Who wins Lopez vs. Stevenson on January 31st this month in one of the great early fights in boxing of 2026? Let us break it down a bit.
Going into the fight both boxers are animated and talking back and forth one another on social media which is the typical norm in boxing nowadays from fighters from the new generation.
That is rarely indicative of how a fight will go however but sometimes there is some things that can be drawn away from it like a fighter’s mental state.
Teofimo Lopez is usually full of energy but not so much in his talk with Stevenson in the run up to the fight, he looks to be subdued, docile, almost uninterested at times.
Stevenson on the other hand is more focused than ever and comes into the bout maybe of the back of his best win as a professional boxer to date over one of Mexico’s most dangerous fighters last year.
Who wins Lopez vs. Stevenson
Lopez won last year on points on the big New York show but didn’t look great in his performance and some think he might be on the decline due to many outside the ring reasons like a declining, now ancient less relevant promoter in Bob Arum, among other factors.
Styles make fights though and as well as intent on doing serious physical damage and harm to Lopez, Stevenson at the same time has the ability in his defensive game to nullify the Lopez attacking arsenal that can be throw at him — if he’s on point.
Stevenson like Lopez has plenty of hand speed himself and who starts the fastest early on and puts their mark on the fight first will get the momentum for us throughout the fight.
We think Stevenson if is fights to anywhere near his best should win on points but that is not enough if he wants to really get the big fights with Gervonta Davis and others — a points win with comprehensive boxing and taking apart Lopez in points is what he needs.
Ahead of the fight Shakur Stevenson has been brutally honest with Teofimo Lopez.
