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Zuffa Boxing Signs Shakur Stevenson to Multi-Fight Deal
Zuffa Boxing signed four-division world champion Shakur Stevenson to a multi-fight promotional agreement. The deal was confirmed Thursday. Stevenson, 29, remains undefeated at 25-0 with 11 knockouts.
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Zuffa Boxing signed four-division world champion Shakur Stevenson to a multi-fight deal, the promotion confirmed with ESPN on Thursday. "Shakur is one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. He's 29 years old, undefeated and already a four-division world champion," Zuffa Boxing co-founder Dana White said in a statement to ESPN.
" Stevenson (25-0, 11 KOs) has won world titles at featherweight, junior lightweight, lightweight and junior welterweight. He most recently defeated Teofimo Lopez for the WBO 140-pound title in January and is ranked No. 5 on ESPN's pound-for-pound list.
Stevenson born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, leads championship-level boxers in several Compubox metrics, including plus/minus at 23 and total connect percentage at 40.9 percent. He has been linked to potential bouts against welterweight champions Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia.
"Line them up, one by one, and I'll beat all the top guys once I get them in front of me," Stevenson said. The promotion lacks a 140-pound division, and Stevenson's future weight class remains undecided. It is also unknown whether Zuffa Boxing will partner with other promoters to arrange high-level matchups.
