Boxing Pound-for-Pound Rankings: Shakur Stevenson holds firm as questions about his star power get louder
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Stevenson had some fans walk out of the arena before his last fight was over
While the criteria which often goes into a fighter gaining inclusion within the top 10 of boxing's pound-for-pound rankings is often debated by fans and media, popularity has never had anything to do with it.
That's good news for Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs), the three-division champion and reigning WBC lightweight titleholder, who has become a bit of a pariah of late after back-to-back performances that have seen his critics call him boring, question his punching power and declare his commercial stock outright dead as he exits his Top Rank promotional deal and enters free agency.
The 27-year-old Stevenson certainly didn't help his popularity by the aggressive nature of which he snapped back at his many detractors, which has led to social media beefs against everyone from Ryan Garcia and former world champion Ishe Smith to rapper and podcaster Mase.
