win
decently.

While for loyal fans who support Shakur, chances that even with small possible winnings it will add to their enjoyment while
watching the fight.

Enticing for gambler who love to take the big risk and hope for some luck, 7x of your initial bet would be nice if the Japanese
fighter will manage to upset Shakur.

For sure, there are gamblers who will take the ML for Shakur even the winning odd is small, some might place a big amount to win
decently.

While for loyal fans who support Shakur, chances that even with small possible winnings it will add to their enjoyment while
watching the fight.

Nah, smart money should be on Shakur Stevenson and not on Yoshino. For me even with that huge odds for him, I wouldn't take that bite, just saying. Shakur will be too good for Yoshino in this fight. This is the Japanese first fight out of his native home country, and so there will be adjustment because this is a big stage and he might not take the limelight. As for what will be the good bet for Shakur, we will have to wait and see then. No value for ML, but if there are more options, then obviously we are going to bet on that with a higher odds.

I agree with you. No one will bet on this underdog since he is not even popular. Betting on Shakur does not necessarily mean you'll take the moneyline. There are other betting options, such as betting on the specific round Yoshino will be knocked out, or the range of rounds, which typically groups every three rounds. If you want higher odds, then bet on Shakur to win via KO. Based on his previous fights, he is not really a KO artist.

I agree with you. No one will bet on this underdog since he is not even popular. Betting on Shakur does not necessarily mean you'll take the moneyline. There are other betting options, such as betting on the specific round Yoshino will be knocked out, or the range of rounds, which typically groups every three rounds. If you want higher odds, then bet on Shakur to win via KO. Based on his previous fights, he is not really a KO artist.

Even if we say Yoshino is popular, it's still not advisable to bet on him because the odds itself suggests that his chances are not that good against Shakur Stevenson if this is the latter's first fight in the weight class. Talking about the present odds, it's already expected that the ML is really not juicy because a 7:1? That's much more worse than the Butler-Inoue fight.
Hopefully, the bookies will release more betting options much sooner as we're already a month away from the fight date.

Yes, that thing with Yoshino is that he is not stateside, so bookies and fans are not familiar with him. Although we might see in his records that he is good, but still he is facing an American fighter who is in his prime and rising in ranks.

Bookies already released more options already mate, you can check it out already:

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See? A 25.00 odds for Yoshino to win by a way of decision. Imagine if Shakur will get upset in this fight, that's an instant big payday but in reality, that's not really likely. The power difference between him and Shakur is so wide that you can't even imagine the latter being defeated in this battle.

But for Shakur's odds, I might check that out again before this month ends as 3.80 seems decent enough for me. Shakur to win via KO is not that impossible, just a thought.

But for Shakur's odds, I might check that out again before this month ends as 3.80 seems decent enough for me. Shakur to win via KO is not that impossible, just a thought.

I check 2 sports bookies and so far the only is odds listed is the ML, so no value if we are going to bet on Shakur. But if we wanted to go for the Japanese underdog at 7.x, now is the time to bet (but as I have said, the chances are slim to win either by decision or ko/tko).

So let's wait for more line to be offered, maybe we can see some value if there will be more options for Shakur like winning by decision or even winning by knockout or which round. Maybe the referee will have to stop it when he sees the Japanese taking more damage from Shakur jab and pin point accuracy in this match.

^^ I would agree, decent to good opponent for Shakur but I doubt that he can upset Stevenson at this point. So I will have to put Shakur here winning maybe by a knockout or complete domination of the fight.

No offense to the Japanese fighter, he had the belt in Asia, beat Nakatani who gave Teo Lopez all he can handle and also fought Loma in his comeback fight. But that is not enough resume to beat the likes of Shakur right now.

Same feedback here. This Japanese boxer may have achieved past winning performances but I don’t see him a perfect match for Shakur. Though both are professionals on their own career, but seeing this Japanese boxer past performances, I would say he won’t easily beat Shakur because Shakur is definitely a tough and hard to beat opponent. Still, this will test them both who will dominate the fight and maybe still make a good fight in the end.

