People do not realize how freakishly hard Shakur Stevenson trains but this from Hearn gives a small insight into his mindset.
Going without rest, breaks and sleep is part of any high level world championship professional boxer’s life at times, they will tell you.
When to fight, when to train and when to rest being key and Hearn spoke to IFL on what he saw from Stevenson in the gym this week:
“What I love about being in environments like that is seeing the love for the sport. Last night, Terence was watching Shakur Stevenson spar. Shakur did 14 four-minute rounds with 30-second breaks. Terence and Floyd watched the entire session, then went to another ring to watch Ray Ford spar.
Floyd loves boxing. Terence loves boxing. He’s passionate about the sport, loves watching young fighters, giving advice, and seeing people from his community come through. It was pretty cool.”
14 minute rounds with 30 second breaks with little rest is no joke, that is hard times for whoever was on the receiving end of the sparring from Stevenson.
Stevenson had a badly bust hand last year, so bad it put him in a hospital bed at one point, this year will be big, most likely, from him.
He fights next month in one of the best cards ever seen in boxing history on February 22nd.
