{"id":384832,"date":"2026-01-22T20:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/384832\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T20:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T20:39:07","slug":"regis-prograis-predicts-teofimo-lopez-vs-shakur-stevenson-hes-weak-minded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/384832\/","title":{"rendered":"Regis Prograis predicts Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson: “He’s weak minded”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two-time world champion Regis Prograis<\/a> has issued his verdict on Teofimo Lopez<\/a> vs Shakur Stevenson<\/a>, predicting an unexpectedly comfortable night\u2019s work for the winner.<\/p>\n

The pair will lock horns at Madison Square Garden in New York on January 31<\/a>, with Lopez making a fourth defence of his WBO super-lightweight belt.<\/p>\n

A dominant points victory over Josh Taylor saw \u2018The Takeover\u2019 claim his world title in 2023, just under three years after he dethroned Vasyl Lomachenko at 135lbs.<\/p>\n

Aside from those two performances, though, the 28-year-old has often struggled to produce his best work, particularly against Sandor Martin and Jamaine Ortiz at 140lbs.<\/p>\n

Because of this, many believe that Stevenson\u2019s consistency at the top level should see him become a four-division world champion later this month.<\/p>\n

The Newark man does, after all, seem to possess several of the attributes \u2013 including an accurate and prolific southpaw jab \u2013 that are likely to cause Lopez problems.<\/p>\n

Not only that but his last outing, a points victory over William Zepeda<\/a> in July, saw Stevenson produce a dynamic blend of inside fighting and crafty footwork, suggesting that he is among the sport\u2019s most versatile operators.<\/p>\n

Because of these advantages, and indeed a spate of sub-par performances from Lopez, former super-lightweight ruler Prograis has predicted a clear points victory for Stevenson.<\/p>\n

Speaking with Pro Boxing Fans<\/a>, Prograis highlighted Lopez\u2019s psychological state as a significant factor, even though he has been known to turn up on the biggest occasions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got Shakur, for sure. I think he wins it comfortably. Teo\u2019s very good athletically but he\u2019s weak-minded.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see in some fights, he\u2019s struggling. He does come up for big fights. Lomachenko \u2013 he came up; Josh Taylor \u2013 he came up.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut a lot of fights he struggles in. And I think he struggles mentally with a lot of things. I think Shakur\u2019s going to break him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first two or three rounds, it might be a close fight. But then, after that, I feel like Shakur\u2019s probably going to start stepping up and Teo\u2019s going to try and hit him \u2013 and it\u2019s not going to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prograis added that the counterpunching prowess of Stevenson should see him make considerable inroads, not quite doing enough to stop Lopez but certainly claim a points victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two-time world champion Regis Prograis has issued his verdict on Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson, predicting an unexpectedly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-384832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384832","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=384832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}