On January 31 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson will headline the “The Ring 6” struggle card, with Lopez’s WBO tremendous light-weight title on the road.
This bout will see Stevenson, the reigning WBC light-weight champion, shifting up in weight to tackle his fellow American. Forward of this showdown, an outdated video of Stevenson on The Porter Means Podcast has resurfaced, a couple of potential struggle with the present WBC tremendous light-weight champion, Subriel Matias.
Shakur Stevenson vs Subriel Matias – Stevenson breaks it down
Speaking about Matias (23-2, 22 KOs) on The Porter Means Podcast, Stevenson (24-0, 11 KOs) stated: “That’s a troublesome struggle. That dude is relentless, and I feel he’s gonna deliver out a special model of me.”
“He’s gonna make me put one thing on the market that y’all haven’t seen earlier than. Along with his stress, together with his relentlessness, there’s no manner you possibly can simply field and transfer. You gotta struggle. You gotta struggle on the occasions, and spurts, and decide the fitting punches and beat him at his recreation.”
Ought to Stevenson defeat Lopez and turn out to be the WBO tremendous light-weight champion, a attainable unification struggle towards Matias at 140 might be attainable, if the heavy-handed Puerto Rican fighter can efficiently defend his WBC crown towards the unbeaten Brit Dalton Smith, on January 10.
It could be a conflict of kinds, precisely as Stevenson alluded to. Who would you again? the sensible counterpunching defence of Shakur vs the stress and heavy arms of Matias?
Stevenson vs Lopez full struggle card
Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson, 12 rounds, for Lopez’s lineal/WBO tremendous light-weight titleKeyshawn Davis vs Jamaine Ortiz, 12 rounds, tremendous lightweightsBruce “Shu Shu” Carrington vs Carlos Castro, 12 rounds, for vacant WBC featherweight titleCarlos Adames vs Austin “Ammo” Williams, 12 rounds, for Adames’ WBC middleweight titleJarrell Miller vs Kingsley Ibeh, 10 rounds, heavyweightsZiyad Almayouf vs Kevin Castillo, 8 rounds, welterweights
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