Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson will go head-to-head at a launch Press Conference in New York City next Wednesday, December 10, ahead of their eagerly anticipated ’The Ring 6’ showdown.
The press conference will take place at 1pm ET in the Big Apple – and media can apply now to attend, by registering their details HERE.
HE Turki Alalshikh, Chairman of the General Entertainment Authority and owner of Ring Magazine, has confirmed the highly anticipated World Title fight between Lopez and Stevenson is on for Saturday, January 31 in New York as the headline event for ‘The Ring 6’.
The event is brought to fight fans by Matchroom Boxing and SELA, and will be broadcast live, exclusively worldwide on DAZN.
Brooklyn’s Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) will be putting his WBO and The Ring Junior-Welterweight titles on the line when he takes on current WBC Lightweight World Champion Stevenson, stepping up to 140 for the first time.
The thrilling matchup at the start of 2026 will serve as a fourth title defense for ‘The Takeover’ Teofimo as he looks to extend his six-fight winning streak following his most recent victory, a unanimous decision win over the previously undefeated Arnold Barboza Jr during The Ring’s historic Fatal Fury Times Square card last May.
For Shakur, who will also be fighting just a few miles from his hometown of Newark, New Jersey, this represents an opportunity to become a four-weight world champion.
The southpaw’s most recent fight came just two months after Teofimo’s triumph, when he claimed a unanimous decision win against mandatory challenger William Zepeda to retain his WBC lightweight belt during July’s stacked Ring III event at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York.
The pair will meet at a launch Press Conference next Wednesday in New York City, kicking off live at 1pm ET – save the date with venue details to be shared soon.
