ONTARIO, CA — Golden Boy Promotions founder Oscar De La Hoya appears excited on the alternative to convey Shakur Stevenson into his flourishing roster.
The New Jersey boxer Stevenson fought out his High Rank contract Saturday in opposition to Artem Harutyunyan in a struggle by which he coasted to a routine determination win.
High Rank matchmaker Bruce Trampler confirmed the fighter was leaving the corporate in a submit on X, informing his followers that “free agent Shakur” was competing on ESPN that night time.
In an interview with World Boxing Information earlier this 12 months, De La Hoya talked about a bout between his boxer William Zepeda and Stevenson.
On the identical night time Stevenson defeated Harutyunyan on the east coast, Zepeda blasted previous Giovanni Cabrera in a separate venue out west at Toyota Enviornment in Ontario, California.
Zepeda completed Cabrera with a mix of brutal photographs that focused each the pinnacle and the physique.
As De La Hoya left the constructing, World Boxing Information requested him backstage if he was thinking about signing Stevenson, and now the boxer is free from his obligations at High Rank.
Smiling from ear to ear, he seemed straight at us and stated he’d “like to” signal Stevenson. “Shakur,” he shouted, “give me a name!”
It’s unclear which fights de la Hoya and Golden Boy would prioritize for Stevenson, for now, in the event that they have been to signal him.
Although the Zepeda bout is there to be made, it seems the corporate would relatively crown the Mexican fighter with one of many sport’s light-weight championships earlier than organizing a unification with a fighter like Stevenson — presumably so the struggle turns into an excellent larger spectacle.
Nevertheless, there are different issues Golden Boy can present, whether or not it’s in-house bouts or collaborative working.
Golden Boy has cross-promoted on numerous exhibits in recent times.
Final 12 months, they mixed forces with Premier Boxing Champions to ship the 12 months’s best-selling fight sports activities occasion, which noticed PBC fighter Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis end Golden Boy light-weight Ryan Garcia with a physique shot.
This 12 months, Golden Boy middleweight Jaime Munguia fought Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez on a PBC on Prime Video card in Las Vegas.
Alan Dawson is World Boxing Information Lead Author, a 2 x Sports activities Journalist of the 12 months finalist, and 5 x BWAA awards winner. Comply with Alan @AlanDawsonSport.
