Shakur Stevenson to face replacement in Franklin Manzanilla.

Olympic silver medalist and rising featherweight sensation Shakur Stevenson 11-0 (6 Ko’s) will have to face a tough replacement in Venezuelan Franklin Manzanilla 18-5 (17 Ko’s) over 10 at Newark’s Prudential Center on July 13th.. Manzanilla is coming off an unsuccessful shot at Rey Vargas’ WBC championship in February and replaces the original scheduled opponent, Hairon Socorras, who dropped out of the promotion, due to reasons not yet released.. 21 year old Stevenson recently escaped an assault charge, and knows that he has too much at stake to allow outside influences to jeopardise.. A victory over a man whom I consider a tougher opponent that the original, would push Stevenson another step closer towards a championship fight.. We recently saw how a late replacement can upset the whole script with Anthony Joshua losing unexpectedly to late substitute Andy Ruiz.. Shakur would be foolish to overlook Manzanilla..