Shakur Stevenson to take on Viorel Simion

According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Shakur Stevenson will fight Viorel Simion on October 13th in Omaha, Nebraska.

was due to fight Duarn Vue in his first scheduled 10-round bout, However, Vue (14-1-2, 4 KOs), 32, of Madison, Wisconsin, withdrew from the fight on Wednesday because of a detached retina.

“He will test Shakur Stevenson from the opening bell to the final bell,” Top Rank vice president Carl Moretti told ESPN. “Shakur has trained to go 10 rounds, and he’ll need it.”