Why Eddie Hearn Isn’t Rushing To Match Shakur Stevenson With Andy Cruz

Promoter Eddie Hearn Made IK ABOUT ABOUT A FUTURE Mega-Fight Between Shakur Stevenson and Andy Cruz That He’s Not Interested In Making It Now. He Promotes Both Fighters, Buts WBC Lightweight Champion Shakur (23-0, 11 Kos) is “The Guy”. Hearn States That “He’s Not Sure’s IF Stevenson Will Still Be.” The Comments Suggest That Hearn Is Not Interested In Putting Them Together For A Long Time, If Ever.

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Saving Shakur for “Tank”

Hearn Signed Shakur With The Intent Matching Him Up For A Huge Mega-Money Fight Against Gervis. Tank’s Loss to Lamont Roach has already begysized Those Plans.

Hearn Would Shakur to the Wolves If he Matched Him Against Andy Cruz, Because He Do Everything That He Can, But With Far Superior Offensive Skills. Stevenson is a defensive Fighter Only. His Offense-to-defensive ratio is 10-90, Meaning HE Focused on 10% Off Offense to Win Fights, and 90% Defense in the Form Moving to Evade Punches.

“The Plan for Andy Is The World Title and Unify and Win Every Boxing in Boxing,” Said Promoter at Eddie Hearn Post-Fight Press Conference When Asked About The Possibility of Andy Cruz Facing Shakur Stevenson in a Mega-Fight Soon.

Cruz Showed That He’s The Best Fighter at Lightweight Last Night, and in His Previous Bout Against Omar Salcido. That’s The Guy Hearn Needs On Focus, Rather Than Banking On Shakur Going Anywhere With His Outdated, 1990s-style Approach.

Zepeda Threatens Shakur’s Reign

There’s An Excellent Chance That Shakur Will Be Dethroned by William Zepeda Next in their Fight July 12th in Queens, New York. Turki AlalShikh has been already given His directive of No More Runners on His Riyadh Season Cards About Not Wanting “Tom and Jerry Fights.”

Shakur Is The King of Those Types of Fights, and The Best Runner in the Lightweight Division by Far. That’s not a compliment. If He Chooses To Fight The Way His Fighters in His Events in Staying In The Pocket, Showing Heart Exchanging With Exchinga, He’ll Likely Lose.

As Such, There Won’t Be Any Point in Cruz Fighting Shakur. Would be Yesterday’s News. Also, That wouldn’t be the Second Fight of Hearn’s Two-Fight Contract With Shakur. HE CAN CAN HIM GO WITHOUT TRYING TO RE-SIGN HIM TO A New Deal, Because What Would Be The Point?

The “Runner” exposed

“Right Now, There’s No question, Shakur Is The Guy at 135Buty Wants to Be The Guy AS Well, “Said Hearts Muratalla, Abdullah Mason Facing Sam Noakes (WBC 135-LB Champion Shakur Stevenson. Shakur Is Looking For All Those Fights.”

Hearn Doesn’t Need To Be Glazing Shakur. He’s not “The Guy at 135,” Not Even Close. Stevenson Is A Classic 1990s Runner, Borrowing The Style That Mayweather Adopted As He Aged. Andy Cruz Is Light Years Ahead of Shakur in Terms of Talent. There are at Least Five Fighters at 135 That Are Superior to Shakur. He Doesn’t Know That Now Because Stevenson has been Matched Soft Opposition Since HE Moved Up to 2023, Like Josh Padley And Arr ArteM.

“Hey Wants to know What’s Next, and I Think Shakur Would Love to Be Able to Fight Champions at 135 pounds,” Said Hearn. “Shakur Knows Boxing, Andy Cruz Is. Andy Cruz Is. 50-50 Fight? Right now, Shakur Is The Guy. Will He Be The Guy When Andy Comes Through? Let’s find out. That’s What We Want. The Best Vs. The Best. “

What Is Hearn Talking About This “When Andy Comes Through” bit? Cruz is two Years Older Than Shakur at 29, and has Better Amateur Credentials With His Olympic Gold Medal vs. Shakur’s Silver. Cruz’s amateur record is 140-9. Stevenson’s is 140-13. Cruz is Ready Right Now to Fight All The Top Fighters Lightweight. He Doesn’t Need To Be Babied For Five To Seven Years, The Way Fighters With Short Amateur Careers and No Olympic Experience. He’s Ready To Fight The Likes of Shakur Semce HE TURNED PRO IN 2023.

“They’re Generational Talents. They are. Two Pound-For-Pound Great Fighters,” Said Hearn.