Promotor Eddie Hearn revealed that the name Josha Padley was presented by Turks Alalshikh as a replacement for Shakur Stevenson to fight this Saturday, February 2nd, in Riyadh. Hearn says that when he pointed out Turks that Padley (15-0, 4 ko) beat up “Favorite” Mark Chamberlain at the Wembley Stadium last September, he immediately chose him as a replacement to face Stevenson (22-0, 10 ko) for his WBC light title.
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Padley: Handmade?
It is clear from listening to Hearna that he was crucial in choosing Padley for other exposed elections. One of them was a dangerous percussion Jadier Herrerawho had the power and talent to beat Shakur, who hits in light. Hearn’s focus is to maintain Shakura undefeated long enough to settle the fight against Mega-Novac against Gervont Davis. So, alignment with him with a weak fighter like Padley helps further goal.
The former World Champion with three Division Shakur has not struggled with anyone’s talented since he had moved lightly in 2023, and his other career victories came against a mixture of old -washed fighters and without a name.
Shakur’s record at 135
-Artem Harutyunyan: *No strength, leaving the loss and dismissal of one -year
– Edwin de Los Santos: almost lost to him.
-Shuichiro Yoshino: A little famous candidate
It’s Shakur be protected With a weak matchmaing to ensure that it remains undefeated long enough to fight a big salary against Tank Davis. We saw the same when Hearn signed Edgar Berlang for Matchroom.
After the signature of Berlang, he immediately talked about him who caused Canela Alvarez, although New Yorker struggled with just a can of tomato before abolishing. Hearn then coincided with Berlan with two soft opponents, Jason Quigley and Padraig McCrory, before lining up with the massive Canelo money.
In no way Edgar did not evaluate the fight against Canel, but he still gave him, and it was a terrible mismatch. We see the same thing with Shakur Stevenson, who is fighting against the opposition to ensure that it has not been beaten. Fighting Edwin de los Santos has shown that Shakur cannot believe that he matches anyone with a powerful or a series of talent because she will probably lose or be thrown out of the Arena. Shakur is 100% false.
“As soon as I got the news about Floyd Schofield, I talked to our matchmakers and said,” I go to the house of his excellence in an hour. I need four names and I need to tell me their doctors have been checked. I can fly to Saudi tomorrow. They are weight, “and they came back with four names,” Eddie Hearn said Boxing news About how he found a replacement opponent for Shakur Stevenson to fight on Saturday.
“I took them to his exploration and I told him about Floyd Schofield. I said,” Look, these are fighters. “I said, ‘This is the guy. This is Josh Padley. He beat your favorite, Mark Chamberlain, in the Riyadh season On Wembley.
“Then we had to negotiate an agreement, which was very expensive but deserved. Josh Padley changes his life, shoots into the world title, and Shakur remains in battle. It was an extraordinary work. It was a difficult 12 hours, but we were a job done, “Hearn said.
Last time updated 20.02.2025
