Shakur Stevenson vs Shuichiro Yoshino battled it out in the main event live on ESPN+ from Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, April 8. The contest featured hometown favorite and former two-division world champion up against contender from Kanuma, Japan. The pair squared off in the WBC lightweight title eliminator.
The scheduled for 12 rounds bout ended half way through. The referee stepped in to call it a day at 1 minute and 35 seconds into the fifth round.
On the way to victory by TKO, Shakur Stevenson dominated and twice sent his opponent to the canvas. He remained undefeated and improved his record to 20-0, 10 KOs.
Shuichiro Yoshino dropped to 16-1, 12 KOs and suffered his first career defeat.
Check out Shakur Stevenson vs Shuichiro Yoshino full fight video highlights below.
Stevenson vs Yoshino full fight video highlights
Local favorite.
The king is home ?@ShakurStevenson | LIVE on @ESPN pic.twitter.com/X1xM75VZHm
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 9, 2023
Stevenson drops Yoshino.
Shakur just SAT HIM DOWN ? pic.twitter.com/KkY8QLwlqc
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 9, 2023
Blood in the water ? @ShakurStevenson is in attack mode… #ShakurYoshino pic.twitter.com/J8xhJSrulQ
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 9, 2023
Domination.
There are LEVELS to this.
And @ShakurStevenson is showing it tonight ? pic.twitter.com/XsQBkpNHWe
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 9, 2023
Referee stops the fight.
BRING ON THE CHAMP ?@ShakurStevenson is ready to hunt for more belts. #ShakurYoshino pic.twitter.com/kdWqxNjtn9
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 9, 2023
Post-fight.
Some bad dudes. @ShakurStevenson | @TeamBigBabyy pic.twitter.com/SRp9NQcfVV
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) April 9, 2023
In Australia, the event aired live on Sunday, April 9.
Get Stevenson vs Yoshino full fight card results.
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