Comments Thread For: Head of the class: Shakur Stevenson routs Teofimo Lopez Jnr

[SouthpawRight]

Shakur clearly outboxed Teo early on, but stopped throwing when those body shots started wearing down. Teo is clearly the more athletic fighter and more suited to the weight class.

You knew the fix was in when the commentary did what they always do and collect their paychecks kissing a s s to the in-house fighter.

It's obvious. Everyone wants the next Floyd. Too bad Floyd would've never let someone repeatedly catch him with the same combination over and over and over again.

Floyd was a once in a lifetime boxer

the best skilled defender ever

on a scale of 1 through 10 Floyd's defense was 11/10

Floyd was to defense what SUGAR ROBINSON was to offense!

[boxing IQ]

Shakur got exposed and Teo did what he does as the underdog. Prove the doubters wrong. Again. He's cracked the southpaw code.

[cruz1383]

So, what? Body shots don't count anymore? Shakur won the first half of the fight, Teo took the second.

You don't win unanimously not throwing anything significant for nearly 6 rounds. Shakur had no defense or adjustment for the all those body shots he took keeping his elbows wide in high guard.

Compubox had Teo only landed 72 punches, aka 6 punches per every 3 minutes on average.

The fix was in for the in-house fighter worse than Kelly in England.

I mean did you watch the fight most of those shots hit gloves or were stopped before Teo even threw them. He was met with a jab to the face that nullified the shot Teo threw and Shakur then blocked the body shot.

Only body shots that got in was when Teo first started throwing in what the 8th round the only one he won. Then Shakur adjusted to close the show.

[boxing IQ]

Floyd was a once in a lifetime boxer

the best skilled defender ever

on a scale of 1 through 10 Floyd's defense was 11/10

Floyd was to defense what SUGAR ROBINSON was to offense!

Shakur made no adjustments on those body shots. That's Teo kept going there.

Floyd would've used the shoulder roll, upper body movement, and footwork. Shakur just standing there to be caught.

P4p in 2026 ladies and gentlemen

[boxingitis]

Is this what people will see for the rest of Shakur career. Jab, step back, step back. No one will land anything because he doesn't throw other punches. They will just hit air from Shakur stepping back all night.

[Nightfall]

Easy work as expected. Skills run the show every time

[boxing IQ]

I mean did you watch the fight most of those shots hit gloves or were stopped before Teo even threw them. He was met with a jab to the face that nullified the shot Teo threw and Shakur then blocked the body shot.

Only body shots that got in was when Teo first started throwing in what the 8th round the only one he won. Then Shakur adjusted to close the show.

Are you one of the judges?

Teo flicked the jab, used his explosiveness to lunge in, and threw 3 body shots in quick succession for the whole second half of the fight. Some weren't clean, but they still landing on the liver, in the stomach, and arm.

Rewatch rounds 6/7-12 and reply.

[SouthpawRight]

Is this what people will see for the rest of Shakur career. Jab, step back, step back. No one will land anything because he doesn't throw other punches. They will just hit air from Shakur stepping back all night.

I can live with this due to his godlike timing and pinpoint accuracy

few fighters can sharpshoot that well

I'll take that over a sloppy spammer Shawn Porter mauling

[boxing IQ]

I can live with this due to his godlike timing and pinpoint accuracy

few fighters can sharpshoot that well

I'll take that over a sloppy spammer Shawn Porter mauling

Too bad if weren't a glove touching canvas, Porter would've beaten Spence with that style.

Same one an old Oscar almost beat Floyd with.

Say what you will, Teo showed up.

[Lefty0616]

Take nothing away from Teofimo, he comes to fight. But Shakur is just better. People say that Teo steps up when he is the underdog. He should have been the favorite over a smaller/fading Loma and an overrated Josh Taylor. He was rightfully the underdog against Shakur. Shakur is too skilled.

Side note: Will we go back to talks of, "It's time to replace Teofimo Sr as the lead trainer?". It's time. He's not good enough to prepare Teofimo for the very best at the elite level.