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.
This should be a confident win for Shakur Stevenson at 99-1 winning odds. Jamel Herring really doesn't have much to present against Stevenson.
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.