On February 22, 2025, Shakur Stevenson (22-0, 10 KOs), the lightweight WBC champion, defends his title against British challenger, Josh Padley (15-0, 4 KOs).
Shakur Stevenson is coming in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Artem Harutyunyan, 7 months and 16 days ago. Josh Padley is on a 15-fight win streak with a 26% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Mark Chamberlain, 5 months and 1 day ago.
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.