UFC CEO Dana White has officially signed undefeated champion Shakur Stevenson to Zuffa Boxing, marking a major expansion for the promotion. Stevenson secured terms that allow him to continue pursuing marquee matchups against top-tier opponents across the sport.
adding the blockbuster stars Dana White promised would come. Zuffa Boxing's biggest move to date is now official, with White officially announcing the signing of WBO and"I want to make the biggest and best fights happen and I want to show the world that I am the best in the world," White told Sports Center before going on to make the announcement.
"We have signed Shakur Stevenson to a multi-year, multi-fight deal with Zuffa Boxing. " "I want to make the biggest and best fights happen and I want to show the world that I am the best in the world. "The 25-0 champion is now onto his third promoter in as many years. After spending his first 22 professional fights with Bob Arum's Top Rank Boxing, Stevenson signed with Matchroom Boxing in 2024.
While his last three fights have been with Eddie Hearn, they were primarily promoted by Turki Alalshikh's Riyadh Season.in April to win world titles in a fourth division. The one-sided victory shot him up the pound-for-pound rankings, where he currently sits No. 3 in Ring Magazine and No. 5 in ESPN and BoxingScene.
Stevenson's new deal with Zuffa Boxing would seemingly take him out of the running for many of the major fights he has been pushing for, but the terms of his deal appear to contradict that notion. Recent reports suggest that White will help him pursue blockbuster fights with athletes outside of the Zuffa Boxing umbrella.
Stevenson made sure to only sign with the promotion on the condition that he would still be able to fight the biggest names in boxing, ESPN's Andreas Hale reported.
"I just spoke to @ShakurStevenson, who told me he would only sign with Zuffa Boxing if he could get the biggest and best opponents in boxing," Hale tweeted. "So that means there will be no fight with 'Rayo' Valenzuela. He shot that fight down immediately. But fights with Haney or Garcia are in play.
", who told me he would only sign with Zuffa if he could get the biggest and best opponents in boxing. So that means there will be no fight with "Rayo" Valenzuela. He shot that fight down immediately. But fights with Haney or Garcia are in play.
Hale's tweet came shortly after Devin Haney hinted at a similar potential announcement. Haney, who has also been linked to Zuffa Boxing, teased "big news coming" on X roughly an hour before White announced the Stevenson signing on SportsCenter. Whether Haney's tweet referred to Stevenson's signing or a potential fight with the pound-for-pound star remains to be seen in the coming weeks.
Jaren Kawada is a combat sports writer who specializes in betting, with over five years of experience in boxing and MMA. When he is not covering the sport, Kawada is an avid MMA, Brazilian jiu-jitsu and boxing practitioner. Kawada has previous bylines with ClutchPoints, Sportskeeda MMA, BetSided and FanSided MMA. Born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kawada has a B.A. in Sports Media from Butler University and now resides in Denver, Colorado.
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