Betting on the Japanese underdog is like throwing money.  Looking at their record, it is clear that the Japanese has been fighting local boxers so the quality of his opponent is probably not that great.  The Japanese boxer is bound to lose here, and probably via early KO or stoppage.

Shuichiro Yoshino is an impressive boxer and I do not doubt that he will give Shakur Stevenson a good fight and maybe even make Shakur sweat nervously a bit. But there is no denying that Shakur is going to be the winner of this upcoming match. Absolutely no doubt in my mind. That is just how good Shakur is. Yoshino is a promising boxer but he does not have the necessary skills and experience to fight against the big dogs.

Yoshino might have beaten Nakatani by TKO but he will be facing probably the quickest hand speed and footwork in boxing right now. 

If Haney will win over Loma and won't move up in weight, imagine how big the fight will be between him and Shakur. Tank and Kingry can only watch and envy because they don't dare to be great. :D

Then there's also a chance Shakur can win via TKO against Yoshino because he can make Yoshino can't fight with him due to different level of technicalities. Shakur is smart, but he just lack of power.

I think both of Tank and Garcia know if they're not good enough to beat Loma or Haney, but at least they fight with each other to fulfill the hope from boxing fans and after that they will high likely move to the next weight.

Yoshino might have beaten Nakatani by TKO but he will be facing probably the quickest hand speed and footwork in boxing right now. And Shakur is always overloaded with confidence and he will be more confident than ever since he is back in front of his hometown. Shakur is not heavy-handed but there is really a chance of him stopping Yoshino if the Japanese cannot earn his respect in the early rounds. Maybe Shakur's chin is untested, especially in this division so this is the chance for Yoshino to test it.

If Haney will win over Loma and won't move up in weight, imagine how big the fight will be between him and Shakur. Tank and Kingry can only watch and envy because they don't dare to be great. :D

I too think that Yoshino will definitely try to go for Shakur's chin early in on the match and we might be in for a surprise, depending on how good Shakur can dodge or even take hits. Do we find out at long last that Shakur has a glass jaw? I hope not. But it will be an interesting thing to find out, nonetheless. Especially when it comes to placing future bets on him, we will know all his strong and weak points.

As to the TKO, I doubt that its smart to bet on Yoshino pulling off a TKO. It did not seem like it was Yoshinos strategy when he fought against Nakatani. Rather an improvised, quick decision.

But this could be his chance to win a knockout? And maybe why they chosen Yoshino to be their opponent and let him travel to the US. Perhaps they want Shakur to go and score a statement win via knockout in his hometown.

Both will have to move up to 140, Tank and Garcia, but it seems that it might be Tank who's more willing to fight Shakur though as Stevenson has been calling his name for a while now.

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It could be, Shakur's ratio might be 47% and got a much lower ratio than the Japanese but I cannot really include that as basis because the latter is more of a local boxer to me because all of his fight are being held inside Japan, hence why most of his title are labeled as Asia Pacific. I'm more inclined that there's a good reason why Shakur's camp chose Yoshino and that is to highlight his debut.

In terms of record, yes, it is well paired but on power level? I guess no, we probably know why as even the bookies gave 7:1 underdog odds to Yoshino despite having a good record but that record was just established inside Japan, so more like a localize fights rather than being held in an international ring like this bout.

Still though, we shouldn't be careless because there are some cases that the heavy underdogs will rise from the mud and defeat the favorite. But in this case, I definitely think that the chances are really slim and it's just unfortunate for Yoshino because he's being paired with Shakur.

Undefeated former two-division champion Shakur Stevenson will take on hard-hitting Japanese Shuichiro Yoshino in a 12-round WBC lightweight world title elimination bout on Saturday, April 8 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs), former featherweight and super featherweight champion, returns home after his win against Robson Conceição last September
WBC top ranked Yoshino (16-0, 12 KOs) is a former champion from Japan who had a 104-20 record as an amateur. After seven defenses of his Japanese national lightweight belt, Yoshino is currently ranked No. 5 in the world after an impressive 2022.

It could be the right ratio --perhaps that is true that Shuichiro Yoshino may have a higher win ratio than Shakur Stevenson, but sometimes we give to consider the level of competition each boxer has faced. But we should not be comfortable with that --Shakur Stevenson has already established himself as a world-class boxer, having won a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics and held the WBO featherweight title and I think it is also a great consideration for him.

