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Shakur Stevenson has defended his possible fight against Theophimo Lopez today, pressing the statement that will be a thorny downhill. Stevenson (24-0, 11 kos) says that his theophimo struggle will be “High level chess.”

Fans reject “high -level chess”

This phrase is not what fans wanted to see, as people who buy PPV events want to entertain themselves with a large departure. Fans do not want to see the retro fights of the 90’s that involve a punch followed by a three -step shot.

The Boring Last Struggle of Theophimo

López (22-1, 13 kos) may be entertaining when he struggles aggressively, but his last contest against Arnold Barboza Jr. On May 2, 2025, in Times Square, in New York, he was criticized by fans for being “bored”. The fans emphasized that it seemed that Teophimo chose to imitate Shakur’s struggle by throwing punches, retiring and focusing on simple punches.

The fans labeled it as such:

– “fucking struggle”
– “terrible”
– “no heart”
– “No Grana”
– “without passion”
– “legitimate pathetic to see”

It is clear that you do not like the sport of boxing as you intend, the high level chess is what would be the true word for a struggle like this !! https://t.co/ijp4uoph4a

– Shakur Stevenson (@shakurstevenson) September 1, 2025

A different path for them

As the commentator Dan Canobbio said, he would like to see Shakur and Theophimo in “3 or 4 fights in the division” instead of one another. It has a good point. These two fighters are entertained to see when they combine against aggressive and offensive fighters. But when they are with boxers, they are usually less interesting to see.

The ideal opponents for Theophimo

1. Gary Antuanne Russell
2. Subriel Matias
3. Keyshawn Davis
4. Ernesto Mercado
5. Oscar Duarte

“Shakur is probably better. But I feel like the heart of Theophimo, his mentality, is more like a true warrior,” said coach Robert Garcia a EsnewsChoosing Theophimo Lopez to defeat Shakur Stevenson.

Shakur would be better coincident with Abdullah Mason, Jadier Herrera, Raymond Muratalla, Floyd Schofield and Andy Cruz. These are fighters who would attack Stevenson, trying to eliminate it. Would be forced to be entertaining.