Shakur Stevenson will attempt to become three-weight world champion when he takes on Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos to kick off the F1 race week in Las Vegas in November.
In the world championship co-feature, Mexico’s Emanuel ‘Vaquero’ Navarrete (38-1, 31 KOs) defends his WBO junior lightweight title against Brazilian two-time world title challenger Robson Conceicao (17-2, 8 KOs) on Thursday, November 16 at the T -Mobile Arena – live on Sky Sports.
Southpaw Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) defeated Conceicao last September before moving up to lightweight and scoring a sixth-round submission win over Japanese contender Shuichiro Yoshino in April.
The 26-year-old said: “Edwin De Los Santos is a good fighter and he will come and fight. I give him credit for actually taking this fight when so many other so-called fighters were running from it.
“I am the biggest bogeyman in boxing, and on November 16 the world will see why when I put in another great performance for the fans.”
“This is a huge week for Las Vegas and a great platform for Shakur Stevenson to once again demonstrate why he is well on his way to reigning as the sport’s pound-for-pound king,” said Top Rank Chairman Bob Arum.
“Many fighters turned down the opportunity, but Edwin De Los Santos eagerly accepted. Emanuel Navarrete and Robson Conceicao battling for supremacy at 130 pounds adds to a spectacular card that is loaded from top to bottom.”
Undefeated standout Brian Norman Jr. (24-0, 19 KOs) and Quinton Randall (13-0-1, 3 KOs) will clash in a 10-round welterweight bout.
In an eight-round junior featherweight matchup between two of Las Vegas’ top talents, Floyd ‘Cashflow’ Diaz (9-0, 3 KOs) and Max Ornelas (15-1-1, 5 KOs) will battle for bragging rights in the city rights .
U.S. Olympian Troy Isley (10-0, 4 KOs) rises in his class in an eight-round middleweight bout against Mexico’s Vladimir Hernandez (14-5, 6 KOs).
Lightweight phenom Abdullah Mason (10-0, 8 KOs) will make his fifth appearance of 2023 in a six-round fight against Texas’ Jose Cardenas (7-1, 5 KOs).
Junior lightweight contender and Las Vegas native Andres Cortes (20-0, 11 KOs) takes on Nicaragua’s Freddy Fonseca (30-6-1, 20 KOs) in a 10-round tilt, while Kazakh Olympian Ablaikhan Zhussupov ( 4-0, 3 KOs) returns in a welterweight clash scheduled for eight rounds against Mark Dawson (11-1-1, 4 KOs).