Exactly, it's the level of opposition too, that we need to look at and not just the record per se. So maybe Yoshino has more fights and high knockout ratio, but it doesn't mean that he is the better of the two.

Still boils down on who this fighter has, on the other hand, just the last 3 fighters that Shakur face might not be enough for the whole resume of the Japanese to match, just saying. So that alone shows how both fighters are very different, and it is reflected on the odds itself.

In terms of quickness and ring IQ, those belong to Stevenson. So even though Yoshino is a KO artist, I don't think he will be able to hit Stevenson with solid shots. That's a lot to ask for him, and since he isn't a popular boxer, I don't expect he will make it. This fight will most likely result in an additional win for Stevenson and an easy one at that.

As for the betting odds, Shakur is 1.08 to win.

https://www.aceodds.com/bet-calculator/odds-converter.html

1.08 is such a nay!
But you only need to put in a really huge amount as it seems a safe bet unless Yoshino suddenly strikes a lucky lunch putting Shakur to sleep and there goes your money. Not very attractive odds but it's also obvious Yoshi is not popular internationally and with limited exposure. Why there were even matched to fight is surprising.

1.08 is such a nay!
But you only need to put in a really huge amount as it seems a safe bet unless Yoshino suddenly strikes a lucky lunch putting Shakur to sleep and there goes your money. Not very attractive odds but it's also obvious Yoshi is not popular internationally and with limited exposure. Why there were even matched to fight is surprising.

Yes, ML is not that attractive considering that Shakur Stevenson is listed as heavy favorite by the bookies and certainly, you need to put a lot of funds for that moneyline before you can even consider the profits of your wager but putting a lot of funds into unattractive odds have a lot of risks entailed and surely nobody wanted that risks even if you're a bigtime gambler. I reckon that the Shakur win via KO/TKO might be much more profitable to bet since Shakur's ratio is just below 50 percent, let's just wait for another options in the weeks to come.

Yes, that is a big nah for us boxing bettors, it's not worth a risk to bet with that kind of odds, I have showed a few pages back what other betting options. But a ML like for Shakur has no value, we might as better just wait for other boxing events to where we gonna put our money with.

And speaking of Shakur here is a video wherein him and Haney run into each other on Top Rank's boxing gym.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQcZd3pTZlc

It's a bit funny, but who knows, maybe in the future, this two are going to fight in out for the belt as Shakur is going up to 135 lbs.

Shakur is a class fighter and we want to see him in big fights that will be considered a legacy fight after he hurdles this fight his handlers should secure a million-dollar legacy fights something like a Garcia - Davis fights or a Haney - Lomachenko.
this fight obviously lacks attention from the media because it's a cherry-picked fight its eclipsed by big fights but it's good that the fight will come early before big fights of the year.
All bookies will favor Shakur, it will shock the boxing world if he loses this fight.

ML is not attractive maybe we will wait for more option when the fight starts something like what round or the range of it before
the fight ended or if it's KO or Decision winner,

But along the way, it's Shakur who really have the upper hand and just how you say it, a cherry-pick for him and bookies will give him the big edge.

Moving on, let's wait for some opportunity to make some bucks here if there's something decent.

Shakur is a class fighter and we want to see him in big fights that will be considered a legacy fight after he hurdles this fight his handlers should secure a million-dollar legacy fights something like a Garcia - Davis fights or a Haney - Lomachenko.
this fight obviously lacks attention from the media because it's a cherry-picked fight its eclipsed by big fights but it's good that the fight will come early before big fights of the year.
All bookies will favor Shakur, it will shock the boxing world if he loses this fight.

That's just sad on their part because their bout has been scheduled on the same month where the big fights are also scheduled, furthermore, there's just less people who takes an interest on looking at this fight because aside from this is Shakur's debut at 135, he is also partnered with a name that isn't really famous to be viewed as an acid test to the former champion. Maybe the next fight will be favored for Shakur as it's speculated that he is about to face the winner of Haney-Loma fight.

