Alright, let’s talk about this Shakur Stevenson fella, you know, the boxer kid. Folks keep askin’ about his daddy and all, so I figured I’d spill what I know, the way I know how.
Shakur Stevenson, that boxing boy, he’s somethin’ else, ain’t he? Knockin’ folks out, winnin’ all them belts. But where’d he come from? Who made him the tough cookie he is? Well, his mama, Malikah Stevenson, she’s a big part of it. Raised him and eight other young’uns, can you believe it? Nine kids! That’s a whole heap of mouths to feed and britches to mend. Lord have mercy.
Now, his daddy, his real daddy, well, he wasn’t around much. Don’t know the whole story, mind you, and it ain’t my place to gossip. But from what I hear, it was mostly his mama and his step-daddy, Shahid Guyton, who brought him up. And his grandpa too, Wali Moses, he showed Shakur the ropes, the boxing ropes that is. Got him started young, they say. Taught him how to punch and jab and all that fighting stuff.
- Mama strong as an ox, raised them kids right.
- Step-daddy stepped up, helped raise Shakur to be a man.
- Grandpa showed him how to fight, gave him the boxing bug.
It ain’t easy, you know, raisin’ a champion. Takes a village, they say. And it seems like Shakur had a good village around him, even if his real daddy wasn’t there. Hard work and dedication, that’s what they taught him. And love, I reckon. You gotta have love to raise a kid right, even if you ain’t got much else.
This Shakur kid, he’s undefeated, they say. That means he ain’t lost a fight yet. Imagine that! All them punches he’s thrown, all them fights he’s won. He’s gotta be tough as nails, and quick as a hiccup. They talk about him bein’ one of the best, the “Fabulous Four” they call ’em. Well, I don’t know much about that, but if he keeps winnin’, I guess they must be right.
He started boxin’ as a young’un, had a whole bunch of amateur fights, over a hundred and forty, they say. Lost a few, but mostly won. That’s how you learn, ain’t it? You get knocked down, you get back up. And seems like Shakur, he always got back up, stronger and meaner.
And the money? Oh, they say he’s makin’ a whole heap of money now. Millions! Can you imagine? A kid from Newark, with nine brothers and sisters, makin’ millions of dollars. That’s the American dream, ain’t it? Work hard, fight hard, and you can make somethin’ of yourself, even if you start with nothin’. But don’t get me wrong, it takes more than just punchin’ folks! It takes that grit and the good people around him.
They say his mama, she was there for him, always. And his step-daddy, he helped too. And his grandpa, he showed him how to box. So even without his real daddy around, Shakur had a family, a strong family who believed in him. And that, I reckon, is worth more than all the money in the world.
So next time you see Shakur Stevenson on the TV, knockin’ some fella out, remember where he came from. Remember his mama, his step-daddy, and his grandpa. They’re the ones who made him who he is. They’re the real champions, if you ask me. They give him that mindset, that toughness he needs in the ring. It weren’t easy growing up with so many siblings and not having his own dad around, but he made it. And that’s something to be proud of.
And as for that real daddy? Well, who knows. Maybe he regrets not bein’ there. Maybe he’s proud of his son. Maybe he’s somewhere watchin’ him fight on TV. But one thing’s for sure, Shakur Stevenson, he made it on his own, with the help of the folks who loved him. And that’s all that matters, ain’t it?
So that’s the story, as best as I can tell it. Shakur Stevenson, a tough boxer, raised by a strong mama, a good step-daddy, and a wise grandpa. A real American success story, if you ask me. And that’s all there is to it.
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