{"id":384783,"date":"2026-01-03T03:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T03:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/384783\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T03:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T03:09:11","slug":"phillip-dorsett-ii-predicts-lopez-vs-stevenson-and-names-his-top-5-boxers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/384783\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillip Dorsett II predicts Lopez vs Stevenson and names his top 5 boxers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver &amp; Super Bowl winner Phillip Dorsett II spoke to boxing reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sean_Zittel\/status\/2007178715437142287\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sean Zittel<\/a> about any similarities between boxing and football, his prediction for the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/bigfightweekend.com\/news\/teofimo-lopez-vs-shakur-stevenson-card\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson<\/a> showdown, and his top five current boxers.<\/p>\n<p>Phillip Dorsett II talks boxing and football comparisons &amp; predicts Lopez vs Stevenson<\/p>\n<p>When asked for his thoughts on Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I think the only way Teo wins is if he knocks him out. Obviously, I don\u2019t see that happening. But I\u2019m a fan of both. Big fan of both, but I think Shakur has the edge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t even wanna say when it comes to skills, because I feel like skill-wise they\u2019re kind of on the same level, but Shakur don\u2019t get hit, so it\u2019s hard for me to sit here and be like \u2018Teo gonna knock him out,\u2019 I don\u2019t see that. I think Shakur gonna outpoint him, and I think he gonna win on the scorecards,\u201d said Dorsett II.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When asked if there are any similarities between football and being a fighter, the Raiders wide receiver said: \u201cYeah, the physical part. But, obviously, boxing is way more demanding on the physical part. Football-wise, yeah, we get hit every now and then, but in boxing, sometimes you get jabbed, and it hurts. It\u2019s different, man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see too much similarities. I feel like you gotta be a dog to play both. But boxing is a whole different animal. You can\u2019t play boxing. You can play football, but you can\u2019t play boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Phillip Dorsett II names his top five current boxers<\/p>\n<p>Zittel asked Dorsett for his top five current boxers, allowing him to include Crawford despite his recent retirement: \u201cBud, Tank, Shakur, Boots, Bam,\u201d said Dorsett.<\/p>\n<p>After Zittel said he thought Dorsett would pick Bam or David Benavidez as his last option, the Raiders wide receiver said: \u201cBam. Yeah, I like styles, so yeah, I would say those guys. The boxer-punchers. That\u2019s the kind of style I like,\u201d said Phillip Dorsett II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver &amp; Super Bowl winner Phillip Dorsett II spoke to boxing reporter Sean Zittel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-384783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}