At noon on July 7, 2024, Beijing time, during the WBC lightweight world boxing championship defense match held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, the current WBC lightweight world boxing champion Shakur Stevenson passed by After 12 rounds of competition, he finally defeated Art Harutunyan by unanimous decision. However, although Shakur Stevenson showed superb skills in the game, he was unable to deliver a fatal blow at all. , naturally he could not knock down his opponent and end the game early as he said before the game. Such a game made the audience leave the venue early.
In the first round of the game, Art Harutunyan from Germany played more actively, while Shakur Stevenson mainly focused on testing.
In the second round of the game, although Shakur Stevenson's offensive increased, his offensive was mostly based on jabs with the front hand, and he almost never used heavy punches with the back hand.
In the third round of the game, some dissatisfied spectators began to boo. In this case, Shakur Stevenson had to cheer up and increase his attack intensity. Because his strength, technique, punching speed and movement speed are much better than Art Harutunyan, Shakur Stevenson quickly controlled the situation in the boxing ring. In the fourth round of the
game, Art Harutunyan was already in a position where he could only be beaten passively. His punches either missed or were defended by Shakur Stevenson.
In the fifth round of the game, Shakur Stevenson had completely suppressed his opponent. His jabs kept hitting Art Harutunyan, but Art Harutunyan did not seem to be affected. What a serious injury.
In the second half of the game, the contest between the two sides was one-sided. Shakur Stevenson had an offensive but could not impress his opponent, and Art Harutunyan was unable to counterattack. At this time, a scene appeared on the field, that is, Art Harutunyan was circling very nervously, while Shakur Stevenson was chasing Art Harutunyan very coolly.
In the last two rounds of the game, the audience became the protagonists. The booing at the game has not stopped since the eleventh round, and a large number of spectators kept getting up and leaving. At the end of the 12 rounds, the three judges on the scene gave scores of 119-109, 118-110, and 116-112. In the end, Shakur Stevenson defeated Al with a unanimous decision of 3-0. Te Harutunyan.
After the game, Shakur Stevenson did not enjoy the cheers he imagined. It was obvious that he successfully retained his world boxing title, but lost the recognition of many viewers.
In an interview with reporters after the game, Shakur Stevenson complained to reporters: "When your opponent does not try to counterattack during the game, it is difficult for you to prove your strength."
Shakur· Stevenson also blamed today's problems on Vasily Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis. He said that if these two boxers were not avoiding him, he would not fight with such low quality. the match of.
"I love boxing, but if they don't want to fight me, there's nothing I can do about it." Shakur Stevenson told reporters.
