WBC/WBO junior lightweight world champion Shakur Stevenson and challenger Robson Conceição squared off Wednesday in the final press conference for Friday’s showdown at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. During the event, the city of Newark presented Stevenson with a proclamation declaring September 21, 2022 as Shakur Stevenson Day in the city.
Robson Conceição: “I am very motivated. I’ve trained my whole life for this moment. The world could see that I was better than Oscar Valdez. I should have won. So he’s not actually defending two titles because one should have been mine. I am an uncrowned champion and I am ready for Friday night… there will only be one champion, and that champion is me.”
Shakur Stevenson: “He’s a good fighter. But I think he lost against Valdez. If you left it in the hands of the judges, you lost. I fought Valdez and gave him a beating. I have no excuses. He’s talking about having COVID or something before his last fight. All he hears are excuses. I am ready to fight. Tell him to have no excuses on Friday night. I’m ready to beat the crap out of him… he never left it up to the judges. I go there and take whatever I want.”
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