Teofimo Lopez vs Shakur Stevenson

Tickets are now officially SOLD OUT for this Saturday’s fight between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson at MSG

 

Already heated. Teo already trying to get into Shakur’s head.

 

I assure you it'll be more packed with Newark people than Brooklyn people.

 

That a good thing. Good matchup should always sell

 

Newark was apparently a shithole in in 90's. Is it a lot better now?

 

No.

 

That's a pretty straightforward answer. I'll tell my travel agent to remove it from the list of dream destinations.

 

newark will represent perhaps. i doubt they make their presence known as much as the honduran contingent tho!

 

Stevensons legacy just got a 240 volt boost

 

Newarks collapse is a very American story

 

It was curtains for newark after hagler moved to Massachusetts

 

Very controlled, dominant performance from Shakur. I hope the Benn fight happens, just to shut Benn up.

 

Newark did produce the player with the most dominant peak in NBA history.

... And Redman!

 

Jeremy Lin ?

 

Full fight. Brilliant performance by Shakur. Really thought Teo would put up a better fight but he looked bang average compared to Shakur.

 

Ehhh, I didn't think he would put up that much a better fight. My thoughts were Shakur 9-3; Teo did 2 rounds worse than I predicted.

I knew damn well that Shakur was miles better than Josh Taylor.

 

I do wish Shakur took chances more often but that’s not in his nature since he prefers to fight defensive and outbox his opponents to a decision. Not saying that he needs to keep fighting like he did against Zepeda but if an opponent has nothing left to offer, no longer a threat and is there for the taking why not make a statement and go for a stoppage? He’s not that featherfisted. Imagine if Shakur had the same killer instincts as guys like Hagler, Bud or Too Sharp.

 

Hagler, Bud, and Too Sharp had natural punching power. Shakur just doesnt. If he were wobbling Teo out there, I think he would have stepped on the gas. He buzzed Teo several times, but he never hurt him badly enough to press for a stoppage. I dont have any complaints about how Shakur fought. It aint like he ran. He stood right in front of Teo and lit his ass up.

 

Stevenson threw 370 punches. Theres also that

If you cant crack and only throw 30 punches a round you aren't doing much damage

 

Shakur had your bum ass boy lookin like Martin Lawrence after Tommy Hearns was done with him. He was doing something out there.

 

Lopez gets busted up easy. Hes a cracker

Still the guy was throwing 10 punches a minute. Mostly landing jabs. That's not gonna move the needle for him becoming some cross over star

Good win and all but thems the facts

 

I got banned from ESB for calling out a Neo-Nazi who was butt hurt that Shakur is better Loma.

 

Sorry that happened. Im a Loma fan but I could care less if you think differently about him.

 

If Stevenson is really a gritty brick city guy he'll fight jailvonta davis in rahway for all the marbles

 

And if he's REALLY Brick City he'll walkout to "Time for Some Action" like Mike did for the McNeeley fight.

 

WBC has now stripped Shakur at 135 but at this point it doesn’t matter. Shakur is the man at 135-140, and possibly even 147. I think Shakur would have to move to 147 to find a real challenge because I don’t see anyone at 135 and 140 who could beat him.

Hitchins would put up a better fight than Teo but I still see him losing like 8-4 or 9-3.

Dalton Smith, Matias and Cruz would get embarassed.

Roach wouldn’t win a round.

Keyshawn isn’t that good, imo. Has power but his skill isn’t good enough, and it looks like he doesn’t wanna fight Shakur any way.

Martin is nowhere near Shakur’s level.

The fugitive woman beater would get the same treatment Spence got with Bud(I’d still enjoy seeing it).

But there’s really no challenges at the lower weights for Shakur.