Shakur Stevenson

Shakur Stevenson

Stevenson at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1997-06-28) June 28, 1997
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 123 lb (56 kg)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Club Alexandria Boxing Club[1]
Coached by Kay Koroma and Wali Moses[1]

Shakur Stevenson (born June 28, 1997) is an American amateur boxer who competes in the bantamweight division.

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.[1][2][3]

Amateur career

Stevenson had a very successful career at Junior and 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.[4] In 2016, he won the Olympic silver medal for the USA, losing to Robeisy Ramirez of Cuba in the gold medal match. He was the highest-medaling male for the USA (Claressa Shields won gold). He so was impressive that Floyd Mayweather called him "the next..Mayweather" [5]

World Series of Boxing record

2 Wins, 0 Losses, 0 Draws[6]
Result Record Team Opponent (Team) Type Round Date Location Notes
Win 2-0 Morocco Atlas Lions Morocco Mohamed Hamout UD 5 (5) 2016-02-19 Morocco Casablanca, Morocco
Win 1–0 British Lionhearts United Kingdom Peter McGrail UD 5 (5) 2016-01-21 United States Miami, USA WSB debut

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