Shakur Stevenson still holds stubborn hope that theofimo Lopez is interested in fighting him next. Stevenson (24-0, 11 costs) says he will fight Lamont Roach as theofimo (22-1, 13 COs) “do not accept the battle ” with him.
A desperate hope
Stevenson is waiting and hoping that Lopez will give the battle he asked for. It is clear to the fans and this author is clear that this does not happen. Lopez has no interest in the fight against Shakur.
I’ve seen it a million times. If someone is not interested, they give you the silent treatment, just as theofimo does with Shakur. Teo should not have led Stevenson in the first place and gave him false hope by saying on X: “After I got on Shakur Stevenson and made him cry like the lil b **** he is .. I call out Ryan Garcia.”
Lamont got ready for the re -broadcast, so he had a battle between the fight and then fight my top of the year .. but it’s just if the battle is not accepted https://t.co/yqr0eitwco
– Shakur Stevenson (@shakurstevenson) August 21, 2025
Only that little trash-speaking line of Theofimo was enough to get Shakur anxious, which made him believe he was interested in fighting. Shakur took these words to heart and turned them into his mind to think that “there is a real chance”. It’s pretty funny, but at the same time it is revealing about Stevenson. It shows how desperate he is to get that payday against Lopez.
The silent treatment
Theofimo’s silence is a clear signal: “I’m not interested.” I don’t know why Shakur can’t see the truth.
Initially, Lopez was perhaps interested in the fight against Shakur, but after seeing the judges handling William Zepeda, it should have been a call for him. It doesn’t matter how many strokes of theofimo countries; He doesn’t get a decision against Shakur.
The Zepeda alert
Zepeda buried Shakur with his high volume punch in their battle on July 12 in Queens, which exceeded him in every round of the fight. When it was over, Zepeda lost through a wide 12-round decision by these scores: 118-110, 118-110 and 119-109. Those scores seemed to belong to a very different battle. I was on the side and recorded every round for Zepeda. It was a total mismatch. Shakur looked like a human Pincushion and took uninterrupted shots along the ropes for 12 rounds.
If Zepeda (32-1) could not make a decision, despite the fact that Shakur was left out, theofimo would have no chance to win differently, except by knocking out; Hence the silent treatment of him. Can you blame theo?
The problem with Shakur using Lamont Roach as his plan B is that it is not a big enough battle to make fans interested, which means he will not attract interest from Turki Alalshikh to pay Gazillions. It’s a Jerry vs Jerry fight. It’s a cup of poison For fans, and they don’t want anything to do with it.
Fighting fans will interest and strengthen Turki are Shakur fighting against these guys:
- Andy cruz
- Ernesto Mercado
- Gary Antuanne Russell
- Herrera Cores
- Abdullah Mason
- Floyd Schofield
Last updated on 08/21/2025
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