Video Highlights: Shakur Stevenson puts on boxing clinic against Oscar Valdez

It was a nearly flawless display of boxing from Shakur Stevenson. Shakur Stevenson 18-0, 9 KOs has arrived as one of boxing s best.
The 2016 Olympic silver medalist entered Saturday s Top Rank Boxing main event against Oscar Valdez 30-1, 23 KOs as the WBO junior lightweight champion. With his thorough outclassing of Valdez, he now owns the WBC title as well.
Stevenson scored a knockdown and was otherwise in full control against the Mexican in what was a pro-Valdez crowd inside Las Vegas MGM Grand. His speed, precision, shot selection, ring generalship, and defense all blended together to make a world-class opponent look ordinary. Valdez never quit and he kept searching for punishing shots to knock Stevenson down and out, but it never materialized. Stevenson ate some punches but showed a good chin, and his combinations were leaving Valdez flustered and panicked.
By the end of the fight, Stevenson looked like he d just done light sparring, whereas Valdez s face was marked up everywhere. This is not to leave out Stevenson s exemplary body work, which hurt Valdez on more than one occasion.
Stevenson won by unanimous decision 117-110, 118-109, 118-109 and there s no doubt now that he is one of the top boxers in the world. Big fights await him potentially up at lightweight, including the Devin Haney-George Kambosos Jr winner and Vasiliy Lomachenko, but maybe he ll stay out at 130 lbs and try and become the undisputed champion. The 24-year-old just continues to impress against increasingly tougher competition.
Highlights below:
Take a breather. We're through one #ValdezStevenson LIVE on ESPN pic.twitter.com tFi4jhCQBz Top Rank Boxing trboxing May 1, 2022
. OscarValdez56 is finding his range #ValdezStevenson LIVE on ESPN pic.twitter.com HX03UkEMOl Top Rank Boxing trboxing May 1, 2022
THE FIRST KNOCKDOWN BELONGS TO SHAKUR. pic.twitter.com EubZKL12Ro Top Rank Boxing trboxing May 1, 2022
WHAT A NIGHT. #ValdezStevenson pic.twitter.com 3yr8C2Ahcy Top Rank Boxing trboxing May 1, 2022
By the way, Stevenson had one more W in the form of proposing to his girlfriend, who said yes.
SHE SAID YES!!! ShakurStevenson #ValdezStevenson pic.twitter.com BNHQXkCIEM Top Rank Boxing trboxing May 1, 2022
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