Here we are folks !
The fight between lineal/WBO junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez and WBC lightweight titleholder Shakur Stevenson, who is moving up in weight, has always had an air of inevitability.
Lopez, the former lineal and unified lightweight champion, will defend his 140-pound crown for the fourth time when he meets Stevenson, a former featherweight, unified junior lightweight and lightweight titleholder seeking a belt in a fourth division, in the headliner of The Ring 6 card on Saturday (DAZN PPV, 6 p.m. ET, $69.99 U.S., £24.99 in U.K., approximately $19.99 rest of the world, or free as part of a DAZN Ultimate Plan that includes all pay-per-views) at sold out Madison Square Garden in New York.
The winner not only will be a champion but is also likely to rise near the top of the pound-for-pound rankings. There is a lot at stake in this one.
ITR Picks :
Felix – Shakur Stevenson
Dakota – Shakur Stevenson
Tiffanie – Shakur Stevenson (by UD-12)
Ray – Teofimo Lopez
Jack – Shakur Stevenson
NiBS – Teofimo Lopez
ITR has Shakur Stevenson winning 4-2