Stevenson outpoints Lopez to become a four-division world champion

Mihaela Măncilă

Feb 1 : Undefeated Shakur Stevenson captured a world championship in a fourth division after shutting out fellow American Teofimo Lopez Jr to win the WBO junior welterweight title at New York's Madison Square Garden. Stevenson, who won Olympic silver in 2016, frustrated his opponent with straight rights to the body, and held off Lopez's late counter-offensive with accurate shots from his left hand. Southpaw Stevenson lost only one round on all three judges' scorecards as he took the 140-pound (