MillCity Boxing<\/a>, predicting that Shakur Stevenson will be too much for WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez.<\/p>\nThe way the former two-division world champion Judah describes Shakur, he makes him sound like he\u2019s a phenom. In reality, Stevenson is more of a blue-collar type of fighter who pecks and moves. He has never fought that way at the elite level.<\/p>\n
When he does get knockouts, it\u2019s against fighters that are fringe-level, like Josh Padley. For Stevenson to come out looking to blast Teo out on January 31st, it would be a mistake because he could run into a big shot and get hurt.<\/p>\n
In the same interview, Judah was reminded about his previous prediction that Shakur will \u2018stop Teo.\u2019 Zab then confirmed he\u2019d predicted that, saying, \u201cAnnihilation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fight is going to be a lot closer than we think. We\u2019re just blabbing our mouth, running off what we think our professional opinion is,\u201d said Judah.<\/p>\n
A knockout would help Stevenson. He needs a win like that to create demand for bigger fights in 2026. Shakur said after his last fight against Zepeda that he\u2019s not going to stand and brawl with his opponents again.<\/p>\n
That comment suggests that he\u2019s going to return to his amateur style of hit-and-not-get-hit approach. Fighting like that makes it less likely he\u2019ll knock out Lopez.<\/p>\n
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Chris Williams is a senior writer for Boxing News 24, covering the sport since 2013 and reporting ringside from major events worldwide. His coverage dives into both established champions and hungry prospects battling for recognition. Over the years, Chris has contributed to numerous leading boxing outlets, earning respect for his sharp analysis and insider perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a bold statement, as Teofimo has fought Vasily Lomachenko and Jamaine Ortiz. Those were two skilled fighters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-342184","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\/342184","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=342184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}