Shakur Stevenson was celebrating before his fight with Oscar Valdez was even over, couldn’t fit all his belts on and teased a future bout with Devin Haney

In boxing, fighters often save their celebrations until after they hear the judges’ scorecards and can be certain of victory such is the history of suspect scoring in the sport.

For Shakur Stevenson, however, he put in such a dominant performance over Oscar Valdez that he was celebrating before the final bell had even rung.


Valdez was dominant throughout, establishing his jab early on and winning almost every round, along with a knockdown in round six.

In the final moments of the fight, Stevenson let the crowd know how confident he was of victory by running around the ring celebrating rather than engaging with Valdez.

Stevenson was certainly was proven right when the judges’ scorecards were announced, as it was a wide unanimous decision, with scores of 117-110, 118-109, 118-109.

Shortly after the result was announced, Stevenson was presented with his belts while giving a post-fight interview, but he had so many titles he could barely carry them all at once.

Prior to this latest bout, in terms of major titles, Stevenson had won the WBO featherweight and super featherweight titles.

Now, he has added the WBC super featherweight title and Ring Magazine belt to his collection.

In terms of what’s next for Stevenson, he spoke about becoming undisputed champion at super featherweight, which would mean taking on the WBA champion, Roger Gutierrez and the IBF title holder, Kenichi Ogawa.

Stevenson was also asked about a potential clash with Devin Haney, who is aiming to become the undisputed lightweight champion when he fights George Kambosos Jr on June 5th.

“My goal is to collect all the belts at 130lbs and become undisputed champion.” Stevenson said, “I deserve to be a superstar, so this is what I’ve got to do.”

“Devin is definitely a huge fight for me. Devin is a hell of a fighter and I’ve got nothing but respect and love for him, but we could line that up in the future too.”

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