Famous coach Jeff Mayweather, the third uncle of boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, talked about Shakul Stevenson, a 130-pound super featherweight star who just won a major victory last week. Jeff Mayweather believes that when Stevenson completes the unification of his class, if he wants to rise to the 135-pound lightweight, the biggest threat is not from Devon Hani and Ryan Garcia, but from the "tank" Gvotta Davis.
Stevenson has previously said that he intends to unify the entire super featherweight, and now he has two gold belts for WBC and WBO, and two gold belts for the WBA and IBF that have not been obtained. The WBA "Super" title is currently vacant (the regular boxer is Roger Gutierrez), and the IBF champion is Japan's Kenichi Ogawa. It is widely believed that Stevenson has defeated the most powerful opponent in his class, Oscar Waldez, and it is almost easy to seize the remaining two gold belts, and from the perspective of time, it is not excluded that by this time next year, Stevenson will officially rise to 135 pounds.
In the confrontation with Waldez, Stevenson won the opponent in 12 rounds, he did not adopt a wandering and counterattack strategy as speculated before the game, but stood and wrestled with Waldez, technical statistics show that the boxers on both sides stabbed very little, more in the competition of heavy punches, Valdez is good at heavy punches is not surprising, but Stevenson showed a neglected side, nothing more than his strength is not good, otherwise the effect would be better.
Waldez and Stevenson both rose from the 126-pound featherweight, but in terms of hardware comparison, Stevenson was clearly superior to his opponents, and it was rumored that Stevenson's on-field weight on the night of the game reached a staggering 150 pounds, 20 pounds more than when weighed, which belongs to the super-sub-middleweight range, although the authenticity of the relevant data needs to be confirmed, but it is certain that Stevenson has a clear physical advantage.
Jeff Mayweather said: "Stevenson still has a lot of challenges and I think he'll get better as he gains weight. The 135-pound lightweight class has Ryan Garcia, Devon Hani, Roland Romero and others, all of which are good games for Stevenson, but the boxer who poses the biggest threat to him, comes from Gwota Davis, because Davis has great strength, I'm not saying he's best, but if he gets hit, something happens, davis is the only one in his class who has traits that no one else has. ”
If Stevenson does implement the upgrade, it's hard to say he'll get better. Stevenson was not a heavy gunner in the first place, and his strength would weaken further after the upgrade, and at the same time it would become slower, so he must calmly examine the direction of the future.
Stevenson promoter Bob Arum said stevenson would eventually rise to the 147-pound midweight, which now seems a bit unimaginable, and if he encounters boxers Jason Ennis and Virgil Ortiz Jr., it is not excluded that he will be hit hard.
In the battle with Waldez, Stevenson hit his opponent with 189 punches, and he also received 110 punches, which is the most punches he has received so far in his career, if replaced by the above-mentioned Ennis and Otiz, it is estimated that Stevenson will completely collapse after receiving so many punches.
Jamel Herring, who played against Stevenson last year to win his second world title, was full of praise for Stevenson's victory over Waldez. Hering said: "I was not at all surprised, Waldez was fierce and gave Stevenson the toughest game, but Stevenson was a 'technician' who was very cunning, very defensive, a master of defense, and it was difficult to be hit. Sometimes, we see boxers defending all night, but Stevenson can control the opponent on the periphery while defending, and if you play against Stevenson, he will react quickly to any movement you make, which is why Stevenson is so hard to hit. ”