Before the Knicks host the Lakers at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Teofimo Lopez Jr. and Shakur Stevenson will have the honors of being the main event on Saturday night. Lopez currently holds the WBO super lightweight title and will defend it for the third time, this time against Stevenson.
Lopez is 22-1, 13 KOs and looking to make the statement as the one Shakur Stevenson, 24-0, 11 KOs, will have to go through if he wants to become the future of boxing. An exciting battle is brewing up in New York City between two young stars of the sport. These two have a history of being in gyms and sparring together, so they know they can expect the other to come out Saturday night with everything they’ve got. As boxing fans, we can only sit back now and enjoy the show.
The fight card is hopefully going to deliver with some big names gracing the lineup. One of the more interesting fights of the night is Bruce Carrington vs Carlos Castro. They will be battling it out for the vacant WBC featherweight title. Bruce is undefeated and Carlos is coming off of a split decision loss to Stephen Fulton last year in September.
Keyshawn Davis makes his return to the ring after being stripped of his title last year for missing weight in his cancelled bout against Edwin De Los Santos. Jamaine Ortiz only has 2 losses and those were against the legendary Vasyl Lomachenko and one of tonight’s headliners, Teofimo Lopez. Even though they wont be fight for a title tonight, watch out for a complete banger of a fight when these two meet in the co-main event of the evening.
Notable Fights of the Night:
Teofimo Lopez Jr. vs. Shakur Stevenson
Keyshawn Davis vs. Jamaine Ortiz
Bruce Carrington vs. Carlos Castro
Jarrell Miller vs. Kingsley Ibeh
Main Event Ring Walk
Approximately: 10:50 PM ET / 7:50 PM PST