{"id":857088,"date":"2026-08-16T08:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/857088\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T08:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T08:14:16","slug":"teofimo-lopez-sr-shreds-shakur-stevenson-hes-bad-for-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/857088\/","title":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez Sr. shreds Shakur Stevenson: &#8216;He&#8217;s bad for boxing&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since adding Teofimo Lopez\u2019s Ring and WBO junior welterweight titles <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/news\/shakur-stevenson-dominates-to-become-four-division-champion-22RHfdwjPdCemycXZ7MSDZ\">to his collection on January 31 in New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden<\/a>, practically everyone has been singing Stevenson\u2019s praises louder than usual.That universal adulation shouldn\u2019t be given to someone with <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/fighters\/shakur-stevenson-6ri1RjtxL9CrAesECk5kNH\">Stevenson<\/a>\u2019s style, according to the trainer who watched his son being soundly beaten that night earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>So while Stevenson does hold a perfect 25-0 record, he doesn\u2019t believe his defensive mentality should be touted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want this kid to be something that he\u2019s not gonna be,\u201d Lopez Sr. said during the latest episode of Mr. Verzace Podcast. \u201cHe\u2019s gonna be boring all his life, he\u2019s not good for boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stevenson\u2019s preferred weapon of choice that night was the jab, landing a career-high 105 compared to just 16 for Lopez in what quickly proved a defensive masterclass. <\/p>\n<p>Naturally, Team Lopez are keen to put that comprehensive 12-round defeat behind them and the two-division champion stressed as much, <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/news\/lets-do-it-stevenson-insists-big-fights-can-happen-after-zuffa-deal-67aGLfTFX6o64X3qIsnd2i\">pointing to Stevenson&#8217;s Zuffa move<\/a> as a reason not to speak about him any longer.On August 22, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Lopez (22-2, 13 KOs) will attempt to become a three-division champion when challenging WBA welterweight beltholder <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/fighters\/rolando-romero-4CqzHeGboeo0nvKmpjfaTv\">Rolando \u201cRolly\u201d Romero<\/a> (17-2, 13 KOs).For Lopez Sr., he knows that his son\u2019s stock isn\u2019t particularly high at present but remains confident that will all change. The 58-year-old views a spectacular win over Romero, who hasn&#8217;t boxed <a class=\"underline text-text-primary font-medium hover:text-blue-70 transition-colors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ringmagazine.com\/news\/rolly-romero-drops-stuns-ryan-garcia-with-ud12-victory-devin-haney-rematch-plans-up-in-smoke-3r1QaheFI7rzzKBHIKC8Ez\">since an upset points win over Ryan Garcia<\/a> in May 2025, as the remedy needed for Teofimo to catapult himself to the division&#8217;s very top.<\/p>\n<p>With so much on the line for both men, he believes next weekend&#8217;s event will showcase a night to remember.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re gonna see something that you\u2019ve never seen,\u201d Lopez Sr. continued. \u201cIn boxing, he\u2019s the entertainer. That\u2019s why he does stuff that nobody\u2019s ever seen before. When my son is happy, nobody can beat him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the episode in full, below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since adding Teofimo Lopez\u2019s Ring and WBO junior welterweight titles to his collection on January 31 in New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857089,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[90965,64,63,802,232239,1920,94323,44,85,2974,9995],"class_list":["post-857088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-object-object","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-articles","tag-boxing-news","tag-junior-welterweight","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-the-ring","tag-welterweight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857088","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=857088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}