SHAKUR STEVENSON shares the identical Olympic heartache as Floyd Mayweather – however one he hopes will assist him match the boxing legend’s profession.

Mayweather was infamously robbed of his probability to win gold on the 1996 Video games after dropping a controversial resolution within the semi-finals.

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He sobbed in his post-bout interview after settling for bronze – however vowed to by no means once more style the ache of defeat.

And true to his phrase, Mayweather ended his profession with a 50-0 file with world titles in FIVE divisions.

Stevenson suffered comparable heartbreak in Rio in 2016, dropping within the bantamweight remaining to go away Brazil with solely silver.

In dejavu to Mayweather’s emotional interview 20 years earlier – Stevenson wept in entrance of the cameras.

And similar to his idol, Stevenson has carved out an undefeated profession and tipped by many as possibly the inheritor to Mayweather’s throne.

Stevenson, who simply turned 28, instructed SunSport: “I feel that is the explanation I’m the place I am at in the present day and I feel that made me who I’m.

“That Olympics, I do know that I ought to have been an Olympic gold medalist had I did all the things that I used to be purported to do to develop into it.

“However I did not do all the things I used to be purported to do to develop into an Olympic gold medalist.

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“So, I feel that was the very best factor that truly occurred to me.

“It kinda put that motivation in me and that little bug in my again once I went professional to make it possible for I be certain all bases are coated.

“And now that I am right here, I am a tough motherf***er to beat.”

Stevenson is certainly a tough motherf***er to beat – not solely that, he’s exhausting to even hit due to his impeccable southpaw protection.

He’s 23-0 with belts in three totally different divisions – an achievement he doesn’t assume would have been doable had he received Olympic gold.

Stevenson stated: “I feel I in all probability would have gotten massive headed and let my guard down a bit of bit and I feel as soon as I went professional, I did not let my guard down in any respect.

“I kinda simply stayed on the best path and I did all the things I used to be purported to do to make it possible for on struggle night time I got here in 100 per cent.”

Stevenson returns on Saturday night time in New York in opposition to Mexican William Zepeda, 29, defending his WBC light-weight title.

It’s a struggle Stevenson has needed for years and one he expects to be a popping out get together of types after a collection of one-sided beatdowns.

He stated: “I feel it’s simply due to the type, you bought a man that is coming in there, he is coming to convey the struggle to me.

“And also you again anyone up like me in opposition to the wall, you will not like what’s coming again, so it is gonna be super.”

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