{"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 &apos;boxing idols&apos; after Los Santos win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Shakur Stevenson apologises to three of his &#8216;boxing idols,&#8217; including Floyd Mayweather, after his &#8216;bad performance&#8217; against\u00a0Edwin De Los Santos that had fans booing<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Shakur Stevenson apologises to three of his &#8216;boxing idols&#8217; on Thursday night<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><b>The American\u00a0won the WBC lightweight title against\u00a0Edwin De Los Santos<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why Anthony Joshua&#8217;s next fight plan makes sense for his career: The Hook\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shakur Stevenson\u00a0apologises to three of his &#8216;boxing idols&#8217; following his unanimous decision victory over\u00a0Edwin De Los Santos.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Judges Tim Cheatham and Steve Weisfeld both scored the bout 116-112, while David Sutherland scored it 115-113.<\/p>\n<p>While the 26-year-old did enough to win on the judges scorecards, Stevenson admitted that he wasn&#8217;t happy with his performance &#8211; with the three-division champion going on to apologise to three boxing legends.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/09\/77923001-12761351-image-a-1_1700214239125.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Shakur Stevenson apologises to three of his &#8216;boxing idols&#8217; following his victory over Edwin De Los Santos<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/09\/77922997-12761351-image-a-2_1700214247464.jpg\" height=\"429\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The American won the WBC lightweight championship against De Los Santos in a fight that had fans booing<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the fight, Stevenson said:\u00a0&#8216;I appreciate\u00a0Floyd Mayweather, I apologise to him, I apologise to Andre Ward, and I apologise to Terence Crawford.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They&#8217;re all my idols and they came out to see a great performance, but I put on a bad one.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed his disappointment with his performance immediately after the fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Don&#8217;t congratulate me on a bad performance,&#8217; Stevenson told reporters\u00a0shortly after his lacklustre appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It just wasn&#8217;t me man. I had a lot going on. I ain&#8217;t gonna make no excuses. It was a good fight, just a bad performance and not my standards.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson&#8217;s close friend and former two-weight world champion Andre Ward conceded the southpaw &#8216;looked a bit flat&#8217; and needs to rest after his underwhelming display.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think that he has to go back and reassess&#8230; what changes he needs to make,&#8217; mentor and former champion Andre Ward said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He looked a bit flat tonight. He&#8217;ll determine what that reason is.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/09\/77922993-12761351-image-a-3_1700215061866.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stevenson apologised to Floyd Mayweather, Andre Ward (pictured) and\u00a0Terence Crawford<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/10\/77923573-12761351-image-a-15_1700215639066.jpg\" height=\"438\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mayweather was seen attending\u00a0Stevenson&#8217;s fight with\u00a0De Los Santos<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/09\/77923345-12761351-image-a-4_1700215098735.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Stevenson said he&#8217;d like to take &#8216;like two months&#8217; off since he&#8217;s been training the past seven months<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He does need rest&#8230; he&#8217;s never not in the gym. He&#8217;s an elite fighter, and for elite fighters who are used to dominating, when you don&#8217;t have a dominating performance, it can almost feel like a loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That&#8217;s what he&#8217;s working through right now. But it&#8217;s also good for him, it&#8217;s sobering. It just reminds you that the game don&#8217;t always love you back.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>While the big question for Stevenson was who he&#8217;d fight next, he said he&#8217;d like to take &#8216;like two months&#8217; off since he&#8217;s been training the past seven months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2023\/10\/25\/The%20Hook_Promo_Desktop.636.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/boxing\/article-12761351\/Shakur-Stevenson-apologised-Floyd-Mayweather-Edwin-Los-Santos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shakur Stevenson apologises to three of his &#8216;boxing idols,&#8217; including Floyd Mayweather, after his &#8216;bad performance&#8217; against\u00a0Edwin De Los Santos <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shakur Stevenson apologises to &amp;apos;boxing idols&amp;apos; 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