ShakurStevenson

Shakur Stevenson boxes from the southpaw stance, and the angles that come with it shape everything he does. The right foot leads, the jab arrives from an unfamiliar side, and the straight left follows behind it. With a 68-inch reach he keeps opponents at the end of that jab, then slides away before they can answer. Defence comes first; he slips, pivots and counters rather than trading.

The American's current chapter is light welterweight, where the WBO and Ring belts sit among his honours. The Ring has also recognised him at junior lightweight. His professional ledger shows twenty-five wins, eleven of them inside the distance, and no defeats. Belts had already arrived at featherweight, super featherweight and lightweight before this division.