Shakur Stevenson put on a clinic Saturday night, picking Teofimo Lopez apart to win the WBO junior welterweight title and become a four-division champion.
Shakur Stevenson humbled and humiliated Teofimo Lopez with boxing’s version of a perfect game Saturday night, snatching the WBO junior welterweight title with a unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Stevenson (25-0, 11 KOs) had promised to make the fight with Lopez look easy and did just that with all three judges scoring the fight 119-109. In the process, Stevenson became the fastest fighter to become a four-division champion.
„I picked him apart and did what I was supposed to do“, Stevenson said. „This is the art of boxing — hit and don’t get hit and pick guys apart. I told you all I’m the best fighter on the planet and I stand by that.“
Stevenson, 28, long believed he had been overlooked and disrespected despite his accolades as an Olympic silver medalist and three-division champion. He watched as his peers such as Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, Gervonta Davis and Lopez received acclaim while he felt he was criticized for a safety-first style that rarely led to him losing rounds. He was forced into a co-main event against William Zepeda last July just to prove that he could make exciting fights.
