Shakur Stevenson has introduced his retirement from boxing at age 26, posting to social media this night.
Stevenson, who at present holds the WBC light-weight title and has additionally gained belts at featherweight and tremendous featherweight, final fought in November, beating Edwin De Los Santos in one of the vital unwatchable fights of 2023.
“I’m formally retiring from the game of boxing,” he wrote on X. “I’ll be within the health club ceaselessly perfecting my craft and serving to the subsequent era turn into nice and chase they desires, however I ain’t (fuck with) this weak boxing recreation.”
Stevenson gained a silver medal representing america on the Rio Olympics in 2016, and has clearly had main success as an expert since turning over within the spring of 2017.
Rightfully so, this will probably be handled with main skepticism by boxing followers and observers. If he formally vacates his 135 lb title, it might be taken extra significantly, however till then, this in all probability gained’t be taken far more significantly than Prime Rank stablemate Teofimo Lopez’s “shock retirement” final June, which didn’t final as soon as it was clearly acknowledged to him that he’d have to surrender the belt he held on the time.
Lopez is scheduled to struggle Jamaine Ortiz on Feb. 8, and odds are we’ll wind up telling you what Stevenson’s subsequent struggle is quickly sufficient.