Exactly, he won't get a lot of viewership on this one, but a win here will add another success to his career. Eventually, he'll meet a great challenger that fans will be excited to watch. It will be a fight that is hard to predict on who will win. Hopefully, he'll be up for a big challenge, as boxers who play it safe can be boring.

Maybe that's the only available dates that they can squeeze, but I think what's important is that Shakur will be able to fight in front of his hometown again justl like his last fight.

So regardless of the numbers, his fans is the sure winning here. And maybe the Japanese fighter too, he will get a good payday and then fight in the US for the first time. For Shakur just another fight, maybe it's a tune up for him in 135 lbs and then target big names later in this division. And there are a lot of them, so good for Shakur to have like a get busy fight at the start of this year.

Shakur is not a KO artist, so I would not be surprised if this fight does not earn a lot of money. Most boxers who have a lot of followers and supporters are those who can really entertain the crowd, so Shakur needs to fight a champion who is entertaining too in order to sell big numbers. Look at Ryan Garcia vs Tank Davis, both are KO artists, and they are already making lots of ticket sales.

Exactly, he won't get a lot of viewership on this one, but a win here will add another success to his career. Eventually, he'll meet a great challenger that fans will be excited to watch. It will be a fight that is hard to predict on who will win. Hopefully, he'll be up for a big challenge, as boxers who play it safe can be boring.

A few days to go this fight will began and think this will be a good fight as well we all know that even though they are not just Master in KO or KO artist. But still for me that will bring us a good fight. But like you said mate that this fight will not earn a lot of money then I think you are right that. It because the popularity of a boxer matters and we all know that these fighters not a very known in the world so the crowd will be lesser than other popular fighter.

Yes, Shakur Stevenson may be a 2-belt champion in his previous division but he is not that fully known yet in this industry and in this new weight class that he's in, he will be start making his name because if he can manage to defeat Yoshino (which I know he can) and end the fight with a statement, there's a huge chance that his next fights will be against the champion. It might be an interim belt or even against the undisputed champion directly.

Yep, he is just going on ranks that time, he already has name though, nut not household enough for the casual fans to recognized his him. Until he beat Herring that time, who held the WBO World Super Feather and has been tearing the division (Shakur holds the interim title). But when they fought he just dominated Herring and get this title solidifying his status. And then fought Oscar Valdez for the WBC World Super Feather in which he knock down Valdez 2x, (which also that time is bigger than Shakur in terms of name). With that win against the highly touted Valdez, his name is now on the limelight. But the true test for him will be the 135 lbs as there are a lot of great name boxers here.

Slowly but surely that's what shakur doing right now and once he gonna win this fight then a lot of achievement will be achieve cause once he win the crowd will be know him and his name will publish around the world and for sure his next fight will be against the champions so his opportunity will come on his career which is we all know that in this fight he can win. Even though not in knock out but the percentage of winning for me is high.

Slowly but surely that's what shakur doing right now and once he gonna win this fight then a lot of achievement will be achieve cause once he win the crowd will be know him and his name will publish around the world and for sure his next fight will be against the champions so his opportunity will come on his career which is we all know that in this fight he can win. Even though not in knock out but the percentage of winning for me is high.

Most boxers started that way though, and I think this was separates the elite from B-fighters. Because elite fighters again will slowly goes up and then win belts make a name for themselves and then their name will become big like what happen to Shakur Stevenson.

Maybe careful match making by this promotional company, but everything lies on how he project himself inside the right and how he fights.

And for sure if he win this one, and since Top Rank has Devin Haney and Loma, he might be next in line to fight either one of them.

Yeah, he will have that chance if he continues winning his fight, with how this sport works I mean with how promotions
and handlers are making money with each fighter.

The more the fans continue to support and follow each fight that being offered the more we will expect that big fights will be offer.

Let see what will happen to this fight and start discussing Shakur's next journey.

In terms of speculations, we cannot deny that Shakur Stevenson's chance to win is huge enough than losing this fight because Yoshino despite of his decent records, he's not that reliable to face heavy names in boxing as he's not that experienced to be in the international ring.

