- Shakur Stevenson recently named his top five pound-for-pound boxing list
- The featherweight star also includes Tyson Fury, but two big names have been left out
- Details of the fight between Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk THIS WEEK: Listen to De Haak
Featherweight star Shakur Stevenson reveals his top five pound-for-pound list, including Tyson Fury.
While ‘Sugar’ has ‘The Gypsy King’ on its coveted list, there’s no room for two boxing legends.
Tyson Fury, the WBC world heavyweight champion, remains undefeated in the ring after his recent victory over Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia last month.
Stevenson, who has a 20-0 professional record, also named Terence “Bud” Crawford in his top five list. The welterweight king was recently stripped of the IBF championship. Crawford was stripped of the belt due to his inability to participate in a mandatory title defense against Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis due to the rematch clause from his fight against Errol Spence Jr.
Stevenson also included himself in the list, but decided to leave out two major stars of the sport.
Shakur Stevenson has named his top five pound-for-pound boxing list, including himself
‘The Gypsy King’ Tyson Fury is also mentioned in Stevenson’s list – where he left out two big names
Naoya Inoue and Gervonta Davis are the other two fighters who competed.
Boxing stars Oleksandr Usyk and Canelo Alvarez have both been left out of the top five pound-for-pound list.
Speak with talkSPORT‘s Gareth A Davies explained to Stevenson why he left out Canelo and Usyk, claiming it was simply his preference.
“Usyk is a great fighter, I can’t take anything away from him, but it’s just my preference, I like them all,” he said.
“One guy I really missed on that list is Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, I like him a lot too. I think he’s a great fighter.
“It’s all a preference, though. If I missed Usyk or Canelo… it’s just because that’s my preference.
‘Ultimately you can’t really make a true pound-for-pound list because that’s what everyone prefers.’
Many fans would have the Ukrainian as their number due to the fact that he has held titles in multiple weight classes. Usyk defeated Daniel Dubois in his last outing and now looks forward to an uncontested showdown with Fury next year.
Heavyweight king Oleksandr Usyk has surprisingly been omitted from his list
Canelo Alvarez has also been left out of Stevenson’s list – a decision that could shock many
The American also gave his reasoning for putting himself on the list, saying: ‘I’m hardly chasing pound-for-pound, because I’m on the pound-for-pound list I’m hardly chasing that, I wants to be number one. .
“And until I’m number one, I won’t stop, because when you’re number one, they know you’re number one.”
Stevenson last stepped into the ring in April when he defeated Shuichiro Yoshino in the sixth round and kept his undefeated record intact. While the undefeated star eyes a possible showdown with Vasiliy Lomachenko or Gervonta Davis, he must first get past Edwin De Los Santos.
‘Sugar’ will take on De Los Santos on November 16 at the T-Mobile Arena.