Shakur Stevenson Stalls Zuffa Boxing As Layoff Drags On

“Even my haters begging for a fight announcement 😂 I love yall it’s coming lol,” Shakur posted on X .

The Lopez win gave Shakur the strongest moment of his career. He controlled a major fight at Madison Square Garden and had the crowd’s attention afterward, when he brought Conor Benn into the ring and called him “food.” That confrontation made a Benn fight look like an immediate possibility. It went nowhere.

Shakur then spent months discussing a fight with WBO welterweight champion Devin Haney at 144 pounds. Haney’s side said it accepted the proposed weight, but no fight followed. Shakur holds a WBO title at 140, yet he sought a welterweight champion three pounds below that division’s limit while his own challengers waited. Fans are entitled to ask which division he actually intends to fight in.