Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley takes place this weekend at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Padley is stepping in on short notice to fight Stevenson

Josh Padley, who before this week was largely unknown outside of British boxing circles, has said he can "definitely" beat lightweight world champion Shakur Stevenson on Saturday.

Almost 32 years have passed since the day that Tim Tomashek, a part-time heavyweight journeyman who worked at a department store chain’s distribution center, was pulled out of the crowd, ushered backstage and emerged a couple hours later to fight Tommy Morrison for a heavyweight belt,

In a major turn of events, Shakur Stevenson is set to take on Josh Padley on February 22. Stevenson was originally set to take on Floyd Schofield before he was

The ringwalks for Shakur Stevenson vs. Josh Padley will take place at 11:35pm local time at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. That means they will take place at 8:35pm in the United Kingdom, 3:35pm on the east coast of the United States and 12:35pm on the west coast.

Shakur Stevenson appears to have changed his prediction for the upcoming rematch between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol.

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Shakur Stevenson vs Josh Padley fight preview, including start time, date, fight card, keys to victor and analysis, how to watch and live stream.

Shakur Stevenson is hoping to put in a statement performance on his Riyadh Season debut as late replacement Josh Padley challenges for the WBC lightweight title.