NEW YORK — Madison Sq. Backyard will host the 140-pound title match between Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson.
The showdown already had been introduced however the web site wasn’t unveiled till Monday. It heads to considered one of boxing’s famed venues after Ring Journal proprietor Turki Alalshikh took his two earlier playing cards in New York to uncommon places.
Lopez fought on the cardboard final Could that was held open air in Occasions Sq.. Two months later, Stevenson defended his light-weight title with a victory on the cardboard that was held in Louis Armstrong Stadium on the grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle, the place the US Open is performed.
Stevenson (24-0, 11 KOs), from close by Newark, New Jersey, will probably be shifting up in weight to face Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs), a New Yorker who will probably be making the fourth protection of his title.
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