Shakur Stevenson has once again expressed his desire to fight Joe Cordina but only if it’s worth his while.
The Unified Super Featherweight champion was a guest on The Good Fight and host Kate Abdo asked him if facing the new IBF title holder would be of interest.
“Cordina is definitely an interesting fight.”
“Cordina just fought in front of his hometown fans. I’d rather go and get another belt and set up a big, big fight where we can fight for all the titles, something like that.”
The remaining champion at 130lbs is Roger Gutierrez (WBA champion). The Venezuelan defends his title against Hector Garcia who stunned Chris Colbert back in February beating the touted American on points. The Dominican stepped in at late notice to replace Gutierrez who withdrew from the main event because of a Covid related issue.
Stevenson, who clearly doesn’t rate ‘The Kid’ said:
“I would rather fight Gutierrez and then go fight Cordina.”
“He [Gutierrez] has to fight somebody first and nine times out of ten the guy [will] probably beat him. You never know. I don’t think Gutierrez is that good to be honest. He’s gonna fight the guy that ‘Lil B-Hop’ (Colbert) lost to.”
“With Cordina it’s gonna be a much bigger fight if we fight him overseas in Wales.”
Watching his long-time friend Devin Haney conquer George Kambosos Jr in Australia to become Undisputed Lightweight Champion has whetted Stevenson’s appetite for a fight overseas.
“I wanna go over there when it’s worth it. Haney went over to Australia in front of 40,000 people, I want to go for that.”
Seeing Haney emerge triumphant not only pleased Stevenson but improved his bank balance too!
“I’ve knew Devin since we were kids, so I was so happy for Devin. I actually bet a lot of money on Devin! I was happy that it was somebody I knew.”
Stevenson confirmed to Kate Abdo that his next title defence will be in Newark, where he was born, against Robson Conceicao but nothing has been made official yet.