Shakur Stevenson Is ‘Afraid to Get Hit,’ Says Teofimo Lopez

Teofimo Lopez says his previous sparring with Shakur Stevenson confirmed him all the things he wanted to know. He noticed a “scared” fighter who was “afraid to get hit.” 

Three Rounds Informed Teo All the things

What WBO gentle welterweight champion Teofimo (22-1, 13 KOs) realized from the three rounds of working with Stevenson (24-0, 11 KOs) is likely one of the explanation why he agreed to combat him on January thirty first. He sees Shakur as being susceptible when you get previous his jab.

Followers noticed that weak spot in Stevenson’s final combat when William Zepeda damage him with a proper hand within the third spherical of their bout on July 12, 2025. He collapsed into the ropes, wanting like he’d been shot by a silver bullet. Shakur was positively held up by the ropes.

The referee, Ricky Gonzalez, gave him an enormous break by not calling it a knockdown, but it surely clearly was. That punch was one of many few that Zepeda, a non-puncher, landed to Shakur’s head. He has nowhere close to the facility that Teofimo Lopez possesses.

“Shakur is scared to get hit. When you cross his jab, he’s meals. He’s scared to get knocked down in entrance of the world. He’s afraid to get touched up in entrance of the world,” stated Teofimo Lopez to Cigar Speak about Shakur Stevenson.

What Teo didn’t say is that Shakur’s greatest worry is getting hit upstairs, however he’s extra keen to soak up bodyshots. He took a complete bunch of them within the Zepeda combat. In spherical 4, I counted 40 physique pictures that Zepeda landed, and that was a typical spherical.

Stevenson took an unlimited quantity of pictures downstairs, however nonetheless stored his guard up round his head. That confirmed that his far is getting hit to the top, and it’s comprehensible why. Zepeda had him in bother within the third.

Lopez Smells Vulnerability On Jan 31

Lopez and Stevenson are assembly at the moment for his or her kickoff press convention in New York. It’s the beginning of the promotion of subsequent month’s headliner on January 31, 2026, at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.