Shakur beat Lopez, Dan Ryan Garcia for big money

Tim Bradley believes that Shakur Stevenson is the next big star in the sport. He expects Shakur (24-0, 11 COs) to profane WBO Light Welterweight Champion Theofimo Lopez in the early 2026 WBO Light Welterweight Champion, and then face Ryan Garcia “Much money. “

Tim says it doesn’t matter that Shakur has no power and is only a defensive fighter. He believes his style is ideal for him to become the next superstar, now that Terence Crawford is approaching the best victory over Canelo Alvarez last month after his career.

Turki’s spotlight on Shakur

So far, Stevenson’s fighting style, which is an amateur-point approach, has not sounded with the fans. Turki Alalshikh gave him the chance to be seen on some of his Riyadh season cards against Josh Padley and William Zepeda.

Shakur was rescued from the guillotine By not being forced to fight against these talented lightweights:

• Andy cruz
• HORERA CORES
• Floyd Schofield
• Abdullah Mason

Turki could have put Stevenson’s feet on fire by insisting that he fight one of the guys, rather than celebrating him at part -time boxer Josh Padley and Zepeda.

This is what has made him go up so far. However, Stevenson is about to fight theofimo at 140, and it may be the beginning of the end for him to be potentially knocked out or by the Aofimo.

Bradley’s prediction

‘Shakur is going to be the next one. You may not think he is hitting hard enough, but it’s not boxing, ‘Tim Bradley says on his channelto his wagons around Shakur Stevenson before his fight in 2026 against Theofimo Lopez.

‘Shakur embarrassed fighters. He takes everything away from you. He will frustrate your coach in the corner. If you beat him (Theofimo Lopez), I see a throw with Ryan Garcia. He brings a lot of money. You fight against Teo and then you can fight against Ryan. You can meet him at 144, ‘says Bradley.

Tim does not say which fighter Shakur embarrassed in 135. He did not embarrass any of his last four opponents, William Zepeda, Josh Padley, Artem Harutyunyan and Edwin de Los Santos. The last fighter that made Stevenson look bad was Shuichiro Yoshino in April 2023, but it was a lower shallow fighter at 135.

Nation Vegas’ Take: The Lopez reality test

Yoshino should not be in the top 15, and if you look at the rankings now, he is nowhere to be seen. The sanctions made a mistake in the first place to arrange him in the upper level. So it is not a big case that Shakur embarrassed him, because he was not world class.

If Stevenson will continue to fight outside the 135 pound division, he must evacuate his WBC lightweight title, as it would be his second consecutive battle if he faced Ryan Garcia after challenging Theofimo Lopez in early 2026. Shakur cannot call himself the best fighter if he fights by 140 or 144.

The Zepeda scare is exposed

Tim assumes that Shakur will defeat theofimo, and that can’t happen. If you saw Stevenson struggling against Volume Puncher William Zepeda earlier this year, you will have to look at Lopez as the favorite against him.

Shakur was probably dropped by Zepeda in the third round, but the referee blew the call by failing. In addition, he took many shots of the Mexican volume puncher and beat it to the fight.

Written by Nation Vegas, and boxing analysts that have been covering world title fights since 2013.