Lamont Roach Jr. chose Shakur Stevenson as your favorite to win the fight which will star with Teófimo López on January 31 at Madison Square Garde in New York and which will have the 140-pound title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) at stake.
In an interview with Ariel Helwani, Roach Jr. explained that Stevenson is a technical fighter and precisely It is with these types of boxers that López has problems.
“It’s a great fight. I’m looking forward to it. I think Shakur wins. I think that will give us a great fight in the future. At the weight he wants. I think at 135 pounds, because he said he wants to return to 135 and defend his belt,” he said.
“Teófimo has problems with technical boxers and the only technical boxer he didn’t have problems with was Lomachenko. But Lomachenko had to step up a bit in that fight as well. It had to be less technical. But other than that, he has problems with pure boxers. And Shakur probably boxes too,” he added.
Let us remember that Shakur Stevenson He will rise to 140 pounds to try to win his fourth title in a different categorywhile Teófimo López hopes to leave with his arm raised and then challenge Terence Crawford.
According to expertsthe fight could be without much action due to the fighting style between the two, but Stevenson emerges as the favorite to win the contest.
In his last appearance in the ring, the undefeated Stevenson defended his World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight championship by defeating William ‘Camarón’ Zepeda by unanimous decision and will now seek to be crowned in a fourth division.
Instead, López has a streak of six consecutive victories and He also retained his WBO super lightweight title by defeating Arnold Barboza Jr. on the judges’ cards last May.
Teofimo López, 27 years old, defended his super lightweight belt and will put it back into play in January. The American of Honduran descent has a record of 22 wins (13 by fast track) and one loss in his professional career.
For his part, Shakur Stevenson, 26, defended his absolute WBC lightweight championship again in a great fight against Zepeda. The American has a record of 23 wins, 11 by fast track, and no setbacks.
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