{"id":232331,"date":"2025-10-22T11:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/232331\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:27:09","slug":"fans-mock-shakur-stevensons-obsession-with-teofimo-lopez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/232331\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Mock Shakur Stevenson\u2019s Obsession With Teofimo Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shakur Stevenson reposted Teofimo Lopez\u2019s motivational message on social, keeping the pressure on him for their possible mega-fight in January 2026 at light welterweight.<\/p>\n<p>Teofimo (22-1, 13 KOs) posted a \u201cwinners just win\u201d message, which Shakur (24-0, 11 KOs) may have interpreted as a dig at him trying to get one over on him.<\/p>\n<p>The fans on social media want the two fighters to make an announcement already, as they want to see the fight happen. There\u2019s distrust of Teo because he\u2019s had chances to fight but didn\u2019t, either because he priced himself out or backed away. There\u2019s a whole bunch of them.<\/p>\n<p>Devin Haney<br \/>\nJaron Ennis<br \/>\nRolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero<br \/>\nManny Pacquiao<br \/>\nDevin Haney<br \/>\nShakur Stevenson<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Facts \ud83d\ude08 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ElUzOati7d\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/ElUzOati7d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shakur Stevenson (@ShakurStevenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShakurStevenson\/status\/1980787261362041239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fans Smell Desperation<\/p>\n<p>What makes it interesting for fans is how desperate Shakur comes across. You can tell from the way he tails Teofimo that he\u2019s so needy, it signals he has no other options. It\u2019s suffocating the way Stevenson is pursuing Lopez. It\u2019s like he doesn\u2019t have any other options.<\/p>\n<p>For Lopez, it\u2019s going to be annoying the way Shakur is clinging to him and not letting him breathe. Whenever Teo posts, Shakur is right there, responding immediately like a fan with a bad case of hero-worship.<\/p>\n<p>Teofimo is the bigger star and can pick and choose whoever he wants to make big money. It\u2019s understandable why he seems ambivalent about fighting Shakur. The money Lopez will make fighting him is likely less than what he\u2019d get fighting some of the names that he\u2019s had the opportunity to fight.<\/p>\n<p>Shakur\u2019s Last Lifeline<\/p>\n<p>There are so many dangerous contenders ranked in the WBC\u2019s top five at lightweight that would destroy Shakur\u2019s career, starting with #1 Andy Cruz. Stevenson really needs the Lopez fight to cash in while he still can because once he\u2019s beaten by Cruz, the bottom is going to drop out of his career.<\/p>\n<p>If Shakur doesn\u2019t get this fight, his days are numbered as the WBC 135-lb champion. Cubans Andy Cruz and Jadier Herrera are coming for him. Those are just two of the many contenders that are ready to dethrone Stevenson.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2014, Olly Campbell has brought readers clear ringside perspective and a steady voice on boxing\u2019s biggest nights.<\/p>\n<p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingnews24.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb Shakur Stevenson Won\u2019t Stop Shadowing Teofimo Lopez Online \u2014 and It\u2019s Starting to Look Like Career Survival, Not Trash Talk<\/p>\n<p>Last Updated on 10\/22\/2025 \t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shakur Stevenson reposted Teofimo Lopez\u2019s motivational message on social, keeping the pressure on him for their possible mega-fight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-232331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}