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“When I see him lying flat,” Teofimo Lopez warns Shakur Stevenson
Teofimo Lopez gave a brutal warning to Shakur Stevenson ahead of their clash next Saturday.
Lopez and Stevenson will meet live on January 31 at Madison Square Garden in Recent York.
“Takeover” was talking DAZN Boxing and revealed all his thoughts about Stevenson.
Lopez tries to defend his own WBO super lightweight world title at the end of the month.
He touched on the animated between the pair over the years, especially when they were both promoted by Top Rank.
“We were stablemates, me and Shakur, at Top Rank.
“He talked about this and that and how jealous I was of him.
“No, you were the U.S. silver medalist in 2016. You always got a signing bonus and all that extra stuff.”
Lopez admitted he felt like he and Stevenson were on a collision course for the past few years.
The thing is, they were trying to secure it in a different way, when in my opinion I was ultimately just going to be the opponent.
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“Now we’re back and this plan is completely against me.”
“The Takeover” will enter the fight against Stevenson (24-0, 11 KO) after just one loss to George Kambosos Jr in delayed 2021.
Stevenson is moving up to super lightweight for the first time in his career, and Lopez believes that Stevenson was almost forced to move up due to the lack of competition in the more natural weight class below.
“Shakur is accelerating because he has no one else to chase.
“He comes in to prove that his older brother, also known as Terence “Bud” Crawford, got very upset and created a historic moment for boxing by defeating Canelo Alvarez.
“I think it’s things like this that make Shakur want to step up and take on the challenge and face Teofimo.”
Olympic medalist Stevenson has looked virtually perfect throughout his career, but Lopez revealed that he actually saw some flaws in the 28-year-old and it was his job to highlight them on the 31st.
“My job is to show the real flaws that they can’t see, that the world can’t see.
“My job is to show the world that no one can beat me, and I’m going to make it look pretty.”
Last May, Lopez defeated Arnold Barboza Jr.
He completely outclassed the challenger within 12 rounds.
Stevenson also scored an impressive victory over William Zepeda, also winning a unanimous decision after being beaten for 12 rounds
believes Stevenson’s game plan for the competition will likely go unfulfilled on the night.
Lopez was very clear about how he saw the fight going, predicting a brutal knockout, and planning to inflict the first defeat of his career on Stevenson.
“I’m going to make it much nicer when I see it laid flat.
“Everyone has a game plan, but as Mike Tyson once said, everyone has a game plan until they get punched in the face.”
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Dillian Whyte is eager to fight Joseph Parker again.
In 2018, Whyte and Parker played 12 invigorating rounds, with both hitting the canvas.
Whyte won his dramatic heavyweight fight by unanimous decision at the O2 Arena.
‘The Body Snatcher’ is now planning a rematch with the Recent Zealander, who is looking to clear his name after testing positive for cocaine following his October defeat to Fabio Wardley.
“There are a lot of good fights and Joseph Parker is one of them,” the 38-year-old said Ring Magazine.
“I would love to fight Joseph Parker, I think it’s a really good fight.
“He has to come back, he has to be cleared or whatever. I don’t know the situation.
“So in the meantime I have to stay busy and fight my way back, so let’s see.
“I feel like I still have a little bit to give, so let’s see what we can do to finish the season on a high.
“I’m training now and I want to come back in May or June.
“Now it’s just a matter of training and seeing what comes out on this kind of date.”
The former world title challenger from Brixton has not fought since a crushing first-round knockout defeat to rising contender Moses Itauma last August in Riyad.
Former world champion Parker won six times on spin before being stopped in the 11th round against Wardley, losing the WBO interim title and a shot at unified champion Oleksandr Usyk.
The 34-year-old says he is going through this process after failing the test and hopes it will be resolved soon.
“Let’s hope so [I’m back] soon,” Parker said Professional boxing fans.
“I’m just going through the process and practicing patience.
“We just have to be patient and learn from what they say happened.
“I know what happened and I handed over everything, so let’s see.”
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Tony Yoka has broken his silence on Lawrence Okolie’s failed test that canceled their scheduled heavyweight fight.
On Saturday in Paris, Yoka was scheduled to face Okolie in a fierce heavyweight fight.
But on Tuesday, the Briton failed a VADA test, reportedly for GHRP 2 and its metabolite M8, a synthetic substance that stimulates the body to release human growth hormone.
Promoter Frank Warren tried to find a slow replacement, but later canceled the entire show.
Yoka (33) admits that he was bitterly disappointed with the situation.
“I was disappointed because I wanted to fight,” said the 33-year-old talkSPORT.
“Of course I was ready.
“It’s not like it happened a few months before, it was three, four days before the fight.
“It was a great opportunity.
“It would have put me in a really good position, so it really worried me.
“What was more disappointing to me was that they just canceled the entire show, but I understand it’s a business.”
The Frenchman says he won’t wait too long and has been told he will either fight on the card Fabio Wardley vs. Daniel Dubois May 9 in Manchester or on the bill Dave Allen vs Filip Hrgovic on May 16 in Doncaster.
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Okolie, the WBC’s number one contender for Oleksandr Usyk’s title, promised in a statement to clear his name.
“Before anyone starts imagining the worst, after last year’s bicep injury, I suffered an elbow injury on the same shoulder during this camp.
“I underwent treatment and now we are here.
“I hope common sense will prevail.
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“I will of course cooperate fully with all relevant authorities and I am confident that any investigation will clear my name.
“I will not be making any further comments at this time.
“Thank you for all your support and see you soon.”
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David Benavidez is already looking to the future ahead of next week’s showdown with Zurdo Ramirez.
Benavidez challenges Zurdo for his unified WBO and WBA cruiserweight world titles next Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, live on DAZN pay-per-view.
“The Mexican Monster” is moving up from lightweight heavyweight, where he holds the WBC crown, in a bid to become a three-division world champion.
An undisputed 175-pound title fight with Dmitry Bivol has so far eluded the undefeated 29-year-old, but he insists he will return to the weight class after the Ramirez fight in an attempt to lure Bivol to fight him.
“My plan wasn’t just to abandon the lightweight heavyweight division,” Benavidez said Ariel Helwani show.
“My plan was this [to] come up, win two titles, come back and make this fight with me and Bivol even bigger.
“My dream is to become unified champion.
“It would be wise for me to go back downstairs.”
Bivol, the holder of the remaining IBF, WBA and WBO belts, will defend his IBF title against mandatory challenger Michael Eifert on May 30 in Russia.
The 35-year-old won the undisputed crown, among others revenge victory over Artur Beterbiev in his last appearance last February.
The Russian gave up the WBC belt, which Benavidez currently holds, in pursuit of a third meeting with Beterbiev, which ultimately did not take place.
Benavidez, who stopped Anthony Yarde in Riyad in November, is also hoping to fight former undisputed lightweight heavyweight champion Beterbiev, who hasn’t fought since his only professional loss to Bivol.
“After this fight [against Bivol] when I win the titles,” he added.
“I’m going to fight Beterbiev.
“I’m probably most excited about Beterbiev.
“These are two monsters heading on a collision course.
“Beterbiev was a bogeyman for a long, long, long time.
“Being the monster I am, I have to go in there and get rid of the bogeyman.”
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