Shakur Stevenson wants huge UK fight with Conor Benn after William Zepeda bout and LEAKS DMs with Brit rival

The Sun

09-07-2025

SHAKUR STEVENSON is ready to come to the UK to settle his feud with Conor Benn - after verbal attacks broke out between the pair.
Benn has waged war on America's top stars from Gervonta Davis, Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia.
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But WBC lightweight champion and three-division king Stevenson is another to have traded jabs with Benn - both online and in private.
Now the undefeated 27-year-old is plotting his very first fight in Britain after growing tired of Benn's social media swipes.
Stevenson revealed his desire to fight in the UK and told SunSport: "I'd do a big fight there and we'll have a f***ing blast. I would love it.
'I think that'd be big. Fill out a big ass arena and Conor Benn likes to talk s***, he'd be trolling me every single day now.
'He DM'd me and he also just comments on every picture talking s*** about me. So tell him, get ready. I'm gonna f*** him up.'
Benn is a welterweight by trade but moved up to middleweight for his second generation grudge bout against Chris Eubank Jr in April.
Initially, they were due to meet in a 157lb catchweight clash in 2022 but Benn tested positive for clomiphene - known to boost testostrone.
He was provisionally suspended and took his career to America for two wins at 150lb while fighting his case with UK Anti-doping.
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Eventually, his case was dropped and Benn returned to home soil to fight Eubank Jr losing a thriller at Tottenham's stadium.
Afterwards, Stevenson opened the door to fighting Benn at 154lb but he has already KO'd that idea.
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He said: 'I'm taking that back! I will not fight Conor Benn at 54. Me and Conor Benn, we can fight at 47.
'And that's another thing too I'm gonna put out there, I'm not a 47 pounder. I'm not fighting at 47 for just anybody.
'Only reason why I was saying with Conor Benn is because he's smaller. Like I've seen him in person. He's literally like, I wanna say he's shorter than me.
'So that's kind of cool but like far as like 47, I'm so f***ing small for even 135. I will go up but it'd be specific people at 47.'
Benn, 28, rematches Eubank Jr, 35, back in London on September 20.
Meanwhile Stevenson defends his title against Mexican William Zepeda, 29, on Saturday in New York in what he expects to be his coming out party.
He said: "I think it is just because of the style, you got a guy that's coming in there, he's coming to bring the fight to me.
'And you back somebody up like me against the wall, you won't like what's coming back, so it's gonna be tremendous."