Shakur Stevenson beat Teofimo Lopez by unanimous decision on January 31, 2026, at Madison Square Garden in New York, with all three judges scoring it 119-109. He took Lopez’s WBO junior welterweight title and became a four-division world champion.
The result
- Winner: Shakur Stevenson, unanimous decision, 119-109 on all three cards
- Title: WBO junior welterweight (140 pounds), won from Lopez
- Records after the fight: Stevenson 25-0 with 11 knockouts; Lopez 22-2
- Punches landed: Stevenson 165 of 372 (44%), Lopez 72 of 468 (15%)
Stevenson won every round but one on all three cards. After six rounds he had outlanded Lopez 78-23, and Lopez finished with a cut over his left eye. It was Stevenson’s first fight at 140 pounds, after world titles at featherweight, junior lightweight and lightweight. Lopez had come in on six straight wins since his loss to George Kambosos Jr. in 2021.
On the same card, Keyshawn Davis stopped Jamaine Ortiz in his first fight at junior welterweight.
Where both fighters went next
Lopez moved up to welterweight and beat Rolly Romero by majority decision on August 22, 2026, to take the WBA title and go to 23-2. On September 22 the WBA ordered him to defend it against Jack Catterall, with a negotiation period that closed on October 22. ESPN’s champions list, updated November 4, still has Lopez as WBA welterweight champion, and ESPN’s boxing schedule of the same day lists no fight for him.
Stevenson signed with Zuffa Boxing in July 2026 and said on October 19 that Zuffa had granted his request for a release, without a fight under the promotion. He called himself a free agent, said he would launch his own promotion, and said he wants fights at 135 and 140 pounds, where he holds his title, before a move to 147 in “a year or two.” ESPN’s pound-for-pound ranking of November 4 has him No. 5 with his next fight listed as TBA, and its champions list still has him as WBO junior welterweight champion.
A rematch, and betting the next fight
No rematch has been announced. When we checked Bovada’s boxing board at 05:37 UTC on November 5, 2026, it had no market on a Lopez-Stevenson rematch and none on a Stevenson fight. Under “Potential Fights” it listed Ryan Garcia vs. Teofimo Lopez, with Garcia at -275 and Lopez at +200.
Read each line as a chance: -275 implies 73.3%, and +200 implies 33.3%. A price is worth taking only when you rate the chance higher than it does.
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