Shakur Stevenson vs. Edwin De Los Santos: Fight prediction, odds, undercard, start time, preview, how to watch

One of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world is back in action on Thursday night in Las Vegas

It may seem out of character for the typically jovial Shakur Stevenson but the unbeaten, two-division champion has swapped his trademark smile for that of a scowl entering Thursday's vacant WBC lightweight title bout in Las Vegas. 

Some of that is due to his opponent, Dominican slugger Edwin De Los Santos (16-1), whose pre-fight comments ahead of their title bout inside T-Mobile Arena have largely been dismissive of the 2016 Olympic silver medalist. Stevenson (20-0, 10 KOs) also made sure to bring receipts with him to Tuesday's press conference when the two faced off, telling his opponent, "You done f---ed up, I promise you. You done f---ed up … I'm going to put you to sleep."

The real tension of late for the sublimely skilled boxer, who has finally received pound-for-pound recognition of late in the top 10, has been his own difficulty in getting big-name fighters to share the ring with him (even though they have no trouble using his name on social media).