{"id":279951,"date":"2025-11-12T17:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279951\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:14:07","slug":"teofimo-lopez-and-shakur-stevenson-are-targeting-the-same-man-after-their-fight-winner-gets-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279951\/","title":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson are targeting the same man after their fight: &#8220;Winner gets him&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A super-lightweight super-fight between <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/teofimo-lopez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teofimo Lopez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/boxer\/shakur-stevenson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shakur Stevenson<\/a> isn\u2019t even official yet, but that hasn\u2019t stopped the two prospective opponents from looking ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the biggest names in the sport appear to be on a collision course, with a clash expected early next year in New York. The bout would see Stevenson move up to 140lbs in pursuit of a fourth world title in as many divisions, but standing in his way is WBO champion Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>As well as collecting world titles, Lopez, 22-1 (13 KOs), and Stevenson, 24-0 (11 KOs), are no strangers to making noise in front of the camera or on social media. Recently, the subject of Ryan Garcia has caught their attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TeofimoLopez\/status\/1986584813696880670?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lopez tagged \u201cKingRy\u201d on X<\/a>, issuing a polite callout for a \u201cfinal showdown\u201d next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRyan Garcia, let\u2019s kick a** and make it a final showdown next year. The stars are aligning, just stay focused, like the amateur days. #Boxing #ShakurWillFall\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson didn\u2019t miss the chance <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShakurStevenson\/status\/1986595648414589223?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">to chip in,<\/a> agreeing that the winner should face Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinal showdown? Actually I like this winner face bum a** Ryan. @RyanGarcia you down?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Garcia has been free to resume his career since his one-year ban for testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug ostarine ended on April 20 this year. The punishment followed Garcia\u2019s win over Devin Haney one year earlier, which was later ruled a No Contest after the findings were made.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Garcia, 24-2 (20 KOs), returned at welterweight but turned in a disappointing performance against Rolando Romero for the Regular WBA title. <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnewsonline.net\/news\/bradley-on-ryan-garcia-vs-mario-barrios\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The 27-year-old has since been linked to a bout against WBC champion Mario Barrios in 2026.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A super-lightweight super-fight between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson isn\u2019t even official yet, but that hasn\u2019t stopped the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-279951","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\/279951","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=279951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}