On October 23, 2021, Jamel Herring (23-2, 11 KOs), the super-featherweight WBO champion, defends his title against the reigning WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson (16-0, 8 KOs).
Jamel Herring is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round TKO victory over Carl Frampton, 6 months and 20 days ago. Shakur Stevenson is on a 16-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Jeremiah Nakathila, 4 months and 11 days ago.
The winning odds are at 81.7-18.3 in favor of Shakur Stevenson. Jamel Herring is going to look good in the fight but he won't be able to do enough to win. Stevenson should win this fight.
Shakur Stevenson stopped the champion via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO super-featherweight champion. Stevenson improves his record to 17-0 (9 KOs), while Herring adds a loss to his record at 23-3.