A 22-year-old from New Jersey is the mirror-image of Floyd Mayweather, and could 'exceed' the boxing legend's achievements, his promoter claims

• There is a new Floyd Mayweather in the making, according to veteran promoter Bob Arum.
• Arum has a 22-year-old champion in his Top Rank stable of fighters called Shakur Stevenson.
• Arum says he is like a mirror-image of Mayweather. While Mayweather was right-handed, Stevenson's left is his stronger hand.
• The promoter sees tremendous upside in Stevenson as he says the young WBO featherweight champion is defensively solid like Mayweather was, but has superior offense.
• "I think Shakur may even exceed Mayweather's accomplishments," Arum told Business Insider in Las Vegas last week.
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LAS VEGAS — One of boxing's best-known promoters says a 22-year-old American champion in his stable has the potential to be the next Floyd Mayweather.

Bob Arum, the founder of Top Rank, has many elite athletes on his roster — from pound-for-pound caliber fighters like Vasyl Lomachenko and Naoya Inoue, down to teenage sensations like Xander Zayas.

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