And as for me, there are only two types of boxers in the world:
1. Boxers who are bound to be a champion
2. Boxers who are bound to be a steppingstone

Which I think, not to underestimate, Yoshino is the 2nd type of boxer where he will pave way for Shakur's name to be great soon. Other than that, this fight will showcase Shakur's debut and respectfully, Bob Arum surely arranged a safer fight for his cow.

I agree with that. Bob Arum know how to pick for his cows wisely and he gave Shakur a competitive opponent on his debut while making sure that his opponent's chances is just slim, I mean we can somehow differentiate the two of them by looking at their records and somehow, we can say that they're both on a different league. We should indeed not forgot that this is a highlight of Shakur and not his opponent, it will be a good warm up for sure for Shakur but that's it.

Upset still possible but I can be more biased here since byt stats and by capabilities Shakur do have a huge advantage.

Not unless if Yoshino will get that lucky opening and throw a KO punch that will bring Shakur in the floor.

The chances of Stevenson getting knocked out are very low because we know how careful of a boxer he is. According to his stats, he is not a KO artist and yet remains undefeated. This means that he does not take unnecessary risks by going toe to toe and instead relies on his advantage, which is his quickness. Therefore, it is possible for him to get KOed, but the chances are close to none.

Arum care more about the money and the hype for his fighter, even this fight seems to be a cherry pick for him and more
on the side of money-making match.

Upset still possible but I can be more biased here since byt stats and by capabilities Shakur do have a huge advantage.

Not unless if Yoshino will get that lucky opening and throw a KO punch that will bring Shakur in the floor.

Exactly, it's the level of opposition too, that we need to look at and not just the record per se. So maybe Yoshino has more fights and high knockout ratio, but it doesn't mean that he is the better of the two.

Still boils down on who this fighter has, on the other hand, just the last 3 fighters that Shakur face might not be enough for the whole resume of the Japanese to match, just saying. So that alone shows how both fighters are very different, and it is reflected on the odds itself.

Bob Arum has high—generationally high—hopes for Shakur Stevenson.

In a video segment recently published on the YouTube channel of Top Rank, Arum’s promotional company, the nonagenarian promoter is seen praising Stevenson, heralding him as potentially an even greater fighter than one Marvelous Marvin Hagler, the middleweight champion Arum once promoted.

The 25-year-old Stevenson, a former titlist at 126 and 130, is preparing to make his lightweight debut against Japan’s Shuichiro Yoshino on April 8 at Prudential Center in Stevenson’s hometown of Newark, New Jersey.

There's a chance that this Japanese boxer will be successful on his campaign but in reality, it will be a tough chance and it will be like a lottery in his situation because he got more chances to fail than to succeed. I mean, I'm not here to underestimate Yoshino but as the odds and stats suggests, he almost doesn't stand a chance especially after the fact that this is a cherry-picked fight.

His quickness and boxing IQ and I would say that the also possesses a decent speed and power. But he likes to work against his opponent, soften then up with body shots and his jab and maybe knock them down, but not knock out.

That's why we love to see him against fighter with his same caliber like Haney or Loma. This fight against Valdez is like a example on how to fight a boxer with power and he just dominated Oscar on that fight.

The Japanese could be his test int his new division.

Arum Praises Shakur Stevenson, Tells Him He Will 'Surpass' Marvelous Marvin Hagler

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Source: https://www.boxingscene.com/arum-praises-shakur-stevenson-tells-him-he-surpass-marvelous-marvin-hagler--173132 (https://www.boxingscene.com/arum-praises-shakur-stevenson-tells-him-he-surpass-marvelous-marvin-hagler--173132)

Well, that's just how life works because not everything will be favorable to a boxer's career.

Anyway, I'm just hopeful and rooting that Shakur's next fight will be a big and interesting one where he will get to be the challenger this time, just like what @stadus said, he is said to face the winner of Devin Haney versus Vasiliy Lomachenko fight. And that might happen somewhere before this year ends, but that is if there will be no mandatory title defense to the undisputed champion.

Former two-weight world champion Shakur Stevenson believes there is only one winner when Gervonta 'Tank' Davis meets Ryan Garcia on April 22 in Las Vegas.

