Shakur Stevenson shipped a spiteful display to overwhelm and halt Jamel Herring in the 10th round of their WBO super-featherweight championship combat in Atlanta on Saturday.
Stevenson announced himself as a actual star of American boxing with the ideal effectiveness of his career so far to come to be an unbeaten two-excess weight earth winner at the age of 24.
He was vicious with his mix punching to pressure the stoppage possessing dominated from the opening bell towards Herring, in what experienced become a struggle with personal ramifications.
Stevenson experienced not long ago been a element of Herring’s health and fitness center with trainer Brian McIntyre – but they experienced no remedy to the youthful challenger’s fast arms.
As early as the second round, Stevenson was hurting Herring and forcing him backwards predominantly with a jab.
In the third, he combined in clubbing hooks which battered Herring from facet to aspect.
Herring, the former US Marine who despatched Carl Frampton into retirement previously this year, was getting subsequent to no good results at all towards his more quickly, a lot more highly effective rival.
Stevenson stung him with a succession of left hooks in the fifth, then buckled his legs with a correct hook in the sixth.
By the ninth, Stevenson was teeing off at will with four and five punches at a time, and Herring experienced seen hurt higher than his eyes.
The ringside medical doctor checked a minimize on Herring’s encounter at the begin of the 10th spherical but permit him continue on.
Stevenson started stalking him and a succession of pinpoint remaining palms pressured the referee to step in to stop the fight.
The Olympic silver medallist has now won his most important pro fight against his most tough opponent, and has prolonged his unbeaten history to 17- following adding the WBO tremendous-featherweight belt to his résumé.
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