{"id":293421,"date":"2025-12-01T17:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/293421\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T17:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:47:08","slug":"teofimo-lopez-defends-wbo-super-lightweight-title-against-shakur-stevenson-in-new-york-on-january-31-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/293421\/","title":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez defends WBO super-lightweight title against Shakur Stevenson in New York on January 31 | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teofimo Lopez will defend his WBO super-lightweight title against Shakur Stevenson in New York on January 31.<\/p>\n

The unbeaten Stevenson will be bidding to become a a four-weight world champion when he steps up from lightweight to challenge Brooklyn’s Lopez, who is making the fourth defence of his WBO belt.<\/p>\n

Stevenson, who will also be fighting just a few miles from his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, retained his WBC lightweight belt in July with a unanimous decision win over William Zepeda, while Lopez sealed a points victory over Arnold Barboza Jr in May.<\/p>\n

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n

\"s\"<\/p>\n

Highlights of the WBC lightweight world title fight between Stevenson and Josh Padley<\/p>\n

“I have never shied away from a challenge and always chased the biggest fights in the sport because I know I am one of the best boxers in the world,” said Stevenson.<\/p>\n

“Teofimo Lopez will learn that firsthand on January 31 when I take his belt and show him that there are levels to this game. New York, get ready for a spectacular performance as I take over a fourth straight weight division.”<\/p>\n

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n

\"Boxing\"<\/p>\n

Lopez produced one of the best performances of his career to defeat Josh Taylor and claim his WBO world title at Madison Square Garden<\/p>\n

Lopez, who claimed the WBO belt with a unanimous decision win over Scotland’s Josh Taylor in June 2023, has made a bold stoppage prediction.<\/p>\n

“Duck, Duck, Goose! Are you ready for New York City? Brick city in the concrete jungle, so let’s get ready to rumble! The Takeover is here to stay, not play.<\/p>\n

“Make Boxing Great Again is my forte. Shakur will fall in nine.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez will defend his WBO super-lightweight title against Shakur Stevenson in New York on January 31. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-293421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}