Shakur Stevenson (USA) vs Edwin De Los Santos (DOM) | Boxing Fight Highlights

Or will Edwin De Los Santos and all that confidence ride high and deliver the power that he has shown in the recent past? Here we go, Tim. What are we looking for early on? So, once he gauges the distance and he gets his... And he gets the... Whoa! And once he gets the distance right... And then Oscar Valdez, the two-division champion. And then a six-round knockout more recently against Yoshino. Aggression and landing power has to be the answer for De Los Santos. Can't sit back and let Shakur... De Los Santos is extremely reactive. Short right hand, Shakur answers with a southpaw hook. From Shakur. Again, I told you folks, at home they're going to be moving. See, that's when the frustration comes. Shakur steps straight back. Statistically, one of the best defensive fighters in the world. Chess match early on. Eventually, Edwin De Los Santos will be impatient. Any type of attempt from De Los Santos. There's a jab off the hip from Shakur. Let's actually be an effective weapon. As of right now, that just lets me know that that power is real of De Los Santos. Jose Valenzuela got up off the canvas to do so. You got to limit your mistakes. And the one that's usually the more technical fighter... There's a left hand to the body as he closes the gap. Early rounds playing out the way each fighter said they would. Fans at home seeing that replay, Tim. The left to the body from De Los Santos. And then just a little use of the forearm on the inside. That's all the frustration. Shakur's class. You got to take him to a place that he's never been before. Those precious moments of downloading range. There it is. And now, closing that range. De Los Santos does a good job in following Shakur out. De Los Santos managed to fight at this pace and not get reckless. He's fighting this round without the mouthpiece in. Dr. Referee never saw it. We can assure you the mouthpiece is in now as we begin round number four. And Shakur Stevenson with a 16 to 8 connect advantage. De Los Santos now is choosing to push Shakur Stevenson. Interesting adjustment right there from him and his team. Trying to close the gap from Shakur. But I don't want him to get desperate. I want to stay patient because his opportunity to land will come. De Los Santos landing only 12% of his punches. That is right around the average of a typical Shakur fight. He knows that De Los Santos is looking for that backhand. And he doesn't want to run into that. Where he's impatient. And that fight will really start in the middle rounds. Good jab to the body right there. Sweeping in again. Shakur easily getting out of the way. But Shakur didn't make him pay right there. No he did not. Now he goes with the left hand to the body. He wants to have him stay down, lock his ass up, and then come. T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formula One weekend. And the back half of our World Championship. Four rounds to nothing. Shakur Stevenson. Look, they're not scintillating. I understand the boos. And he swears it's perfectly fine now. But he told us he was going to unveil that jab tonight. And it is really, really fast. Shakur Stevenson right now landing 31% of his jabs. Keep him up. Keep him up. Hands are free. Hands are free. Because you want to be aggressive against Shakur. You do. You want to be aggressive. You want to step. Then you leave yourself open. De Los Santos is doing a good job in managing that. Because Shakur is not countering. He's closing the distance. But Shakur, again, Shakur is not countering. He stepped out of the way right there. He didn't counter not one time. So if I'm De Los Santos and I'm in this corner right now, I'm saying let your hands go. This boy don't want to fight. Let your hands go. Exactly. Exactly. That's good in our favor. And he's okay with that. Very body shot comes in from De Los Santos. Unfortunately, CompuBox doesn't have a feints landed category. And thus the booze you hear. Round number six. Earlier this week, Edwin De Los Santos, father of Shakur Stevenson, said, All right. Now start scoring on this guy and emphasize the jab. I'm going to just keep it outside. I'm going to just keep dominating you like this. Dang strong. Steel right now in the sixth round. Now on the inside. Just a double jab down to the body. But there's no follow-up punches coming from De Los Santos. Good shot right there. But sometimes you got to stand there and I'm going to sell out. Because if the fight continues to go like this, he's going to go in Shakur's