Shakur Stevenson wants to fight Conor Benn at welterweight in the UK

Shakur Stevenson happy to move up two weight classes to f*** up Conor Benn

Triple champion Shakur Stevenson (23-0, 11 KOs) is ready to come to the UK to settle his feud with Conor Benn (23-1, 14 KOs) after verbal attacks broke out between the pair of pugilists.

“I'd do a big fight there and we'll have a blast. I would love it,” the 28-year-old from Newark said. “I think that'd be big. Fill out a big ass arena and Conor Benn likes to talk s***, he'd be trolling me every single day now.

“He DM’d me, and he also just comments on every picture, talking s*** about me. So tell him, get ready. I'm gonna f*** him up.

“I'm taking that back! I will not fight Conor Benn at 54. Me and Conor Benn, I can fight at 47. And that's another thing too I'm gonna put out there, I'm not a 47 pounder. I'm not fighting at 47 for just anybody.

“The only reason why I was saying with Conor Benn is because he's smaller. Like I've seen him in person. He's literally like, I wanna say he's shorter than me. So that's kind of cool, but like far as like 47, I'm so f***ing small for even 135. I will go up, but it'd be specific people at 47.”

Olympic silver medallist Shakur has won world titles at feather and super-featherweight, and is the current WBC lightweight world champion.

Stevenson and Benn have similar records with 23 wins each and their KO column in the double digits, but the Brit has a loss on his ledger after being outpointed by his family rival Chris Eubank Jr. in April.

The Brits are due to run it back in September, back at the same venue in London's Tottenham Hotspur stadium.

The King of Newark fights this weekend, July 12, against unbeaten Mexican contender William Zepeda Segura (33-0, 27 KOs) in Queens, New York.

DID YOU KNOW? Shakur is engaged to rapper/singer Young Lyric, and they have a three-year-old daughter together.