THE SILVER MEDALIST

WRITTEN BY RANDY HERNANDEZ

PHOTO CREDIT BY ZIMBIO.COM

Shakur Stevenson is an American fighter who was born and raised in New Jersey. Stevenson fought in the olympics representing the United States winning the silver medal, Stevenson now fights for Top Rank and is managed by former world champion Andre Ward, with a record of 8-0-0 with 4 knockouts, Stevensons last fight with Carlos Ruiz was very one sided winning the fight by a Unanimous decision. This young fighter is very talented, his skills, boxing IQ and athletic ability is superior to alot of this generation of fighters. What stands out about him the most is skill, he can fight moving forward and backwards, he can box or brawl when the situation comes to a war. A very good counter puncher but also can set the pace and momentum of the fight being able to adjust to any situation.