favor. Yes, you know exactly what the scorecards will read. Yes, absolutely. Okay. And start keeping his ass on the ******* end. But listen, trust yourself, okay? This 145 punches thrown as we begin round number seven. So a part of me feels that the reason why he's not stepping on the gas a little bit more is so you can serve early. Now he comes in more aggressive. Double jab trying to search for the power hand. Punch at the head. Hit the body. The head's not going to be there. Hit something. That jab right now is starting to dominate. Shakur now marching forward again. Looking to inflict more damage. But again, he's extremely cautious. He don't want to get hit by anything. And now he's in total control right now. He has, little by little, each round. Absolutely. And again, that step back right there. Making his punches fall short. Not even close. Guy, when you shoot the jab, keep your hand out here now. A nondescript offensive fight where Shakur has dominated by simply just easily getting out of range. Good jab right there from De Los Santos. And he's trying to immediately follow him out with the double jab. I just spoke with Wally Moses and I asked him about Shakur's left hand, if it was okay. And he said, yes, it's okay. I actually want him to throw it more. You know, if you miss, you get yourself out of position. Exactly. 25 power punches. Because again, he doesn't feel safe throwing that backhand because it'll put him out there. Good jab right there from Shakur. But his more recent fights. As of right now, with this jab and again, maintaining distance. Staying defensively sound. Only one left hand was thrown by Shakur Stevenson in the last two rounds. Round number nine. Bacon WBC Lightweight Championship. And Shakur Stevenson is able to win this fight. Good jab. And it'll be a three-division world championships. Nice left hand right there from Shakur. No return fire. Good jab. Seven rounds to one is Shakur Stevenson. Two ways to look at this fight. Two, Shakur Stevenson is beating a really good fighter with just one hand. I really have to wonder. But to your point, Mark, it has been the jabs. Shakur Stevenson and Tank Davis. Again, if you can't land that. He's struggling landing any kind of offense on Shakur. That was clearly a break from Harvey Dock there. Both you guys, don't hit him behind the head. Good jab. I mean, he's fighting like if he's still in the first round right now. Still reacting quickly. Still getting out of range. And stepping a little bit more on the gas tank. Listen to me. We gotta keep going to the body. Two more rounds. Finish strong, right? We will see. Round number 10 for this year. But will he pressure? Will he go for it? Will he seize the moment? Shakur just too tactically sound. He just, I mean, the skill is there. The core again being sharp. You go back and watch the best of Edwin De Los Santos. Guy willing to exchange. Willing to be aggressive. Beautiful work right there. This is beautiful boxing now. Another right hook. Okay. Nice banana, hot banana loaf on the outside. Oh yeah, you're doing great, man. Listen, you locking on you and locking and doing what you're doing, okay? Championship rounds here. Round number 11. The high total output of connected punches in this fight in a single round. But again, you said the high was the last round. But this right here is like what we call swimming. But this is technical skill you're watching. And the reason for that is because that still has punching power right now. But you see him now stepping a little bit more. And again, Shakur will leave it just like that. He doesn't care. Bacon WBC lightweight championship on the line. Not a single round. Look, I don't have to say anything. The fans are going to talk because everybody wants to be entertained. But I'm going to tell you right now. And that's why you're seeing Shakur. Beautiful combination from Shakur. Look at that. One-two combination. The left landed flush from Stevenson. And then get out of the way. There's a right hand from De Los Santos who comes in against Shakur. Before Stevenson ties up. Four corners in here and ropes around. That's to keep the fighters inside the ring. So before we judge the boxer. And say he didn't want to fight. What about De Los Santos? Not being able to cut off the ring. And trap Shakur to land that box. David Sutherland scores the bout. One-fifteen. One-thirteen. Tim Cheatham and Steve Weisfeld both have it. One-sixteen. One-twelve. For your winner by unanimous decision. And now the WBC lightweight champion of the world. Shakur Stevenson!