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Shakur Stevenson says it’d be a baaad mistake for Vasyl Lomachenko to step in the boxing ring with him … telling TMZ Sports he’ll straight up whoop his ass!!
23-year-old Stevenson — one of the most talented, young boxers in the world — is fighting Toka Kahn Clary Saturday night (more on that later) … a fight Shakur says is a warm-up for Loma.
Of course, 32-year-old Loma lost to 23-year-old Teofimo Lopez — a big-time upset — in October … but is still considered one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.
Shakur only has 14 pro fights (14-0, 8 KO’s) … but believes if he ends up in the same ring as Loma, he’ll “beat him worst than what Teofimo did.”
Why’s he so confident about beating a guy who will go down as a legendary fighter??
Shakur thinks Lomachenko lacks heart.
“I don’t even think [the Lopez loss was about] power. If I’m gonna be honest with you, I ain’t think the power play a part in the fight. It had to do a lot with heart,” Stevenson says.
“If we being real, ain’t no fighter can win no fight going in for 6 rounds straight and not throwing no punches at all. I think that’s heart.”
First, Shakur has to beat Clary this weekend, which — according to Stevenson — ain’t gonna be an issue … ’cause SS told us there’s NO WAY he can lose to the dude.
“I think there’s levels to this thing. I just feel like I’m on a high level. I feel like the level that I’m on — he’s a solid opponent, like, if he was fighting anybody else, he’ll be a solid opponent, but I just feel with me, I’m like on a whole ‘nother level!”