Teofimo Lopez vs. Shakur Stevenson
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| Date | January 31, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBO & The Ring junior welterweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stevenson wins via 12-round unanimous decision (119–109, 119–109, 119–109) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Teófimo López vs. Shakur Stevenson, billed as The Ring 6, was a Junior welterweight professional boxing match contested between The Ring and WBO junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez, and WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson. The bout took place on January 31, 2026, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.[1][2][AI-retrieved source]
On December 1, 2025, It was officially announced Teofimo Lopez will defend his The Ring and WBO junior Welterweight Championship titles against WBC lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson. After Lopez lost his unified lightweight titles to George Kambosos Jr. in November 2021, he moved up to junior welterweight and won the WBO and The Ring titles in June 2023 with a unanimous decision victory over Josh Taylor. He made two title defenses in 2024 before defeating the previously unbeaten Arnold Barboza Jr. in New York City in May 2025.
Stevenson is a three-division world champion, having previously held titles at featherweight and super featherweight before winning the WBC lightweight title in November 2023. [3]