Coming up Saturday night July 6th, 2024 in Newark, NJ, newly crowned WBC lightweight champ Shakur Stevenson is ready to make his first title defense in the Top Rank Boxing/ESPN main event.

However, before things get rolling Saturday night with one of the premier smaller weight U.S. boxing champs, our Dan Rafael had a one on one conversation with Shakur on a couple of compelling subjects.

One, is this going to be his last fight with Top Rank Boxing, as their deal is expiring after this bout? And, related, two- what does this mean for Shakur's next couple of fights and hopes to either unifiy at 135 lb. or get a more prominent opponent of some kind on a PPV, etc? Plus, they discuss how important Shakur feels about fighting in front of his home fans in Newark, again, againstt Artem Harutyunyan.

Hear Shakur with Dan in this exclusive conversation before fight week begins here as part of the "Fight Freaks Unite Podcast" and make suret to follow/subscribe to the Big Fight Weekend podcast feed. And, make sure to follow/subscribe on Apple/Spreaker/Spotify, etc.