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Miriam Onyango

Shakur Stevenson Aims To Become Three-Weight World Champion In WBC Lightweight Title Clash

Shakur Stevenson is declared the winner by TKO after the fight is stopped at 1:35 in the sixth round against Shuichiro Yoshino. On Thursday, Nov. 16, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Shakur Stevenson will challenge Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight title. ELSA/GETTY IMAGES.

On Thursday, Nov. 16, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Shakur Stevenson will challenge Dominican puncher Edwin De Los Santos for the vacant WBC lightweight title in an attempt to become a three-weight world champion.

As a pressure fighter, Edwin De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KOs), 24, would want to take Shakur out right away. Shakur needs to use his aggressiveness to his advantage by forcing him to miss and then expertly counterattack him.

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