Shakur’s Alliance Saudi: How to Superfight with Theophimo Lopez finally joins

Commentator Chris Mannix claims that Shakur Stevenson will fight with a Saudi card in January, possibly against Teophimo Lopez or another rival. Mannix says the representatives of Theophimo are going to “cover” the fight with Shakur in early 2026.

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Turki’s interesting interest

“Shakur is in a pretty good place right now because he is in a very good place with Turki Alshikh. When I talk about Shakur Stevenson, it is sure that Turki and the Saudi officials who are involved in the boxing are interested in him,” said commentator Chris Mannix on Dazn on the Light WBC champion, Shakur Stevenson.

Shakur fought in two Turki letters in 2025, July 12 against William Zepeda in Queens and on February 22 against Josh Padley. Stevenson’s fights were not exciting to see the fans, but he won the victories to keep his light title WBC.

Theophimo is a dangerous struggle for Shakur. If this is the type Turki negotiates for Stevenson, you will need to use all the tricks of your arsenal to get victorious. López is a fighter who can fight and punch. As we saw in his fight against Arnold Barboza JR on May 3, he can mimic Shakur’s struggle and continue to puncture with enormous power.

Blocks of negotiation roads

“Shakur has been talked about a lot against Teophimo. This is something that both boys have been tweeting for the last four or five days. Teophim has not been very easy to deal with for the Saudis,” said Mannix. “Initially he rejected what I was told to be a $ 6 million offer to fight Shakur. I think he is now ready to take it, and he tweeted a storm for the past two days.

“I think it is unclear if Turki Alshikh and the Saudis are ready to return and accept an offer. My understanding is that Teofimo’s representations have been working hard for the last few days to try to cover this fight together,” said Mannix.

López has suggested social media Today, he will fight in Shakur. López said, “More like Spike Vs. Tom”.

Theophimo’s latest fight against defensive Arnold Barboza Jr. On May 3, 2025, it was an excellent attack to prepare for Shakur. Barboza Jr. It is a low-performance fighter, similar to Stevenson, and López won a unanimous decision of 12 rounds for scores 116-112, 116-112 and 118-110.

Shakur’s lucrative lucrative struggle

“It will be for January. This is the pencil date for Shakur and Theophimo. Anyway, Shakur will get a fight in January on a Saudi card, will make money and be in a big profile fight,” said Mannix.

Chris did not mention what Plan B is so that Shakur fights if the Saudis cannot negotiate or are not interested in the theophimo struggle. Stevenson has mentioned wanting to fight Lamont Roach if he cannot get Lopez’s struggle. This is not a game that would resonate with fans, as they would be two defensive fighters with a lower power than average.

Roach (25-1-2, 10 kos) has a 40% rateand he would go against Stevenson with his 45.83% rate. With his style Retro Mayweather, Shakur would be interesting to see these fighters if Turki cannot land the struggle of Theophimo:

• Andy Cruz
• Abdullah Mason
• Ernesto Mercado
• Floyd Schofield

If the struggle is made, Turki and the Saudis could lose interest in Shakur quickly if he has been hit well by Teophimo Lopez. Stevenson’s value will fall if Teo has explained, especially if he has been eliminated.

Shakur’s last performance against William Zepeda on July 12, 2025 in Queens, New York, showed his vulnerability. He went out worked and overcome Zepeda in this fight. This was against a non -prick. López hits stronger than Zepeda and has the type of boxing skills they would exhibit at Stevenson.

Shakur has not faced any of the dangerous punchers since he moved to 135, apart from Edwin de los Santos on November 16, 2023, and did not act well in the fight. Stevenson moved all night and was run over by T-Mobile Arena de Las Vegas fans. Stevenson won the fight for a unanimous 12 -round decision, but many fans felt that this was a closer struggle than the indicated scores. The scores were 116-112, 115-113 and 116-112.