Is Shakur Stevenson’s talent a curse? Malignaggi suggests the reduction in the remuneration required for William Zepeda’s struggle and overcoming light avoidance

Paulie Malignaggi says that Shakur Stevenson may have to make a reduction of payments by offering part of his wallet to attract the light champion of WBC William Zepeda to fight him. Feeling that Shakur (23-0, 11 kos) is avoided by the most important boys at 135 because it is so good.

Proposal to reduce payments

In order to get those fighters like Zepeda (33-0, 27 kos) to fight against him, he will have to deliver a little from his portfolio. Malignaggi believes that a Shakur victory over Zepeda will “force” the biggest fights against Gervonta Davis.

Most likely, it will work the other way around. An impressive victory for Stevenson over Zepeda will close the door forever to fight Davis, especially if Shakur runs all night against the Mexican Slugger.

You will have to move around the ring all the struggle because if you stand and fight against Zepeda, you will be chewed. Tevin’s farmer absorbed many punishments in the first six rounds of his recent fight against Zepeda, and the only reason he did not stop is that he has an excellent chin.

Shakur’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, has the money to invest in him if he is willing to use some of his company’s mass to get Zepeda. For a popular fighter like Zepeda, it will be expensive. All you have to do is offer Zepeda 5 million dollarsHe will agree and wait for Shakur to make his part without leaving the venue. Hearn being poignant and punctured will result in Stevenson in the shadows for as long as it remains with matchroom.

If the fans are against, as if he were against Edwin de los Santos and Jeremiah Nakathilia, he can forget the tank.

The missing Saudi money

The money Shakur thought it would be there since the Saudis is no longer there after his last fight against Josh Padley on February 22 in Riyad. Some fans believe that the Saudis resigned from Stevenson after this abysmal performance against the part -time boxer, who fought against a very boring struggle.

“It’s a bit disappointing with the way Shakur has done in this business. I feel like an excellent fighter,” said Paulie Malignaggi to FighthypeSpeaking of how Shakur Stevenson was unable to get the fights he wanted. “This is probably the best light in the world.”

Shakur has not hit anyone lightly because he receives the credit that Malignaggi is diminishing. Stevenson’s struggle against Edwin de los Santos should have been a draw or victory for Los Santos. The judges gave it to Shakur, but many fans believe it was because of their popularity. It was not supposed to lose.

In addition to this victory, Shakur’s victories have arrived against low -level fighters: Josh Padley (the electrician), Active Artem Harutyunyan, who lost a loss and little known Shuichiro Yoshino.

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– Shakur Stevenson (@shakurstevenson) April 14, 2025

Avoidance factor

“Maybe there is a situation where maybe it should take a bit of remuneration to achieve these great fights and try to set up with their performance,” said Malignaggi. “I am scared, I know. Only in boxing, you can be so good that you are avoiding. No other sport does it.”

This party is unlikely unless Shakur dominates most of his purse so that it is worthwhile that William Zepeda will fight against him. Golden Boy and Zepeda obviously saw Shakur’s struggle against Los Santos, and will be able to see that the contest that wins a decision against him will be impossible.

If the judges are flipping around Shakur to disembark light punches, keeping and running, Zepeda will not have a shot to win. For Zepeda to have a chance, the struggle should be staged in a neutral territory in Mexico.

“When you are so good, they have to go through you to be the best, or they cannot be the best. In boxing, you can be so good that sometimes you avoid if you are not in the right situation and everyone plays the ball without you,” said Malignaggi.

The problem is that Shakur has not shown that he is “so good” for first -degree fighters at 135 to want to fight him. What he has shown is that he is a runner, a boring runner, and he gets regularly when he faces the opposition with any kind of pop in his punches. It is not popular and many years of light could not realize the state of PPV.

Basically, he is only known for his activity on social networks on the current promoter of X. Shakur, Eddie Hearn, he failed to transform it into a star and has not invested the dough until the fights he needs to become a home name fighting William Zepeda and Gervonta Davis.

Stevenson’s situation

“It’s crazy for me because I think Shakur is the light lightweight in a light division that has good fighters,” said Malignaggi. “I don’t know what the answer is. Maybe you take a bit of remuneration to try to get Zepeda’s struggle and then dominate Zepeda. This will force the biggest struggles in this way because you have dominated a boy like Zepeda.

“I don’t know anymore. It’s such a stupid business. There’s crazy money. It moves in strange ways. People play for favorites. There is a lot of politics, because there is anything if there is a lot of money, but it’s so frustrating,” said Malignaggi.

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