The Ring Awards 2021 – Performance of the Year: Shakur Stevenson TKO 10 Jamel Herring

[Ruthless-RKO]

The Ring Awards 2021 – Performance of the Year: Shakur Stevenson TKO 10 Jamel Herring

Although just 24 years old, Shakur Stevenson looked like a grown-ass man against Jamel Herring during their junior lightweight title fight on October 23 in Atlanta. Stevenson (17-0, 9 knockouts) pitched a virtual shutout through nine rounds, busting up the former Marine’s face, before referee Mark Nelson stopped the bloodbath in the 10th.

“I want to be a superstar in the sport,” Stevenson said moments after the bout. “I’m here to last. I take my craft very seriously. I’m disciplined.”

It wasn’t just that he beat Herring; it was how he beat Herring. Coming in, Stevenson had been criticized by some fans as a fighter who played it too safe, preferring to stay on his back foot and land pitty-pat pot shots that had little effect on his opponents. At the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, however, it was the complete opposite. He pushed Herring back from the opening bell, even manhandling him at times. His hand speed advantage was apparent throughout. CompuBox credited Stevenson with landing 164 of 530 total punches (31 percent), nearly doubling Herring’s output with a higher connect rate.

Shakur had made his point.

His virtuoso performance against Herring, who had won seven straight fights coming in, launched Stevenson into a new stratosphere. Now a two-division titleholder, Shakur is currently rated No. 1 at 130 pounds by The Ring and in great position for big things going forward. His goal is to unify his WBO belt with another junior lightweight title next year… (The full story, written by Michael Montero, will appear in the March 2022 issue of The Ring.)

Runners Up

Brandon Figueroa KO 7 Luis Nery

Terence Crawford TKO 10 Shawn Porter

Nonito Donaire KO 4 Nordine Ouballi

Vasiliy Lomachenko UD 12 Richard Commey

[margaret thatcher]

umm....oscar valdez icing berchelt?

kambo?

[Ruthless-RKO]

umm....oscar valdez icing berchelt?

kambo?

yeh, not even runner-ups.

Can't exactly have 50 runner ups thought can we.

[margaret thatcher]

valdez icing berchelt should easily be up there, berchelt was ranked higher than herring in the same division and valdez ktfo him in spectacular style after dominating

should at least get a mention if shak wins the award

[DrDuke]

Nonsense. An expected performance against a solid underdog. Kambosos or Valdez gotta be there indeed.

[margaret thatcher]

usyk was good vs aj too

[Ruthless-RKO]

Yh let’s not forget

It’s performance of the year not fight.

[margaret thatcher]

come on, who really rates loma's performance vs commey over usyk's vs aj

[Boxing Prospect]

Surely this was written by someone who simply didn't watch Usyk travel to the UK and school Joshua?

[ironbeard]

Surely this was written by someone who simply didn't watch Usyk travel to the UK and school Joshua?

+1

[margaret thatcher]

it was done by michael montero, i dont really understand some of the exclusions

[giacomino]

Valdez dominating Berchelt, who has been an absolute monster at 130, was the best performance I saw all year, and yes I saw Usyk v Joshua. Valdez v Berchelt > Stevenson v Herring, which was expected, by a mile

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

He did what we all predicted. Horrible pick

[Ruthless-RKO]

Valdez dominating Berchelt, who has been an absolute monster at 130, was the best performance I saw all year, and yes I saw Usyk v Joshua. Valdez v Berchelt > Stevenson v Herring, which was expected, by a mile

I think the peds bust afterwards tainted the Berchelt win.

[JxhDel.]

Usyk vs. AJ for me, however, Shakur did a terrific job on Jamel.

[DrDuke]

Valdez dominating Berchelt, who has been an absolute monster at 130, was the best performance I saw all year, and yes I saw Usyk v Joshua. Valdez v Berchelt > Stevenson v Herring, which was expected, by a mile

I think the peds bust afterwards tainted the Berchelt win.

Or the decision in his next bout.

[Fightnight Scores]

Must have been the shock factor that Shakur got a stoppage

[Fightnight Scores]

Been seeing loads of these Awards from various media publications and podcasts etc so decided to collate them all into 1 place, for any folks who care

[Ruthless-RKO]

Been seeing loads of these Awards from various media publications and podcasts etc so decided to collate them all into 1 place, for any folks who care

Cheers love

[Fightnight Scores]

Cheers love

Didn't realise it would auto embed like that. Pretty handy!