yes... basically his defense always when they want to connect a jab is to take a step back or throw his body back with two jabs and a lateral step after throwing the jab you screw him... it's more when he puts that hand on you lower your face and connect a jab with the other hand... he's good at using the jab but when someone else uses it he doesn't know what to do
I've seen him parry jabs, slip and counter jabs. A lateral step wouldn't do anything. First, you need to connect. Second, Shakur's timing in impeccable. He will figure out that lateral step and turn with it and his opponent would more than like keep running into a solid shot and abandon that tactic.
Loma is something special and was a better amateur than Stevenson who couldn`t even win gold at the olympics.
the referee should have stopped Shakur from using is his right glove in front of Valdez face. Shakur used it throughout the fight. The referee just told him " don't do that" throughout the fight. And it wasn't until the 12th round that Shakur was warned. I noticed that when the referee told him not to do it, Valdez had a little more success in getting inside and delivering more punches. But then Shakur got back to it because that was an effective way to keep Valdez at bay. However, I think Valdez was not able to adjust and Shakur is the clear winner and the better boxer.
Shakur is clearly much better but he does need to work on holding his arm out because referees are going to be looking for it.
If Crawford can't teach him to throw a hook he'll never find that gear. He's great on the line, and usually wins his engagements, he just can't add power to his shots. Unluckily for him and us, he's small, so he won't be fighting Haney, Garcia, Teofimo. Maybe Tank tho.