Shakur Stevenson beats Edwin De Los Santos to become three-division world champion

Stevenson (left) won his first world title in 2010

American Shakur Stevenson defeated Edwin De Los Santos to claim the WBC lightweight title in Las Vegas and become a three-division world champion.

The 26-year-old won the vacant title by a unanimous decision, with two judges scoring it 116-112 and one 115-113.

Stevenson, who has previously been featherweight and super-featherweight champion, remains unbeaten since his professional debut in 2017.

"I had a bad performance tonight," said Stevenson, who is now 21-0.

The 2016 Olympic silver medallist added: "I wasn't feeling too good. I don't make no excuses, I came here, got the victory, that's all I wanted to do.

"I got to go back to the drawing board and work on a lot of things and come back."

Dominican De Los Santos, who landed just 40 punches in the 12 rounds, criticised Stevenson's performance.

"I came to fight, he came for a track meet," he said. "Stevenson decided not to fight. He was gifted the title but I am the champion of the people."

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