Both men are currently in training camp ahead of what is set to be a huge event next month, but when it comes to predicting a winner, many are struggling due to the immense talent Davis and Garcia possess.

However, in the eyes of Stevenson, he claims that Garcia's speed could be his downfall and could give an opening to Davis to end the fight during the later rounds.

“Tank is going to beat him, by stoppage – late," Stevenson told Fight Hub TV.

"Ryan is going to start off real fast and if he’s starts too fast I think he’s going to break down later on.”

Nothing to argue about that as we all agree that this fight is a cherry pick for Shakur, the losing chance is slim and with how
the handler handles his career they will continue to bring hypes to his name.

Just like what I've said, it's just a lucky punch if by chance Yoshino will see that opportunity, but again that's a next to none / rare chances
when fighting a top caliber fighter.

Shakur Stevenson details how Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia will unfold and picks winner

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Source: https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/boxing/shakur-stevenson-details-how-gervonta-davis-vs-ryan-garcia-will-unfold-and-picks-winner/1fwvadiod6otm16fzenrmyg513 (https://www.dazn.com/en-US/news/boxing/shakur-stevenson-details-how-gervonta-davis-vs-ryan-garcia-will-unfold-and-picks-winner/1fwvadiod6otm16fzenrmyg513)

Interesting opinion and now I'm really curious enough what does Shakur mean by "Ryan's own speed could be his downfall".

Could it be that Ryan Garcia will be more focused in his offensive and forgot that he also got to defend himself specially his glass-jaw and that will be the reason of his downfall, or maybe Shakur is referring something else? What do you guys think?

^^ Perhaps if Ryan will fell in love with his one punch knockout power and it might be one reason that he could lost in this fight. He just go their and try to knockout Davis and if Tank is wise enough to circle around him and avoid his best shot and perhaps Davis has a good chin, then Ryan can't win in this fight.

So going back to this fight, Stevenson will no doubt has the advantage against his Japanese foe. I haven't seen though the split or what is the money in the table for this fight. Just interested because Yoshino hasn't travel outside of his native country and this is the first time. Maybe the money offered to him is good enough to go outside of his backyard and face one of the best rising boxers we have right now.

So going back to this fight, Stevenson will no doubt has the advantage against his Japanese foe. I haven't seen though the split or what is the money in the table for this fight. Just interested because Yoshino hasn't travel outside of his native country and this is the first time. Maybe the money offered to him is good enough to go outside of his backyard and face one of the best rising boxers we have right now.

"Following the overwhelming success of Shakur Stevenson’s return to Newark in September, we are thrilled to build on that momentum with another stacked Top Rank boxing card on Saturday, April 8th,” said Dylan Wanagiel, VP of Sports Properties & Special Events for Prudential Center. “As Shakur continues to rise the pound-for-pound rankings, we take great pride in being his home. We all witnessed just how much Shakur means to the City of Newark a few months ago, as the event sold the most tickets to a boxing event in our venue's 15-year history. Alongside our world-class partners at Top Rank and ESPN, we look forward to raising the bar for boxing fans not only in New Jersey but across the globe.”

Without a doubt these two fighters will bring in a lot of money, from what I could read the tickets for the fight will sell out, they also have sponsors, they have all the attention they create for each fighter to get more individual sponsors, their social networks have many followers assets that allow to attract a lot of attention from companies, these fights give many opportunities to the fighters and the promoters don't rest until they manage to explore all the ways so that they can get the most money in a fight, just see:


source: https://www.frontproofmedia.com/boxing/shakur-stevenson-returns-home-april-8-against-shuichiro-yoshino-in-lightweight-main-event

It's strange that I still don't see this fight on the stake, I don't know if maybe I'm not looking right, but I can't see this fight on the stake, will they add this fight when it's much closer to the day of the fight or else this fight will not be added. Anyway, I'm checking every day, I want to see the odds and if it's worth it, I'll just bet on this fight, although I still don't have a favorite fighter in this fight, I don't know any of the fighters very well.

Interesting opinion and now I'm really curious enough what does Shakur mean by "Ryan's own speed could be his downfall".

