Shakur Stevenson (15-0, 8 KOs) attempt to win a belt in a second division this week end against Namibia’s Jeremia Nakathila (21-1, 17 KOs). Stevenson won a silver medal at the Rio Olympics when he was 19 and turned pro the next year. He went 13-0 as a featherweight and took the vacant WBO belt in 2019. He didn’t spend any time establishing as a top fighter at the weight and immediately moved up to super feather and after a couple of wins finds himself fighting for the interim WBO title.
His opponent Nakathila spent the vast majority of his career in Namibia, only leaving for a fight in south Africa and a loss in Russia.