Shakur should perform well on this fight so that he could get to dance with the big boys of the lightweight division. Top Rank boss, Bob Arum has a plan to pair him with Loma or Devin Haney if he comes out impressive on this one.
But the thing with Shakur is that if his opponent is not aggressive, his fight tend to be boring too, i hope not on this one as i want him to defeat Haney who robbed Loma on the latter's last fight.
Shakur vs Loma would be a good matchup. Please, no Haney. Let Haney successfully move with a win, so they'll not meet, as we know the fight would be too boring to watch. People might not watch it, and promoters will not make money.
The controversy that Loma got robbed; he could redeem himself if he could beat Shakur, and I'm sure Haney will come aggressively asking for a rematch.