Shakur Stevenson

CTL-E-6002 · Person · other · 1997–present

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Combined Graph record U-07232 · provenance: build store (JSON graph), record CTL-E-6002.

Shakur Stevenson (born Ash-Shakur Nafi-Shahid Stevenson on 28 June 1997 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American professional boxer whose defensive mastery has carried him to world championships in four weight divisions without a defeat. He represented the United States at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning the bantamweight silver medal, and turned professional the following year. He won his first world title, the WBO featherweight belt, against Joet Gonzalez in October 2019, took the WBO super featherweight title from Jamel Herring in 2021 and unified that division against Óscar Valdez in 2022. In November 2023 he won the vacant WBC lightweight title to become a three-division champion. On 31 January 2026 at Madison Square Garden he rose to junior welterweight and dominated Teófimo López, winning the WBO and Ring titles by unanimous decision, 119-109 on all three cards; days later the WBC stripped him of its lightweight title after he declined its sanctioning terms at 135 pounds. In July 2026 he signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Zuffa Boxing.

The record

• Also known as: Ash-Shakur Nafi-Shahid Stevenson, Sugar Shakur

Notes

Staged 2026-10-16 under CTL-GOV-006 (Census Intake Wave 4 — 747 Program, Wave 10; 40-record packet). Gate A (2026-10-16): no Shakur Stevenson entity in the live graph at 3,683 entities (exact / normalized / alias + token containment); ID CTL-E-6002 assigned at assembly. Supply: 747 Supply Ledger, Tier 3 — Famous Birthdays ABSENT census, readiness rank 1203 (Boxers list). The census supplied the NAME ONLY; no fact in this record is sourced to it (CTL-GOV-004). SCOPE GATE: PASS — African American boxer from Newark, New Jersey, documented across career coverage (ESPN biography). Vital status: LIVING — won the WBO junior welterweight title on 31 January 2026 and signed a multi-fight Zuffa Boxing deal on 9 July 2026 (ESPN; Wikipedia cross-check). STATISTICS (sourced, dated): Professional record 25 wins (11 by knockout), 0 losses as documented after the 31 January 2026 López win (ESPN biography, updated 1 February 2026); world champion in four divisions; 2016 Olympic silver medalist. MEDIA: photo HELD (candidate: Wikimedia Commons photography of Shakur Stevenson (2016 Olympics / title era); no file page read at file-page level — CTL-PHOTO-001; CTL-created graphic is the standing alternative); chart FILLED (charts/chart-ctl-e-6002-shakur-stevenson.svg); video HELD (Shorts Link Map checked — no matching CTL Short); audio HELD (no rights basis). MEDIA LAYER (staged 2026-10-16; full per-asset PHOTO-001 records + embed specs in the packet's staged JSON, Drive packet folder): map = N/A (Person records carry no map slot under the media-layer rule; maps attach to places and institutions.) | visual_assets = HELD: | chart = FILLED (CTL-created SVG (black / deep red / gold) built only from this record's sourced facts) | video = HELD (No matching-entity CTL Short in the Shorts Link Map catalog (checked by name and variants), and no official/em) | audio = HELD (No CTL-owned or rights-cleared matching-entity audio at staging; the subject's own recordings/appearances are )

Relationships

• Newark, New Jersey — from
  Shakur Stevenson is from Newark, New Jersey, whose Locality record is CTL-E-3189; ESPN's biography identifies him as 'of Newark, New Jersey.'

Referenced by

• Devin Haney — related to → this record

Sources

• ESPN, 'Shakur Stevenson: Biography, record, fights and more' (updated 1 February 2026) — of Newark, New Jersey; WBO super lightweight champion after defeating Teófimo López in 2026; record 25-0 (11 KOs); born 28 June 1997; 2016 Olympic silver medalist; former featherweight and junior lightweight champion — http://espn.ph/boxing/story/_/id/38550909/shakur-stevenson-biography-record-fights-more (primary source · build store)
• Wikipedia, 'Shakur Stevenson' — born Ash-Shakur Nafi-Shahid Stevenson, 28 June 1997, Newark; world titles in four weight classes; WBO and Ring junior welterweight titles held since January 2026; multi-fight Zuffa Boxing deal signed 9 July 2026 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakur_Stevenson (build store)
• Boxing News, 'Shakur Stevenson stripped of WBC world title days after Teofimo Lopez victory' (February 2026), quoting the WBC statement — WBC lightweight title won November 2023 vs. Edwin De Los Santos; López win 31 January 2026; WBC title removed days afterward — https://boxingnewsonline.net/news/shakur-stevenson-stripped-by-wbc/ (build store)
• DraftKings Network fight report, 'Teofimo Lopez vs. Shakur Stevenson results' (31 January 2026) — unanimous decision, 119-109 on all cards, at Madison Square Garden; Stevenson 25-0 and a four-division champion; dated 2026 vital-status evidence — https://dknetwork.draftkings.com/2026/01/31/teofimo-lopez-vs-shakur-stevenson-results-live-round-by-round-scorecards-updates-winner/ (build store)

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