Newark-born pound-for-pound star Shakur Stevenson hopes to make a triumphant homecoming TONIGHT when he defends his WBC lightweight world title against Artem Harutyunyan at Prudential Center.
Stevenson (21-0, 10 KOs), a three-weight world champion, is making the first defense of the belt he won last November via unanimous decision over Edwin De Los Santos. Harutyunyan (12-1, 7 KOs) is coming off a narrow points defeat last July to Frank Martin.
O’Shaquie Foster will defend his WBC junior lightweight world title against Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição in the co-feature, and lightweight contender Keyshawn Davis will take on Mexican puncher Miguel Madueño in a 10-round special feature. In the eight-round televised opener, Cleveland-born lightweight phenom Abdullah Mason (13-0, 11 KOs) steps up against Puerto Rican veteran Luis Lebron (20-5-1, 13 KOs).
Stevenson-Harutyunyan, Foster-Conceição, Davis-Madueño, and Mason-Lebron will be broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN, Deportes, and ESPN+ at 8:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. PT.
The ESPN+-streamed undercard (6:10 p.m. ET/3:10 p.m. PT) includes top heavyweight prospect Ali Feliz (2-0, 2 KOs) in a four-rounder, junior welterweight prospect Kelvin Davis (12-0, 7 KOs) in his toughest test to date against Kevin Johnson (12-3, 8 KOs), and William Foster III (17-1, 11 KOs) taking on Eridson Garcia (18-1, 12 KOs) in a 10-round junior lightweight clash.