“Benavidez is everything he say he is, much respect to him and his craft. I would love to see Bivol get back healthy 100 percent and make that fight.”
One fan quickly brought up an older post from Shakur, pulling it back into the conversation:
“I said I will just on my time and not on nobody else time! Tell David I will go up when he go up to his 4th weight class to fight Usyk?”
The “on my time” comment feels weak to fans because it sounds like a double standard. Shakur wants the credit of being a “big dog” who fights anyone, but the contract demands suggest he only wants those fights if the other guy is physically compromised.
Benavidez just proved you can move up and dominate without a security blanket in the contract. By asking for catchweights and rehydration limits against Ryan, Haney, and Benn, Shakur is making it easy for people to say he’s more interested in protecting his “0” than in testing his greatness.
‘The Mexican Monster’ Benavidez is out here jumping divisions and chasing whoever holds belts. He doesn’t wait around for perfect timing. That’s why people call him a warrior.
Shakur isn’t built that way. He fights with precision and picks his moments carefully. Even here, he gave Benavidez respect and then pointed toward Dmitry Bivol as a fight he’d rather see next.
Stevenson is a four-division champion, which is an incredible feat on paper. However, the perception is that those titles were won through meticulous planning and favorable terms. When he tells fans “on my time,” it sounds to many like he’s saying “on my terms,” which includes rehydration clauses or catchweights that mitigate the risk.
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