On February 22, 2025, a 29-year-old Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight WBC title held by 27-year-old American boxer Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs).
Padley came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 26% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day. Stevenson was on a 22-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 16 days.
Shakur Stevenson stopped Josh Padley via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC lightweight title. Stevenson improves his record to 23-0 (11 KOs), while Padley adds a loss to his record at 15-1.