Stevenson vs Padley

Who won Stevenson vs Padley?

Shakur Stevenson beat Josh Padley by knockout in the 9th round on Saturday, February 22nd, 2025, at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

This contest was for the WBC lightweight championship of the world.

was making his 3rd defense of the WBC World Lightweight Championship. He won this belt against Edwin De Los Santos in November 2023.He had held this belt for 1 year, 4 months and 9 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Artur Beterbiev losing to Dmitry Bivol for the IBF World Light Heavyweight, WBA Super World Light Heavyweight, WBC World Light heavyweight and WBO World Light heavyweight championship. Also on the undercard Joseph Parker beat Martin Bakole for the WBO Interim World Heavyweight belt, Carlos Adames defeated Hamzah Sheeraz for the WBC World Middleweight title, Vergil Ortiz Jr was victorious over Israil Madrimov, Zhilei Zhang lost to Agit Kabayel for the WBC Interim World Heavyweight championship, Joshua Buatsi was overcome by Callum Smith for the WBO Interim World Light Heavyweight championship, and Ziyad Almaayouf was victorious over Jonatas Rodrigo Gomes de Oliveira.

Stevenson vs Padley stats

Shakur Stevenson stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 22 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 10 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Josh Padley made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 15 wins and 0 draws, with 4 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Stevenson had an advantage in power over Padley, with a 45% knockout percentage compared to Padley's 27%.

Shakur Stevenson was the younger man by 2 years, at 27 years old.

Shakur Stevenson fought out of the southpaw stance, while Josh Padley was an orthodox fighter.

Stevenson was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 7 more fights, and made his debut in 2017, 1 year and 11 months earlier than Padley, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 67 more professional rounds, totaling 166 compared to Padley's 99.

Josh Padley was ranked number 12 by the WBC, 7 by the WBO, and 10 by the IBF in the 135lb division.

Stevenson vs Padley form

Stevenson remained undefeated as a professional, stopping 1 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Artem Harutyunyan on July 6, 2024, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Lightweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.

Prior to that, he had won against Edwin De Los Santos on November 16, 2023, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Lightweight championship fight at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Shuichiro Yoshino on April 8, 2023, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Lightweight eliminator fight at Prudential Center, Newark.

Before that, he had defeated Robson Conceicao on September 23, 2022, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Featherweight and WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark.

He had won against Oscar Valdez on April 30, 2022, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Featherweight, WBO World Junior Lightweight and The Ring Junior Lightweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Stevenson's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 23 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 54 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.8 rounds on average.

What time did Stevenson vs Padley start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:45 PM UTC at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was 3:45 PM EST or 12:45 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 8:45 PM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Stevenson vs Padley?

Stevenson vs Padley was broadcast on DAZN PPV in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Stevenson vs Padley?

Shakur Stevenson was a 3/100 (-3300) favorite going into the contest, while Josh Padley made his way into the ring at 14/1 (+1400) with oddsmakers.