Terence Crawford’s friend and gym mate Steven Nelson made two statements on Saturday night.
The first and most important statement came in his performance against Marcos Vazquez Rodriguez.
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Nelson returned after a year out of the ring on the undercard of Crawford’s clash with Israil Madrimov in LA.
He floored his opponent twice in round four and finished him in the fifth to move to 20-0 (16 KOs) as an unbeaten super-middleweight contender.
The second statement was a fashion statement.
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Nelson walked to the ring wearing an outfit inspired by the late Tupac Shakur.
This included some very unique boxing trunks which caught the eye of fans on social media.
The trunks were designed to look like a pair of sagging jean shorts with boxers showing underneath.
One fan wrote: “YOO!!!! This guy has Jean shorts on AND is sagging them IN THE RING!!!”
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A second said: “This is so fire! Steven Nelson paying homage to Tupac Shakur with his trunks, inspired by this iconic Pac moment.”
A third fan commented: “These trunks are the best thing ever. Steven Nelson with is character showing.”
And a fourth put: “Nah Steven Nelson’s wild for the sagging jean short boxing trunks.”
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The trunks were clearly no distraction for Nelson in the ring.
He was clearly the better man and overwhelmed Vazquez Rodriguez in the early stages.
Round four was when he made his breakthrough.
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Nelson scored two knockdowns as his foe barely made it through the round.
And in the fifth it was all over as Vazquez Rodriguez went down for a third time and the referee ended the fight.
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