Tim Bradley thinks Shakur Stevenson is playing it too safe.
Stevenson has not fought since signing with Zuffa Boxing in July. The four-division champion took the WBO super-lightweight title from Teofimo Lopez in January, but a second 2026 outing has not come together.
Bradley, the Hall of Fame former two-division champion, went at him on his YouTube channel.
You are moving scared, my boy. You are. You are moving so scared, bro, and that is not the nature of a fighter, a true freakin’ fighter.
He said an unbeaten record is not the point.
I don’t care how great you think you are, you have got to prove it. Prove your greatness and you have got to take chances.
Bradley pointed to the Devin Haney fight that never happened. Stevenson and the WBO welterweight champion had publicly agreed on a 144lb catchweight before it fell apart.
You had an opportunity to fight [Devin] Haney at 144lbs and, for whatever reason, you weren’t comfortable with that, but you said that 144lbs was it?
Then, you put more and more things on top of that after Haney said what he said. Now, you want to have a conversation to say that you want to fight Ryan Garcia? Come on, dog. Stop it.
Stevenson, 29, may be close to a date. Rumors this week linked him to a super-lightweight unification with WBA titleholder Gary Antuanne Russell for his Zuffa Boxing debut.
