Unbeaten Unified Super Bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton Jr will meet Damien Roman on Saturday. The weigh-ins are complete.
Stephen Fulton Jr. has been the kind of fighter you wanted to avoid, slick, resourceful, durable. One of the hardest outs in boxing.
Now things are different. Fulton is a unified 122-pound champion, meaning potential opponents in his division who dream of greatness must go through him if they hope to get to the top.
Stephen Fulton Jr. believes that the mentality of boxers from Philadelphia like himself is what sets them apart from the rest of the field.
Stephen Fulton Jr. ready to defend titles against Danny Roman
Stephen Fulton Jr. (20-0, 8 KOs) will to defend his Super Bantamweight Titles this weekend against erstwhile champion Danny Roman at the Minneapolis Armory.
Roman (29-3-1, 10 KOs), fondly known as ‘The Baby Faced Assassin’, is looking to reach the top of the division once again. The 32-year-old lost his WBA and IBF Super Bantamweight Championships in January 2020 after coming up short against Murodjon Akhmadaliev via split decision.
Since then, he has won his next two bouts, the most recent of which was a unanimous decision victory over Ricardo Espinoza Franco in May 2021.
In a press conference ahead of the fight, Fulton Jr. said he’s ready to defend his belts on fight night, saying:
Who Is Stephen Fulton Jr?
Stephen Fulton Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is the unified super bantamweight world champion, having held the WBO title since January 2021 and the WBC title since November 2021. He previously held the IBO super bantamweight title in 2019.
As of December 2021, he is ranked as the #1 junior featherweight by Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, The Ring,[4] and Boxrec.
Fulton holds the WBO and WBC super bantamweight titles. He was also the IBO super bantamweight champion in 2019.
With 20 wins and 0 losses, he will be defending his belts against Daniel Roman (29W-3L-1D) on 4 June at Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis. They will headline the Showtime Championship Boxing doubleheader.
Stephen Fulton Jr Net Worth- How Rich Is The American Boxer?
Stephen Fulton Jr’s estimated net worth is $2 million.
The majority of his income is from his boxing fights. So far into his career, he has fought 20 times. Combat Sports Events reports the average yearly salary of a professional boxer is between $22 thousand and $37 thousand.
However, the pay changes for world champions. Stephen holds the World Boxing Council and World Boxing Organisation Super Bantamweight Title. Bolavip suggests the average earning per fight ranges from $2 million to $5 million.
Besides fighting, the brand endorsement deals also boost his overall net worth. Looking at his Instagram, Foreign Genetics and Rhude Designs seem to have a contract with him.
Stephen Fulton Jr’s Career Earnings So Far
Boxer Stephen Fulton Jr has earned millions in his career.
Fulton made his professional debut against the journeyman Issac Badger on October 14, 2014. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. Immediately after this victory, Fulton signed with Premier Boxing Champions. Over the course of the following five years, Fulton amassed a 15-0 record with 6 stoppage victories. He is now the WBO and WBC champion in the 122-pound weight class.
As for Stephen’s total earnings so far, the official figure remains unknown. Nonetheless, it is in millions. According to Totals Portal, his total payout from his November 2021 bout against Brandon Figueroa was $1 million – $500 thousand as a guaranteed purse and the remaining other as PPV Share.
Similarly, he will receive a similar amount from his 4 June fight against Daniel Roman. The amount was only about $100 thousand during his 2020 win against Arnold Khegai.
What Is Stephen Fulton Jr’s Ethnicity? Everything On His Parents
Boxer Stephen Fulton Jr’s is of African American ethnicity.
He was born in the Richard Allen projects, North Philadelphia, on 17 July 1994. His single mother, Commaleana, raised him and his three sisters, including Ilyana Moore, in a two-bedroom apartment.
Stephen Sr. wasn’t in Jr.’s life for the first ten years, the reason being a jail sentence. He then introduced his son, who had lost his friends to the streets, to the art of boxing. The Jr. was 12 when he started.
According to his bio on Premier Boxing Champions, he is thankful to his father, who had named him “Scooter.”