Sport Boxing Height 1.73 m | Club Alexandria Boxing Club Weight 56 kg | |
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Coached by Kay Koroma and Wali Moses Parents Shahid Guyton, Malikah Stevenson Similar Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana, Claressa Shields, Vladimir Nikitin, Nico Hernandez, Gervonta Davis Profiles | ||
Shakur Stevenson (born June 28, 1997) is an American amateur boxer who competes in the bantamweight division.
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Personal life
A native of Newark, New Jersey, Stevenson is the oldest of nine siblings. He took up boxing age five under his grandfather Wali Moses and cites Andre Ward as his influence.
Amateur career
Stevenson had a very successful career at the Youth Level, winning the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships and 2014 Youth Olympic Games. In 2015 he won the Senior US Olympic Trials, thus qualifying for the US boxing team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. In Rio, Stevenson won a silver medal, losing to Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba in the gold medal match. He was the highest-medaling male for the USA (Claressa Shields won gold on the women's side). Despite the loss to Ramirez, Stevenson was dubbed "the next Mayweather" by Floyd Mayweather himself.
Professional career
Stevenson turned professional on February 9, 2017 signing a promotional contract with Top Rank. He signed Andre Ward as his manager. Bob Arum told TheRingtv that Stevenson would likely make his debut on a stacked card at the StubHub Center in Carson, California on April 22, 2017.
