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Edwin De Los Santos: "Winning This
Fight Will Change My Life Forever!"
Dominican slugger Edwin De Los Santos is ready for his first
world title opportunity.
The 24-year-old southpaw will face pound-for-pound star
Shakur Stevenson for the vacant WBC lightweight world title
on Thursday, Nov. 16 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
In the world championship co-feature, Emanuel “Vaquero”
Navarrete defends his WBO junior lightweight strap against
Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Robson Conceição.
Stevenson-De Los Santos and Navarrete-Conceição will be
broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10:30
p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT.
De Los Santos (16-1, 14 KOs) debuted in the pro ranks in
2018 and notched his first 13 victories in his home country.
In his U.S. debut, he suffered a razor-thin split decision
loss to William Foster III. He hasn’t lost a fight since. In
2022, he took two unbeaten records, knocking out Luis Acosta
with a left hand in the second round and dropping Jose
Valenzuela twice before stopping him in round three. In
July, De Los Santos dominated Joseph Adorno over 10 rounds
Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) seeks to become a three-division
world champion following a sixth-round stoppage win over
Japanese contender Shuichiro Yoshino in April.
Following a recent training session, this is what De Los
Santos had to say:
"This is the most difficult and important challenge of my
career. Winning this fight will change my life forever. I
know Shakur is a great champion, and I understand I will
need my entire arsenal to defeat him. It is a huge
challenge, but not impossible."
"I am extremely focused on being crowned world champion and
giving a world title to the Dominican Republic. A victory
over Shakur would go down as one of the greatest in the
history of Dominican boxing. That motivates me much more."
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