""That's just what it is. Forget the rest ... Every fighter that I faced, in this beautiful weight class, all the things that I learned from every fighter that I faced, to now, will be on display against Shakur Stevenson.""
""I think it's more mental than anything again. I'm going to expose it. I just don't think he realizes how good I am. I think come fight night, he's going to realize that I'm gonna take it to another level that he has never seen before.""
Shakur Stevenson will move up from 135 to 140 pounds to challenge Teofimo Lopez for the WBO and Ring junior welterweight titles this Saturday at Madison Square Garden. Stevenson vacated his WBC lightweight title and enters the bout with a 24-0 record and 11 knockouts. Lopez holds a 21-1 record with 13 knockouts and last fought in May, seeking to avoid a second career loss after his November 2021 defeat to George Kambosos Jr., when he relinquished unified lightweight titles. Both fighters are 28 and competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics; Lopez emphasized confidence and lessons learned while Stevenson stressed exploiting mental weaknesses.
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