Shakur Stevenson clashes with Turki Alalshikh over ‘Tom and Jerry’ warrior label

Shakur Stevenson says he disagrees with Turki Alalshikh’s line to call movers ‘Tom and Jerry’. Stevenson (23-0, 11 costs) believes that movement was historically part of boxing and that legends, Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, used movement. They will be ‘disappointed’ by Turki’s comments, which he refers to as ‘s ***’.

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Adjust or fade: Boxing’s Future

What Shakur does not understand is that Ali and Leonard fought in front of the internet, UFC and cable television. There were fewer options for fans to look at something else. In addition, boxing was more popular during the Eras of Sugar Ray and Ali.

Nowadays, the sport is not so popular, which makes it imperative that fighters are entertaining the fans to make them watch.

Ali and Sugar Ray are from another era. It is a bad idea to use it as a justification by Shakur to be a non-pleasant runner. He doesn’t see the point. The use of older fighters from the past does not work because the interests of fans have changed dramatically over the years from when Ali and Leonard fought.

The US is different now, and the supporters who look at the sport in this era want to be entertained. Who have passed in Ali and Leonard’s era no longer work.

Fans have already spoken, and collectively they do not like runners using the Tom and Jerry style. They regard Shakur as a classic example of a fighter who uses that style. In contemporary society, you either adapt to change or phase out you.

Turki’s attitude about boring actions

Turki noted the negative response of fans at his Times Square event, citing the running that Devin Haney and Theofimo Lopez used in their dull fighting. The setbacks of fans were serious due to the dull performances of these two fighters, who paid millions for their fights.

“I think it’s not a place to use that line with any fighter. I just feel like we’re all fighters. We all go in and do long training camps, ‘Shakur Stevenson tells Brian Campbell’s channeldisagree with Turki Alalshikh’s remark that he doesn’t want ‘Tom and Jerry’ to fight in his events.

“We work very hard. We come out and deliver the best of our abilities. If some guys want to move and use movement, I think it’s part of boxing. ‘

Shakur’s style: Undercard -demotic reason

It is surprising for Shakur not to understand why he was demoved after the undercard. How can he not know that his dull fighting style is the result that he is now being put away on the lower cards? He shows that he cannot understand why he was pushed off the main events. His fighting style is not one that sells because he uses the same hit-and-not-hit-style that fans consider unconscious.

“I have nothing bad to say about guys moving and using the ring. Guys like (Muhammad) Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard, they need to be disappointed to hear some of the s *** because they used the ring a lot. So I don’t agree with that, ‘says Shakur.