Boxing-Stevenson outpoints Lopez to become a four-division world champion

The 28-year-old, who previously won ‍WBO featherweight and super featherweight belts and the WBC lightweight ​title, became the 25th boxer in the sport's ⁠history to win world championships in four weight classes, as he ⁠improved to 25-0 in his professional career. Stevenson then called out Conor Benn, who beat former WBA super-middleweight ⁠champion Chris Eubank Jr in November.

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 (63.5 ⁠kg) title by unanimous decision on Saturday. The 28-year-old, who previously won ‍WBO featherweight and super featherweight belts and the WBC lightweight ​title, became the 25th boxer in the sport's ⁠history to win world championships in four weight classes, as he ⁠improved to 25-0 in his professional career.

Stevenson then called out Conor Benn, who beat former WBA super-middleweight ⁠champion Chris Eubank Jr in November. "We can get it banging, ⁠boy... I ‌want the fight," Stevenson told Benn as they faced off in the ring.

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