Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-01-18, pretty good fight between Shakur Stevenson and Jessie Cris Rosales: it gets three stars.The undefeated Olympian Shakur Stevenson entered this fight with a perfect record of 9-0-0 (5 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.40 super featherweight in the world. He fought five times last year beating Aelio Mesquita, Carlos Ruiz and Viorel Simion in his last three (Shakur Stevenson vs Viorel Simion).
His opponent, Jessie Cris Rosales, has an official boxing record of 22-1-1 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.65 featherweight. He lost to Jhonny Gonzalez in 2017 (Jhonny Gonzalez vs Jessie Cris Rosales) but he came back to win with Ibrahim Balla in 2018. Stevenson vs Rosales is on the undercard of Bryant Jennings vs Oscar Rivas. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-01-18
Where: Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York, USA
Division: featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg)
Stevenson’s previous fight: Shakur Stevenson vs Viorel Simion
Stevenson’s next fight: Shakur Stevenson vs Christopher Diaz
Stevenson vs Rosales fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfL_CXA6h9I
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x70wukw
Official video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJebd6cK_4
Official highlights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np2cFhUxp-M
Great looking left from Stevenson.
Sure was, Philip! He gets more exciting every time.
Guts, too. The ESPN commentators said he wants to fight Warrington. I hope we see that one soon.