By Mark Eisner: WBO tremendous featherweight champion Jamel Herring faces his hardest take a look at as a professional towards undefeated former blue-chip prospect Shakur Stevenson tonight within the headliner on ESPN+ and ESPN on the State Farm Area in Atlanta. The cardboard begins at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 PT.
Herring shall be trying to break the ambitions of the previous WBO featherweight champion Stevenson tonight. It’s a tall order for Herring, however he’s received the expertise, boxing expertise, and energy to win.
Boxing Information 24 shall be giving updates beneath of the outcomes of the fights:
- Undefeated junior middleweight prospect Xander Zayas (11-0, 8 KOs) continued his development with a fourth spherical stoppage win over Dan Karpency (9-4-1, 4 KOs). Karpency took an unlimited quantity of punishment within the struggle from the 19-year-old Zayas. After the fourth spherical ended, Karpency’s nook properly pulled him out. All in all, it was a terrific efficiency from Xander, who confirmed that he has the potential to be a future world champion.
- Muhammad Ali’s grandson, middleweight Nico Ali Walsh (2-0, 2 KOs) confirmed off his punching energy in stopping James Westley II (1-1) in a 3rd spherical stoppage. The heavy-handed 21-year-old Nico Additionally Walsh dropped Westley in spherical two and three. The struggle was stopped when Westley’s nook threw within the towel within the third after he’d been dropped. The time of the stoppage was at 2:30 of the third. Nico confirmed some potential tonight, however he must work on his protection. He’s received the ability, however his protection isn’t the place it must be for him to compete on the world stage at this stage in his growth. Nico is younger sufficient to develop within the subsequent three or 4 years to probably be a serious sooner or later.
- In one other quick knockout on tonight’s card, junior middleweight prospect Evan Holyfield (8-0, 6 KOs) stopped Charles Stanford (6-4, 3 KOs) within the second spherical. The time of the stoppage was at :30.
- Undefeated middleweight prospect/U.S Olympian Troy Isley (3-0, 2 KOs) destroyed an overmatched Nicoli Navarro (2-2, 2 KOs) by a primary spherical knockout. The struggle was halted at 2:48 of spherical one. Isley must be dealing with higher opposition than this for him to maintain bettering.
- In a shocker, journeyman Eric Palmer (13-14-5, 1 KOs) pulled off a giant upset in defeating prospect Roddricus Livsey (8-1-1, 5 KOs) by a six spherical cut up resolution in gentle welterweight motion. The scores have been 58-56, 58-56 for Palmer, and 59-55 for Livsey.
- Unbeaten featherweight Haven Bradley Jr. (4-0, 3 KOs) defeated beforehand undefeated Roberto Negrete (3-1, 1 KOs) by a lopsided spherical unanimous resolution. The judges scored it 40-36, 40-36, and 40-36.
- Undefeated Light-weight prospect Harley Mederos (2-0, 1 KO) defeated the winless Deljerro Revello (0-2) by a 4 spherical unanimous resolution. The decide’s scores have been 40-35, 40-35, and 40-35.
Undercard:
- Xander Zayas (10-0, 7 KO) vs Dan Karpency (9-3-1, 4 KO)
Nico Ali Walsh (1-0, 1 KO) vs James Westley II (1-0, 0 KO) - Evan Holyfield (7-0, 5 KO) vs Charles Stanford (6-3, 3 KO)
- Troy Isley (2-0, 1 KO) vs Nicholi Navarro (2-1, 2 KO)
- Haven Brady Jr (3-0, 3 KO) vs Roberto Negrete (3-0, 1 KO)
- Harley Mederos (1-0, 1 KO) vs Deljerro Revello (0-1, 0 KO)
- Antoine Cobb (debut) vs Jerrion Campbell (2-1, 0 KO)
- Roddricus Livsey (8-0-1, 5 KO) vs Eric Palmer (12-14-5, 1 KO)
Jamel Herring & Shakur Stevenson hold forth
Herring: “I do know what he brings to the desk. For me, I simply have to go on the market and be a canine. As I stated previously when you sit there and overthink and wait, he’ll [Stevenson] will decide you aside.”
Stevenson: “So that you suppose being a canine goes to [help you win.”
Herring: “You got to change it up.”
Stevenson: “You don’t think I’ve fought no dogs?”
Herring: “I didn’t say that. You are a really, really good boxer. Chess-match-wise, I feel you’ll pick anybody apart if they just sit there, nervous, don’t know what to do.
“He’s going to hit you up, so you got to go out there and fight. You’ve got to take chances. You’ve got to take risks.
“That’s why I think it’s going to be a great fight because he has something to prove and I have something to prove within myself.
“It’s probably going to be something that people see when from not just myself but him as well.”
Stevenson: “I got to disagree with what you say that I don’t take risks and take chances. I mean, we’re going to base that off of one fight [Jeremia Nakathilia]?
“I really feel like in my different fights once I went in there and fought Toka Kahn. Anyone else, once I go in there, I’m backing them up and doing what I’m purported to do.
“We’re going to base that off of 1 struggle? However that’s simply followers, the media in how they persuaded it to be, however I disagree with that.
“Mainly with all that, you bought to understand that with what I’ve been doing in my profession, I didn’t undergo that due to how good I’ve been within the ring.
“You’ll be able to’t actually sit there and say, ‘What are you going to do?’ We don’t know if Jamel goes to go in there and make me face that type of adversity.
“That’s all as much as Jamel and me. I’m going to go in there and be the identical Shakur I’ve been all through my complete profession, being dominating, successful fights straightforward.
“Individuals don’t prefer it. They need aggressive fights. They need fights the place you’re going backwards and forwards, backwards and forwards. Individuals don’t like one-sided fights.
“And other people hate that. Individuals wish to see brawls backwards and forwards, I hit you and also you hit me.
“However my fights aren’t going to be like that. I don’t care what they inform me. They’ll say no matter they need. My fights will not be going to be like that.”
Profitable a call is feasible says Jamel
Herring: “Sure,” stated Jamel when requested if he can win a call and outbox Shakur. “Sure, however I’ve to be sensible. He says he can outthink me, so I’ve to be smarter.
“I don’t go off the hype of the final struggle. Each struggle for me is totally different. Each fighter brings one thing totally different to the desk. Frampton and him are completely totally different folks.
“Even in his final struggle, I don’t go primarily based off that both as a result of I do know what he can do and he pointed it out. All people goes off of 1 struggle.
“That’s why after his final struggle, once I received on stage, I wasn’t going by what everybody was saying. Nah, as a result of that’s silly as a result of I’ve been in that enterprise earlier than too.
“I been in that place with the Jonathan Oquendo state of affairs stepping into after which once I went into the Frampton struggle, I used that as gas for the hearth, and we noticed how that performed out.
“And I simply received to be me. I received so as to add some extra to the arsenal, however I can’t go on the market and be one thing that I’m not,” stated Herring.
