Stevenson Leaves Zuffa Boxing Without a Fight; Hearn Expresses Glee

Shakur Stevenson announced he was leaving Zuffa Boxing without having fought for the promotion. Eddie Hearn expressed glee over Stevenson’s departure from Zuffa Boxing.

Hearn told IFL TV that non-boxing people do not know what they are doing and advised not to put one’s career in their hands. Speaking about Zuffa’s handling of Shakur Stevenson, Hearn said: “This is fucking easy work, baby. What is going on? They don’t know what they are doing.”

Eddie Hearn told IFL TV that he initially thought Shakur Stevenson’s departure from Zuffa was a stunt. He said the situation was so embarrassing for Zuffa that he believed it could not be real. “Until Shakur’s team called me and messaged me last night, I thought it was just a kind of stunt for an announcement because it was so bad, so embarrassing, so humiliating for Zuffa that I thought it couldn’t be real,” Hearn said.

Hearn criticized Zuffa for signing a fighter and never giving him a fight. He called it a great body of work in a sarcastic manner.

Hearn claimed that in the history of boxing, a pound-for-pound great has never left a promoter before even fighting.

Stevenson is the current WBO junior welterweight champion with a record of 25-0 and 11 KOs. He has not fought since signing with Dana White’s promotional outfit after beating Teofimo Lopez in January. Upon announcing his decision to leave Zuffa, Stevenson stated he was not mad at anyone and understood it was the business of boxing.

Stevenson plans to launch his own promotional company. He plans to extend an open invitation for other promoters to work alongside him.

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