Shakur Stevenson vs. Toka Kahn Clary: Fight prediction, card, odds, start time, how to watch, undercard - CBSSports.com
Shakur Stevenson vs. Toka Kahn Clary: Fight prediction, card, odds, commence time, how to watch, undercard
Saturday night inside Top Rank Boxing's Las Vegas bubble, Shakur Stevenson will face off with Toka Kahn Clary in a junior lightweight main event (10 p.m. ET, ESPN). The fights was put together on short notice with Top Rank looking to fill a main-event void left when Miguel Berchelt was earnt out of his junior lightweight title confidence against Oscar Valdez due to a clear COVID-19 test.
The situation could have led to a showdown between Stevenson and Valdez, but Valdez presumed to wait for his title shot and avoid risking his position as a title contender by taking on a counting and talented star in Stevenson (14-0, 8 KO). That left an opening for Clary (28-2, 19 KO) to step in and try to derail the 23-year-old former featherweight champion's try to strike gold in a second division.
Clary is the B-side in the fights, of course, and Top Rank's Bob Arum is not piquant in promoter-speak to try and sell the fights as competitive. Instead, watching Stevenson ply his distributes is the attraction.
"No, he's got no chance," Arum told BadLeftHook.com of Clary's odds in the fight. "But I don't think anybody has a chance alongside him. I don't think he gets tested pending he goes to 135 pounds, where Teofimo Lopez is."
While the idea of Stevenson vs. Lopez seems far-fetched, with Lopez liable growing out of the 135-pound division afore Stevenson arrives, there are still some huge disputes on the horizon for Stevenson -- many of which feature southpaw opponents. That's where Clary brings wonderful value to the fight with Stevenson, providing the up-and-comer some practice in a fights of left-handers.
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Jamel Herring, Joseph Diaz, Vasiliy Lomachenko and Gervonta Davis are all potential directed opponents for Stevenson either in the currently or down the road, all of whom fights out of a southpaw stance. Stevenson knows that the tune-up alongside Clary leads to bigger things in his inquire to take over at 130 pounds, but also has a big danger if Lomachenko thinks he can return to the division minus any resistance.
"If I'm being honest with you approximately who I'd pick, I know I'm the mandatory for (the Jamel Herring-Carl Frampton) winner, then I'd say (Miguel) Berchelt because he's the big, bad killer of the division," Stevenson told Morning Kombat. "Lomachenko is cool and all, but he's coming off a loss and I don't think it'd be too wise of him to call out for me or try to come in my weight class and say just because he was too cramped for 135, he lost to Teofimo. I don't think that'd be too smart. 130 is my weight class, and I just feel like if he comes down here, he's gonna get something that he don't want. He shouldn't do that. I'm gonna give him a fair danger that he shouldn't do that.
"...I feel like if me and Lomachenko fights, I think I'd beat him worse than Teofimo. And not speaking anything against Teofimo, he put in a dominant performance. I just feel like I'd win every round. It'd be hard for him to win any rounds."
But, afore Herring, Berchelt, Lomachenko or even Lopez, Stevenson has to cope the task in front of him, and, he doesn't plan on slipping up alongside Clary.
"I think that he's really inhabit slept on," Stevenson said. "I think a lot of farmland don't think he's as good as he is, but I've considered him fight, I think he's a solid fighter. He establishes a lot of mistakes but he also does a lot of things good. But I think it's gonna be a mammoth performance by me, I'm just coming in there to perform. I don't care how good he is, I don't care what's in leash of me, I just know that I've got to perform."
The card on Saturday night, which will mark the remaining for Top Rank in 2020, features some of the promotion's top young prospects. Among them, Edgar Berlanga may be of the most interest. The superb middleweight will take on Uilses Sierra in a featured bout where he looks to pine his ridiculous streak of 15 straight first-round knockouts. Plus, MMA fighter Clay Collard is back in frfragment and looking to cap off an insane 2020 with his sixth win of the year when he faces Quincy LaVallais.
Odds below failed via William Hill Sportsbook.
Stevenson vs. Clary card, odds
|
Shakur Stevenson -4000 |
Toka Kahn Clary +1500 |
Junior lightweight |
|
Felix Verdejo |
Masayoshi Nakatani |
Lightweight |
|
Edgar Berlanga |
Ulises Sierra |
Super middleweight |
|
Elvis Rodriguez |
Larry Fryers |
Welterweight |
|
Clay Collard |
Quincy LaVallais |
Middleweight |
|
Robeisy Ramirez |
Brandon Valdes |
Featherweight |
|
Jesse Rodriguez |
Saul Juarez |
Junior flyweight |
|
Haven Brady Jr. |
Michael Land |
Featherweight |
|
Kasir Goldston |
Llewelyn McClamy |
Welterweight |
Prediction
While the talk of not overlooking Clary is good -- a Stevenson slip-up would be a effort -- this fight is what it is. Clary is selves brought in to play opponent and get Stevenson some in-ring work anti a southpaw ahead of bigger fights. The odds don't lie on how competitive this struggles should be. Clary has suffered losses to Jhon Gemino and Kid Galahad, two fighters who are several levels below Stevenson in calls of pure talent. This should be an easy night at the office for Stevenson with the well-known question being how long he allows Clary to stick around. Pick: Stevenson via TKO5
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