There aren’t many fighters which are deemed to be superior to Floyd Mayweather however Roy Jones Jr believes there’s one energetic fighter who claims that accolade.
Mayweather referred to as time on his illustrious profession in 2017 having put collectively an ideal 50-0 document together with world title reigns in 5 divisions from super-featherweight to super-welterweight.
He additionally defeated among the greatest names within the sport, together with the likes of Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez, although one criticism by some followers of Mayweather is he was tactical with deciding when and who to combat.
Due to that, boxing legend Jones Jr has defined to Battle Hub TV why he thinks unbeaten star Shakur Stevenson has eclipsed Mayweather.
“He’s [the Mayweather of this era], he’s not giving guys any probability to beat him however the distinction with him [Shakur] is he’s preventing all people. He’s not ducking and dodging. He’s preventing all people and that’s a bit totally different.
“He might be Floyd Mayweather [in terms of] not getting beat in his period, however the distinction to Floyd is he’s prepared to tackle the large problem, and he’s additionally getting the fitting cash for it early in his profession.”
Stevenson grew to become a four-weight world champion final month when he defeated Teofimo Lopez to win the WBO super-lightweight title at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York, going alongside his earlier triumphs at featherweight, tremendous featherweight and light-weight.
He additionally holds spectacular wins over fighters equivalent to William Zepeda and Oscar Valdez throughout his profession, and at simply 28-years-old, time is nicely and actually on his facet for Stevenson to proceed so as to add to his already spectacular resume.
