Newly crowned WBC super-lightweight world champion Dalton Smith has revealed his prediction for Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson’s WBO title clash and admitted that he is eyeing up a fight with the victor.
Smith knocked out Subriel Matias in Brooklyn last weekend to secure one of the most impressive away wins from a British fighter in recent memory and open up the door for future world title showdowns in Sheffield.
At the end of the month, another super-lightweight world title contest heads to New York, as Lopez seeks to defend his WBO crown against three-division world champion Shakur Stevenson, in one of the most hotly anticipated bouts of 2026.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Smith revealed that he expects Stevenson to come away with the victory after confirming that he will likely be in attendance.
“I will probably be over there watching it. It is a great fight and obviously I have my eyes on that as a potential opponent for those guys next. It is going to be good, and it is going to be a great fight,”
“I am favouring Shakur (Stevenson) on points.”
Smith then went on to reveal his willingness to take on both the biggest names and his fellow champions in the 140lb division.
“[I will fight] either. I always said I want to be a world champion, a WBC world champion, and I will fight whoever to do that,”
“I did that, and it will be the same process for the future ahead. You fight whoever you have got to fight.
“We will take each fight at a time, but we’ll see how far we get. I believed in myself, that I would be a world champion, I have done that.
“Let’s see what more we can achieve.”
Lopez-Stevenson takes place on Saturday, January 31, at Madison Square Garden, topping a bill that features two additional world title contests.
