When is Warrington vs Stevenson?
Josh Warrington could face the challenge of Shakur Stevenson in Autumn/Fall 2023 in the United States.
The fight would be contested over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which means the weight limit would be 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).
Warrington vs Stevenson stats
Josh Warrington would step into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 2 loses and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Shakur Stevenson would make his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 20 wins and 0 draws, with 10 of those by knock out.
The stats suggest Stevenson would have a large advantage in power over Warrington, boosting at 50% knock out percentage over Warrington's 26%.
Josh Warrington is the older man by 6 years, at 32 years old.
Stevenson has 1-inch reach advantage.
Josh Warrington fights out of the orthodox stance, while Shakur Stevenson is a southpaw.
Warrington is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 14 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 5 months earlier than Stevenson, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He has fought 128 more professional rounds, 261 to Stevenson's 133.
Josh Warrington goes into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBA and 8 by the RING at featherweight.
Warrington vs Stevenson form
Josh Warrington has stopped 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight, he lost to Luis Alberto Lopez on 10th December 2022 by majority decision in their IBF World Featherweight championship fight at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had beat Kiko Martinez on 26th March 2022 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Featherweight championship fight at First Direct Arena, Leeds.
Going into that contest, he had drawn with Mauricio Lara on 4th September 2021 by technical draw in their 1 round contest at Emerald Headingley Stadium, Leeds.
Before that, he had been beaten by Mauricio Lara on 13th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.
He had won against Sofiane Takoucht on 12th October 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their IBF World Featherweight championship fight at First Direct Arena, Leeds.
Stevenson remains undefeated as a professional, stopping 2 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight, he beat Shuichiro Yoshino on 8th April 2023 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Lightweight eliminator fight at Prudential Center, Newark, United States.
Previous to that, he had beat Robson Conceicao on 23rd September 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Featherweight and WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Prudential Center, Newark.
Going into that contest, he had defeated Oscar Valdez on 30th April 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.
Before that, he had won against Jamel Herring on 23rd October 2021 by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBO World Junior Lightweight championship fight at State Farm Arena, Georgia.
He had defeated Jeremia Nakathila on 12th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBO Interim World Junior Lightweight championship fight at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas.
Activity check
In terms of recent activity, Shakur Stevenson has been fighting more than Josh Warrington.
Josh Warrington last fought 7 months and 22 days ago, while Shakur Stevenson's last outing was 3 months and 24 days ago.
Warrington's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 20 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 9 months and 4 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 6.2 rounds on average.
Stevenson's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 20 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 52 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 10.4 rounds on average.
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