It was really a masterful and class shown by Shakur in the Valdez fight. In that fight, he really moves like Floyd Mayweather (just finished watching the highlights just now). There were rounds that Valdez is the aggressor and pushing the fight, even pinning him in the ropes. But Shakur is too intelligent to be trap and that jab is really superb. And then he combine it with body shots and then going to the head. I doubt know how Robson Conceicao will counter that.
I have always thought that Shakur is on another level, this time it was shown, just like you, I think that in boxing things go well when intelligence is used, Valdez did not have any more opportunities, he believed that he could have an advantage with the fight at full strength, and imposing force, but it was very good and hard how Shakur won, now I wonder, what will happen to Shakur, where will they escalate him in his next fight, the boxer is very hot and I'm sure he he wants more action, plus the amount of money he should have won is not a small thing, it is a considerable thing.
Shakur Stevenson is a young and hard-hitting boxer and it seems to me that he is faster and more technical compared to Robson Conceicao, so Shakur has every chance of winning, perhaps, and he has not bad chances for a knockout.
Since he will be fighting in his hometown, I think the fight will be dedicated to his people out there and he is more motivated to win this fight and give his very best to knock out his opponent. the kid will gonna dominate his opponent, a young champion like him is almost impossible to beat, it requires tremendous effort and strategy which only has a little chance to work if executes well. Stevenson will be one of the next HOF if he can somehow dominate every weight class he is currently in. But before that, I think he will have some great walls to break in the upcoming years of his pro career as a boxer.
Well, maybe Shakur can feel a little more advantagehj, but he wouldn't trust me too much, because in the same way, having his public support him is hard, because apart from the fact that he can feel that support, he can have pressure that is something much stronger, sometimes the pressure causes the person to be persuaded and not be able to fight with such freedom.
This is something that very few still see, but I really see it as an advantage, but one thing is what one thinks as an spectator and another is what the boxer feels, it is a set of emotions.
