And his contract is not like a 5 fight deal that Top Rank is offering him. Reports says that his deal with Matchroom is just 2 fight, and so after that he will be a free agent again and maybe he will have his time to fight either Tank or Loma in the future.
Canelo is the one who started this years ago, signing from one promotion to another and then control the fights that he want and obviously the money. But Shakur could really fight a decent boxer after the Cordina fight. Not sure who Eddie can give him next, maybe if Shakur will try to go to 140 lbs maybe him and Devin Haney will fight for one of the biggest for Shakur and a career payday for him because that's what he wanted.
Canelo is the one who started this years ago, signing from one promotion to another and then control the fights that he want and obviously the money. But Shakur could really fight a decent boxer after the Cordina fight. Not sure who Eddie can give him next, maybe if Shakur will try to go to 140 lbs maybe him and Devin Haney will fight for one of the biggest for Shakur and a career payday for him because that's what he wanted.
Matchroom has to be wise. Shakur isn't a coveted fighter as far as money is concerned. Hearn has to have a safety net. In the likely event that they won't get as much from Shakur and everything isn't worth it, they could quickly set him free.
God spare the sport of a Shakur-Haney fight. It might be the biggest fight for Shakur but it would be at the expense of the fans. Nobody wants to see a couple of chess players inside the ring. But if Shakur thinks Devin is already a damaged good, he might consider it. But I don't think it would be his next fight. He should've chosen another 140 lbs. fighter instead of Cordina if that were his plan. Also, such fight might not really translate into a juicy paycheck. Everybody knows both of them are boring.
However, before the loss of Devin Haney against Ryan Garcia, I reckon there were many fans who were very much excited on any mention of Haney vs. Shakur in social media. This was also including me hehehe.
At 135 lbs? yes, possible that there are fans that wanted to see that fight, specially that they keep on winning both of them. But Haney chooses to go up to 140 lbs win against Prograis so I doubt that he can go back at 135 lbs and fight Shakur, is Stevenson willing to go up to 140 lbs?
I reckon Haney should have 2 knockout performances before accepting a fight against Shakur. Shakur should also do something similar. After this, the winner can challenge the other champions for a unification. Teo will be the last challenge.
I think for Shakur, he should really go at the top dog of 135 lbs which is Tank DAvis, or Lomachenko, as the latter will be a legacy fight for him. As for Haney, stays at 140 lbs, get a tune up fight, build his confidence again and then rematch Ryan Garcia if he wants to.
You might be right on Shakur hehe. There will be more challenges from him against the scammer Tank and Loma. Also, as a tune up fight against a boxer who is also a champion, Tank, Loma or Shakur can challenge Denys Berinchyk for a unification. However, I have heard that Shakur was angry that he was not given the chance to fight for this WBO lightweight championship. He might be the first to unify 2 championships in the weight division.
On Devin Haney, agreed, he will certainly need to prove himself. I reckon presently, no one wants to witness a rematch unless Haney will win with a knockout in his next fights. On King Ry, he does not need proof. He will only share something strange on social media and the hype will be on him heheheheh.
