Article 7388Z Shakur Stevenson beats Teófimo López for WBO junior welterweight championship – as it happened

Shakur Stevenson beats Teófimo López for WBO junior welterweight championship – as it happened

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Bryan Armen Graham at Madison Square Garden
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... Teofimo Lopez, whose name draws louder boos but louder cheers also. The Sunset Mark native makes his entrance to Punisher by late Bronx rapper Big Pun before it segues to Whoa! by Black Rob before it segues to U Don't Know by Jay Z before it segues to Skrilla by Kodak Black. And he's not even out of the tunnel yet! Perhaps a spot of gamesmanship as he makes Stevenson wait in the ring.

Now a half-dozen of the Jabbawockeez have taken the runway while MOP's Ante Up goes into DMX's Party Up. Good lord: Lopez is making a movie. He finally makes it to the ring, dancers in trail, before climbing the apron and holding a single green glove aloft. The crowd is eating this up.

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