Could it be that Ryan Garcia will be more focused in his offensive and forgot that he also got to defend himself specially his glass-jaw and that will be the reason of his downfall, or maybe Shakur is referring something else? What do you guys think?

Isn't it obvious?  Ryan is slower than most of the quick boxers.  So it means in terms of speed, quickness, and reflex, Shakur thinks that Ryan Garcia is sub par against the other elite boxers.



As I stated above, Ryan Garcia's speed, reflex, quickness is much lower than Davis, with that Shakur thinks that Ryan Garica will be slow to react on Davis's offensives and will have a problem reacting on Davis's speed.  Ryan may focus on being balanced since he has the advantage, he can do both offensive and defensive in his range but Shakur believes that Davis is faster and may leave Ryan Garcia open when it launches its attack since Davis can just parry it with his speed and launch an offensive that Ryan may fail to defend because of his slow reaction.

The chances of Stevenson getting knocked out are very low because we know how careful of a boxer he is. According to his stats, he is not a KO artist and yet remains undefeated. This means that he does not take unnecessary risks by going toe to toe and instead relies on his advantage, which is his quickness. Therefore, it is possible for him to get KOed, but the chances are close to none.

Well, looking at their individual stats, obviously Yoshino has bigger number of knockout wins than Stevenson, but I don’t think he will be easily knockout by Yoshino since we know that he’s more a fighter and warrior when it comes to the ring. But we can’t underestimate too the strength of Yoshino as he would never reach this far if he’s not good enough. So let’s just hope we’ll see a good fight then, and only then we can tell who’s going to level up and bound to fight a heavier opponent.

And the skills and the opponents that Yoshino face, it's all Japanese, not saying that they are not good or tough, but Stevenson has face tougher opponents and won all of them, although his knockout percentage is not that high. But as we all know, it's better to take a win in either case, UD or knockout is still a W. For sure the camp of Stevenson has seen his record and will not underestimate the strength of the Japanese. On the contrary, with Shakur's talent, he might play with Yoshino's strength and power and beat him on his own game. So it's going to be a good fight, but in the end, Stevenson will be too much and win this fight.

^ It seems that Stevenson didn't go anything hard to make the cut in this division as he was below the limit. And as everyone is expecting how this fight will be, it could be one sided beating for the the Japanese.

He seems to be smiling though, not sure how to read this, could be he is confident that he can shock the world with a win here, or doesn't know the magnitude of this fight and will just go on with the motions against Shakur.

Shakur will totally dominate this fight I'm sure of this, the only thing that will interest me in this fight is Shakur's style if he shows improvement in his skill and power because right now I have doubt if he can match the skill, movement, and power of both Haney and Loma, he must send messages to both fighters that he is a legit contender to whoever wins their match.

^ It seems that Stevenson didn't go anything hard to make the cut in this division as he was below the limit. And as everyone is expecting how this fight will be, it could be one sided beating for the the Japanese.

He seems to be smiling though, not sure how to read this, could be he is confident that he can shock the world with a win here, or doesn't know the magnitude of this fight and will just go on with the motions against Shakur.

Can't say that I oppose him if he's indeed confident on this fight because this fight against Yoshino is the least of their camps worry and now both of them have passed the weigh-in, there's no hurdle on the road right now that will prevent Shakur from winning this fight. It's a one-sided fight no matter how we look into it because this is just a tune-up fight, Bob Arum will do everything just to make another cash cow that will have a huge fight in the future because this is a title eliminator fight.

Another one-sided dominant performance by Shakur Stevenson. They are already trying to build up Shakur vs. Haney. If Haney beats Lomachenko, they will be expected to fight each other and I think the winner should then be considered the best pound for pound fighter in the world. As good as Crawford and Spence are, they have waited too long to make that fight and I think these younger guys are surpassing them by trying to get the best fights made instead of hiding behind promoters.

Another one-sided dominant performance by Shakur Stevenson. They are already trying to build up Shakur vs. Haney. If Haney beats Lomachenko, they will be expected to fight each other and I think the winner should then be considered the best pound for pound fighter in the world. As good as Crawford and Spence are, they have waited too long to make that fight and I think these younger guys are surpassing them by trying to get the best fights made instead of hiding behind promoters.

