Overview
- Zuffa Boxing confirmed Thursday that undefeated four-division champion Shakur Stevenson has signed a multiyear, multifight promotional deal with the company.
- Stevenson is 25-0 with 11 knockouts and won the WBO junior-welterweight title in January by defeating Teofimo Lopez, making him one of boxing’s top pound-for-pound fighters.
- Stevenson publicly named Devin Haney and Gervonta Davis as his primary targets for his first fight under Zuffa, but no opponent, date, or venue for his debut has been announced.
- Zuffa gains its highest-profile roster addition to date, yet the promotion faces the practical task of negotiating cross-promotional terms with other promoters and sanctioning bodies to secure the blockbuster fights Stevenson seeks.
- Stevenson said financial terms were a major factor in his decision and he expects Zuffa to deliver big fights, a development that could prompt him to vacate or lose sanctioning recognition for some belts as matchmaking and broadcast arrangements are sorted.