By: Sean Crose
It’s been a tricky couple of days for Shakur Stevenson. Although he bested Edwin De Los Santos for the WBC light-weight title final Thursday, the battle was so boring – and Stevenson’s efficiency so listless – that it irked a big proportion of battle followers. Count the favored Ryan Garcia amongst that group. Speaking to Fight Hub, Garcia made it clear he was unimpressed with Stevenson’s efficiency in opposition to De Los Santos. He additionally made it clear that he isn’t isn’t too impressed with Stevenson, interval.
“He does talk like really arrogant shit,” stated Garcia. “He is a little bit like that in person. Ever since the amateur’s he’s walking around like his shit don’t stink and it pisses me off.” Garcia then described an incident in Las Vegas the place Stevenson struck Garcia as being very impolite. Afterward, in fact, Garcia spoke of Stevenson’s most up-to-date ring efficiency. “Honestly,” Garcia stated in reference to final Thursday’s battle, “he (Stevenson) didn’t fight good at all. He was scared.”
Stevenson took to social media on Monday to reply. “I wasn’t being arrogant,” he tweeted. “I don’t fw you clown ass n—-s what I’m coming over to u I been sitting there before u if u wanted to holla me u could of came and said Waddup.. My bad nights I win on yo bad nights u lay down from a body shot and get up after the 10 counts [sic].”
This being the game of boxing, the place social media fights are sometimes extra frequent than excessive stage matches, Garcia took to Twitter himself. “We broke records and made life changing money,” he stated in reference to his superfight earlier this 12 months in opposition to Gervonta Davis. “You broke a record of the least punches ever landed in a twelve round fight and made not even 10% of what we made. Quiet your mouth kid.”
While Garcia could be the extra widespread of the 2 fighters, Stevenson identified that he’s the one with the stronger resume. “Won my 3rd world tittle in a different weight class my guy,” he stated. “Let’s speak facts u have never won a real World tittle thru out yo whole career congrats on the money u made but u can’t tie my shoes when we talking boxing – And that money don’t last forever do sum smart wit it cuz [sic].”
Garcia will return to the ring on December 12, when he takes on Oscar Duarte Jurado in Houston in a bout that will probably be aired stay on the DAZN streaming service.