Another one-sided dominant performance by Shakur Stevenson. They are already trying to build up Shakur vs. Haney. If Haney beats Lomachenko, they will be expected to fight each other and I think the winner should then be considered the best pound for pound fighter in the world. As good as Crawford and Spence are, they have waited too long to make that fight and I think these younger guys are surpassing them by trying to get the best fights made instead of hiding behind promoters.

It's really crazy for Shakur to fight with the best of the best lightweight boxer, a huge challenge for him. Well I'm not really sure if the winner will be considered the best pound for pound boxer in the world because both Usyk and Inoue haven't lose yet. I think Inoue will become the best pound for pound boxer in the world if he able to beat Stephen in Fulton in his upcoming fight.

As we can see Shakur doesn't have a lot power, but with his stamina and speed he can win via TKO in this fight.

This fight didn't get so much attention from gamblers because of Adesanya vs Pereira 2 fight. And it's obviously a mismatch fight knowing that Shakur is a more skilled boxer than Yoshino. The bookmakers knew it from the start.

I don't think Shakur has no power. He probably just toying Yoshino.
The referee didn't wait for the 3rd knockdown before stopping this fight.  Yoshino may have contested for a bit but I think he is grateful for the notion or he would end in the most embarrassing KO.

It's really crazy for Shakur to fight with the best of the best lightweight boxer, a huge challenge for him. Well I'm not really sure if the winner will be considered the best pound for pound boxer in the world because both Usyk and Inoue haven't lose yet. I think Inoue will become the best pound for pound boxer in the world if he able to beat Stephen in Fulton in his upcoming fight.

As we can see Shakur doesn't have a lot power, but with his stamina and speed he can win via TKO in this fight.

This fight was made in order for Shakur to look good and they were successful as he dominated and toyed the Japanese Yoshino but still Top Rank will be having trouble finding Shakur an opponent that could earn him the respect of the boxing community, don't get me wrong but with Shakur fighting a nobody in the lightweight division is so boring to watch but I hope that it will change in his next few fights.

This is a bad fight and a bad preparation if he is going to fight whoever wins between Loma and Haney,
the match is very one-sided I thought I was watching a match between a professional and an amateur, Yoshino I believe is an unbeaten fighter but he is nowhere on the level of Shakur, this is the kind of fight that the boxing community will not watch even buy a ticket his promoters should give him a real challenge this is as easy as a walk in a park.

I believe that for most people the result of that fight was too obvious, Yoshino didn't represent a great danger to Shakur and during the fight it was possible to notice that, Shakur's punches were too heavy for Yoshino to handle, and Shakur he had very fast punches and when Yoshino tried to counter - attack he was very vulnerable and Shakur with his speed did not let these opportunities escape and attacked Yoshino with his heavy punches and Yoshino could not bear to receive these punches, so Yoshino every minute that passed was more weakened, slower and his punches gave the impression of being less heavy

I particularly yesterday, even before the fight, I thought that Shakur would win this fight without much difficulty, but I didn't remember in time to place a bet, I was watching a soccer game and I completely forgot to place a bet on this fight, I don't know what the odds were yesterday or if there was a good market on stake.com, but it would be a good game to have added to my parlay, but finally, people who have the opportunity to watch these fights live and who have many reasons to be very happy, especially if they hit the bet.

Yes, that was the first defeat in Shuichiro Yoshino's career and I bet he already knew that he will have his first defeat in-front of Shakur because he has been chosen to fight for Shakur's tune-up but I agree, this is really a bad preparation if Bob Arum is indeed letting him face the winner of Loma-Haney fight. Although, I somehow sense that Shakur is already ready for a fight like that.

This fight was made in order for Shakur to look good and they were successful as he dominated and toyed the Japanese Yoshino but still Top Rank will be having trouble finding Shakur an opponent that could earn him the respect of the boxing community, don't get me wrong but with Shakur fighting a nobody in the lightweight division is so boring to watch but I hope that it will change in his next few fights.

Congrats to those who bet for Shakur to win via TKO, that would be 3.xx if I'm not mistaken.