For years, Shakur Stevenson kept calling out the biggest names in boxing. Now, one of them has finally answered. After a long wait for a career-defining opportunity, Stevenson will face Teofimo Lopez Jr. in a blockbuster showdown on January 31, headlining The Ring 6 at Madison Square Garden. Lopez will put his Ring and WBO junior welterweight titles on the line in what figures to be the most important fight of Stevenson’s career.
Stevenson made it clear this is a fight that’s been living in his head for a long time. “I’ve been thinking about fighting him since the amateurs,” Stevenson said during a recent DAZN face-to-face with Lopez.