{"id":299642,"date":"2023-11-17T10:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=299642"},"modified":"2023-11-17T10:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:24:06","slug":"shakur-stevenson-apologises-to-boxing-idols-after-los-santos-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/boxing\/shakur-stevenson-apologises-to-boxing-idols-after-los-santos-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson apologises to 'boxing idols' after Los Santos win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Shakur Stevenson\u00a0apologises to three of his ‘boxing idols’ following his unanimous decision victory over\u00a0Edwin De Los Santos.<\/p>\n
The American\u00a0won the WBC lightweight championship on Thursday night against De Los Santos in a fight that had fans booing the lack of action.<\/p>\n
Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs) picked up a title in a third weight class. The Newark, New Jersey, native also won the WBO featherweight title in 2019 and the WBO junior lightweight championship in 2021.<\/p>\n
Judges Tim Cheatham and Steve Weisfeld both scored the bout 116-112, while David Sutherland scored it 115-113.<\/p>\n
While the 26-year-old did enough to win on the judges scorecards, Stevenson admitted that he wasn’t happy with his performance – with the three-division champion going on to apologise to three boxing legends.<\/p>\n
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Shakur Stevenson apologises to three of his ‘boxing idols’ following his victory over Edwin De Los Santos<\/p>\n
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The American won the WBC lightweight championship against De Los Santos in a fight that had fans booing<\/p>\n
Speaking after the fight, Stevenson said:\u00a0‘I appreciate\u00a0Floyd Mayweather, I apologise to him, I apologise to Andre Ward, and I apologise to Terence Crawford.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘They’re all my idols and they came out to see a great performance, but I put on a bad one.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also expressed his disappointment with his performance immediately after the fight.<\/p>\n
‘Don’t congratulate me on a bad performance,’ Stevenson told reporters\u00a0shortly after his lacklustre appearance.<\/p>\n
‘It just wasn’t me man. I had a lot going on. I ain’t gonna make no excuses. It was a good fight, just a bad performance and not my standards.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stevenson’s close friend and former two-weight world champion Andre Ward conceded the southpaw ‘looked a bit flat’ and needs to rest after his underwhelming display.<\/p>\n
‘I think that he has to go back and reassess… what changes he needs to make,’ mentor and former champion Andre Ward said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘He looked a bit flat tonight. He’ll determine what that reason is.<\/p>\n
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Stevenson apologised to Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward (pictured) and\u00a0Terence Crawford<\/p>\n
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Mayweather was seen attending\u00a0Stevenson’s fight with\u00a0De Los Santos<\/p>\n
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Stevenson said he’d like to take ‘like two months’ off since he’s been training the past seven months<\/p>\n
‘He does need rest… he’s never not in the gym. He’s an elite fighter, and for elite fighters who are used to dominating, when you don’t have a dominating performance, it can almost feel like a loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘That’s what he’s working through right now. But it’s also good for him, it’s sobering. It just reminds you that the game don’t always love you back.’<\/p>\n
While the big question for Stevenson was who he’d fight next, he said he’d like to take ‘like two months’ off since he’s been training the past seven months.\u00a0<\/p>\n