Brian Mazique has covered combat sports and video games since 2011. In addition to Forbes, Mazique has written for Bleacher Report and Ring Magazine and creates content for multiple YouTube channels–including the self-titled Brian Mazique channel focusing on boxing.
WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson is out of his October 12 fight with Joe Cordina. Stevenson had surgery on his right hand and will not be available to compete again until 2025.to announce his surgery, recovery, and removal from the fight with Cordina. Boxing Scene captured the image in the X post below, and here is the caption from Stevenson’s IG post: “God works in mysterious ways. Thru the ups and downs I’m steady hungry and motivated more then ever. 2025 gone be my best year yet.
"Yeah, unfortunately, Shakur hurt his hand last night in camp and went to get it scanned," Hearn said."He tore a tendon and had to have immediate surgery. I just spoke to him; he just finished surgery and is looking to be ready for early 2025. It's very disappointing, you know, for Shakur and Joe, but there's nothing he can do about it. He had to get that operation done.
Stevenson will have options in early 2025. It would behoove Cordina, who is coming off a TKO loss in his last fight, to wait for Stevenson to get healthy. Cordina is unlikely to find a payday anywhere close to what he was set to receive against Stevenson. If the fight can be made in January or February, it will have a chance to be a part of a massive show–perhaps on the undercard of the winner of Daniel Dubois-Anthony Joshua vs. the winner of Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk.
Here is what’s left of the October 12 card, which still has its main event, with the undisputed light heavyweight championship on the line between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.Beterbiev-Bivol is a great fight, but without Stevenson, the card lacks an American star to make it more attractive globally. We will see if Turki Alalshikh and others move to add another fight to replace Stevenson-Cordina.Our community is about connecting people through open and thoughtful conversations.
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