Steven Luevano retires
Former WBO Featherweight World Champion Steve Luevano has retired from Boxing according to his manager Cameron Dunkin who said the decision was made late last night. Luevano 29, finishes with a 37-2-1(15) record. He held the title from July 2007 when he claimed the belt on the road in England scoring an impressive eleventh round stoppage over local hero Nicky Cook. He went on to make 5 successful defence’s before losing his crown to JuanMa Lopez in February. Over the summer Luevano was let go from his contract with Top Rank who had promoted him for his entire career. It’s not known what Luevano intends to do next but on behalf of 15 rounds .com congratulations on a great career Steven enjoy retirement.
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California’s Steven Luevano has called it a day after losing his WBO featherweight title to hard-hitting Puerto Rican Juan Manuel Lopez earlier this year in Madison Square Garden.
The slick-boxing southpaw had won the title at London’s O2 Arena three years ago with an impressive 11-round stoppage of Dagenham’s Nicky Cook, and made an equally impressive start to his reign as he dazzled Antonio Davis and Thailand’s Terdsak Jandaeng on the way to unanimous 12-round decisions. Luevano’s jab was a thing of beauty, and he was quick.
However, Luevano’s boxing skills were unappreciated in the States and he decided to fight it out with challengers Mario Santiago and Billy Dib in an effort to gain popularity and struggled both times, although he held on to his title.
Luevano went back to his boxing against muscled Filipino Bernabe Concepcion and frustrated Concepcion to the point that he cracked after the bell to end the seventh round, dropping Luevano with a real cheap shot. Remarkably, trainer Freddie Roach protested his man’s inevitable disqualification.
There was a sense that Luevano was chinny going into his sixth and final defence against the unbeaten Lopez, and he was outgunned by his fellow southpaw and floored and stopped in the seventh round, although Luevano gave it a great try and lost for only the second time in 40 fights. It was the first time he was stopped.
Luevano made it to the very top of the mountain and stayed aloft for a while. At 29, Steven has time to find another career.
The slick-boxing southpaw had won the title at London’s O2 Arena three years ago with an impressive 11-round stoppage of Dagenham’s Nicky Cook, and made an equally impressive start to his reign as he dazzled Antonio Davis and Thailand’s Terdsak Jandaeng on the way to unanimous 12-round decisions. Luevano’s jab was a thing of beauty, and he was quick.
However, Luevano’s boxing skills were unappreciated in the States and he decided to fight it out with challengers Mario Santiago and Billy Dib in an effort to gain popularity and struggled both times, although he held on to his title.
Luevano went back to his boxing against muscled Filipino Bernabe Concepcion and frustrated Concepcion to the point that he cracked after the bell to end the seventh round, dropping Luevano with a real cheap shot. Remarkably, trainer Freddie Roach protested his man’s inevitable disqualification.
There was a sense that Luevano was chinny going into his sixth and final defence against the unbeaten Lopez, and he was outgunned by his fellow southpaw and floored and stopped in the seventh round, although Luevano gave it a great try and lost for only the second time in 40 fights. It was the first time he was stopped.
Luevano made it to the very top of the mountain and stayed aloft for a while. At 29, Steven has time to find another career.
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Luevano will be back I'd say. He may not be a big name in boxing but he is still a top ten Featherweight in what is a very strong division. A move up to 130 may be a good move for him if he does decide to come out of retirement.
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really enjoyed watching luevano shame hes retired, hopefully he makes a comeback, hes not gonna beat the likes of gamboa,lopez or cabbelero but would be a hard match for most feathers and super feathers