In a non-title super featherweight fight WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson (14-0, 8 KOs) scored TKO victory in the sixth round over Felix Caraballo (13-2-2, 9 KOs). The final point in this one-sided affaire was put by Stevenson's punch to the body, which sent Caraballo to the floor and convinced referee Tony Wicks to stop the fight.
WBO featherweight champion and silver medalist of the 2016 Olympic Games in the US team Shakur Stevenson (14-0, 8 KOs) stopped Felix Caraballo (13-2-2, 9 KOs) in the sixth round in the main non-title fight of the evening on Tuesday night within The Bubble at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas. Stevenson scored knockdowns in the first and sixth rounds with his body punches. The time was 1:31 of the sixth.
Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) will fight without his head coach Kay Korom during a Top Rank boxing event on Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Koroma was expelled from the team because in recent days he had contacts with Mikaela Mayer, whose test for coronavirus was positive.
The live broadcast of the boxing event, which will take place on June 9 at the MGM Conference Center in Las Vegas, and in the main event of which undefeated WBO featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KO) of US will face Puerto Rican Felix Caraballo (13-1-2, 9 KO). This will be a 10-round non-title fight and the title of Stevenson will not be at stake.
Felix Caraballo (13-1-2, 9 KOs) will be the next opponent of Shakur Stevenson (13-0, 7 KOs) during a Top Rank boxing event on June 9 in Las Vegas. WBO Featherweight Champion title held by Stevenson will not be at stake in this bout.