Teófimo López v Shakur Stevenson: WBO junior welterweight championship

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Here’s how López and Stevenson measure up ahead of tonight’s main event. The naturally bigger López has slight advantages in height and reach over Stevenson, who is moving up to challenge for a title in a fourth weight class.

The second-to-last preliminary fight before the main event has just started. It’s an eagerly awaited one, with local favorite Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington facing Phoenix’s Carlos Castro for the vacant WBC featherweight title. The unbeaten Carrington, who hails from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, has a vocal cheering contingent in the building as he bids for his first world title in his 17th professional fight.