Manouk Akopyan is a sports journalist, writer, and broadcast reporter whose work has been featured extensively in the Los Angeles Times, ESPN, FOX Sports, USA Today, The Guardian, NFL.com, Ring Magazine, and BoxingScene.com, among other outlets. Manouk is also a combat sports TV color commentator as well as a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America and Mixed Martial Arts Journalists Association. He can be reached on the following platforms:
You look great MM, heck of a career, I was a huge fan from the first fight I saw some random night in 88😊 I remember the Corn Patch motivation comment somewhere back then to!
People tried to warn Shakur not to sign with biased whyte privileged top rank that does nothing but promote all the fake p4p privileged whyte hopes glorified bums like loma, Bumlovkin, gvozdyk, hatton, kovalev, Beterbiev, Warrington, josh taylor, etc 🚮. There is a reason why all the real p4ps blacks, latino, asian non whyte privileged fighters all left top rank including Floyd, Marquez, Dela Hoya, Cotto, Pacquiao, Garcias, Ruiz, Crawford etc left for a reason. Shakur, Inoue, Teofimo, Abdullah Mason should all leave top rank asap too. 🥊
I thought this interview with Nate was going to sound like...duh duh duh duh duh duh duh...but I was amazed ...it sounded more like duhduh duhduh duhduh...love nate
Shakur Bright Lights Stevens is The Best Boxing 🥊 Champion Best IQ Best Ring Coverage Best Performance Best illusiveness Best Defense Best OutPut punches Best One Doing It!!!
They just gave Jose Ramirez the same option to shop...Golden Boy paid him & Top Rank didn't match it so Ramirez stayed with Golden Boy. Do your research young bro because u seem to make it seem like everybody hating on you but that's not true. Shop the market and see if somebody would pay you more and keep it pushing.
A minute and a half into the video and I already see 2 issues 1) Bro still doesn’t get it saying he don’t hav ego prove nothing to no one but himself. That’s why the fans don’t f with you 2) You just admitted you been beating people w hand issues but want to tell us it was worse vs Edwin. Edwin made you look worse cause you fear like power punchers
Can Shakur do an interview without talking about Tank? Everybody wants Tanks spot,but crazy part Shakur isn't marketable for whatever reason. Like Bud beating Errol and people aren't calling to see Bud even though he's way more exciting than Shakur. Bud knocks guys out, and Shakur moves the whole fight and has no power which puts people to sleep. Tank is a crowd pleaser and box office star
Mfers been creating this narrative that he runs and has no power all based on his last fight… like have y’all actually seen Shakur fight…he fights right in the pocket! He fights in the pocket and walk boxers down with his defense and moves when he has to 3 out his last 5 fights were stoppages. Y’all don’t actually watch his fights mfers basing there understanding of him off his last fight which he was clearly injured
You sound like you got your opinion from a 15 yr olds Twitter account and you actually trusted their evaluation to come here and spew it as facts GO BACK! RESEARCH HIS FIGHTS FOR YOURSELF! AND STFU
Mfers been creating this narrative that he runs and has no power all based on his last fight… this is a fallacy! like have y’all seen Shakur fights…he fights right in the pocket! He fights in the pocket and walk boxers down with his defense and moves when he has to 3 out his last 5 fights were stoppages. Y’all don’t actually watch his fights mfers basing there understanding of him off his last fight which he was clearly injured
He's not doing it for the money but didn't want to take the 25% for haney for the belts please let it make sense 🤦🏾♂️ then at 11:47 he says if it makes the most money 😂
Maybe the offer was unofficial, hence why Haney Vacated the belt. Dude couldn't make weight. You cant duck a fighter then end up with his belt. Its not logical. Its sounds like a bluff.
Man idc what no one says no one will ever pay to watch this dude fight on PPV ever. We will peep him out on ESPN on a Thursday night but hell no, no PPV
@@mikegolden3131 If he was fighting Tank you would. If he was fighting Pitbull people would. Cut the nonsense and the fanboy talk. No draining, catch-weight, rehydration clauses and claiming the actual champions are not worthy, whilst advocating for dudes like Hector Garcia and damn Rolly to get fights.
@@kickerse13Shakur is all cap. He don't fight how he talks and he called frank Martin an amatuer and C level but yet he's fighting the guy frank Martin beat 😅😅
A year ban for Ryan is a slap n the face 😂 boxer take a year off and come back like nothing 😆 Ryan just laid the new blueprint for taking names & kicking ass 😂😂😂 I love boxing !!! #letsallcheat if your not cheating your not living life….. A year ban ,, lmao pass the osterine
You fought a old past prime Padraza!!! Take your time Keyshawn and slow down!!! And as far as Tank and Shakur thats a 50/50 FIGHT!!! I understand thats your opinion and I got Tank!! But its a 50/50 fight!!!!
Listen keyshawn you need about like four or five more fights before fighting Lopez 😂😂😂 he will wash you right now wtf keyshawn you still fight somewhat like an amateur still be patient get four or five more fight before
You straight capping don't get beside yourself keyshawn tank going to wash ya mans 😂😂 you thank Shakur can beat tank if that was your man's for real for real you were supposed to say he is going to beat tank wtf 😂😂 tank is the champion and he took some of Mayweather skills and mixed it what he already know I don't see Shakur knocking him out or winning by decision tank is a good athlete and can go 15 rounds with chasing his opponent that a lot of boxers can't do and Shakur is one of them he didn't throw more than a hundred punches and his last fight yeah bogus if you're even think he's going to not tank out
