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Promoter Eddie Hearn congratulates himself for locating fringe contender Josh Padley because the alternative opponent for WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson to defend towards this Saturday evening on the DAZN PPV card on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hearn’s “Great Save” (lol)
Hearn calls his choice of Padley (15-0, 4 KOs) certainly one of “The great saves” as a result of it retains Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) on Saturday’s card. Apparently, British followers love this alternative, which reveals how totally different their tastes are from People’. I’ve a bit of Irish blood in me, and I hate the selection. The essential downside is Padley’s profession resume is horrible, crammed with ham & eggers from prime to backside. It’s shockingly unhealthy.
This man is definitely the worst attainable opponent that might be picked from the highest 15, and Hearn is padding himself on the again for locating him.
U.S. followers on social media don’t have the identical enthusiasm as Hearn, viewing the 29-year-old Padley as a horrible alternative for Shakur and unworthy of getting used at the same time as an opponent for one of many upper-level contenders. You’ll be able to’t match Padley towards any of the highest 5 contenders and count on him to see the ultimate bell.
Padley’s Resume: Empty
– Mark Chamberlain (16-0)– Conner Lee Doherty (5-2)– Lydon Chircop (6-0)– Clayton Bricknell (4-8-1)– Victor Julio (16-7)– Jimmy First (14-0)– Mark Butler (2-3)
“This is one of the great saves because 99% of the time, with a normal team, ‘You’re going home. You’re not fighting,’ and all the hard work has been wasted, and I was not going to let Shakur Stevenson down,” mentioned Eddie Hearn to Matchroom Boxing, padding himself on the again for choosing fringe contender Josh Padley because the alternative opponent for WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson to struggle this Saturday evening in Riyadh.
“We got him back, and we delivered massively. I’m pleased that Josh [Padley] gets that massive life-changing opportunity. I’m really pleased seeing a pound-for-pound great, Shakur Stevenson, still fighting on Saturday. Shakur never believed the fight would take place. All I know is the kid [Schofield] was in the hospital yesterday, and the [British Boxing] Board [of Control] pulled him out. Are they going to let a kid in the hospital fight? Not a chance. No commission in the world.”
Constructing His “Legacy”
I don’t know the way Hearn might have this sort of enthusiasm for such a poor alternative of opponent for Shakur. After all, if the concept is to make Shakur appear to be a priceless emerald gem to enhance his possibilities of getting the Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis struggle, Padley is 100% the way in which to go. Feed Shakur a stiff, make him look good, after which name out Tank Davis afterward. It’s all so predictable.
I don’t know why Turki Alalshikh agreed to this. He ought to have insisted that Shakur struggle an A-level contender to remain on Saturday’s card. Stevenson-Padley isn’t even sporting. That is the kind of opponent that Shakur would have confronted in his first professional struggle, however not with him campaigning for the Tank Davis payday.
“Shakur is a top five pound-for-pound. He’s fighting a guy [Josh Padley] that is British European level, but at least you’ve got a Brit that is coming in and will give it 110% and go for it every single round,” mentioned Hearn.
