Shakur Stevenson vs Teofimo Lopez live: Fight updates and results as victorious challenger faces off with Conor Benn

Lopez: “I’ve got a baby on the way, I’ve got another one on the way. I'm a proud father.

“Some days you're not gonna get it, but always give glory to God, no matter what.

“Maybe 147lb [next], a lot of people are gonna maybe not agree to that...” he says, referencing a possible welterweight move.

Lopez: “Nothing [went wrong].

“First of all, I wanna thank the Lord, God.

“I shouldn’t even be standing here. I went through a lot of tough battles throughout my career, but every dog has his day – congratulations to Shakur.

“I could say a lot of things, it’s still gonna be the wrong thing!” he laughs.

“Great guy, great fighter. We put everything on the line, that’s what true champions are about.”

Stevenson: “We’re gonna go back to the drawing board, but hold up, there’s a fighter here tonight and he motivated me. Where’s he at? Conor Benn!”

Benn enters the ring for a shouting match...

“You’re too small for me, bro, you’re tiny,” says the Briton.

“My skills is too much!” counters Stevenson.

“You can’t punch, you can’t keep me off you,” says Benn. “You think I’m scared of you? I’m not scared of you, bro. We can do it next.”

Stevenson, who shares Benn’s promoter Eddie Hearn, tells the Matchroom boss: “He’s food! He’s food! He’s food!”

Benn: “Come up to welterweight with the big dogs. You’re a little man.”

But Benn signs off by admitting it’s “your night” and backing off.

Stevenson: “He’s one of the best fighters I’ve been in there with.

“I said thank you for the opportunity [after the final bell].

“Like I said, I had to follow in [Terence] ‘Bud’ Crawford’s footsteps. He went in there and dominated against Canelo [Alvarez, in September].

“He inspired me. I knew I had to do it.”

Crawford is in the ring, celebrating with Shakur.

Stevenson: “I did what I was supposed to do.”

He’s asked about telling the ringside reporters, “I told y’all!” after round 10...

“Hey listen, I said I boxed guys like this my entire career,” he says. “This is the art of boxing: hit and don’t get hit.

“I told y’all I’m the best fighter on the planet, and I stand by that.

“I watched [tape on] him and I knew my jab was gonna kill him. I told everyone: they’re gonna see I’ve got the best jab in boxing after this fight.

“I felt like I was the stronger fighter, I was faster, I was sharper, I was smarter.”

Stevenson: “I felt good, I picked him apart, I did what I was supposed to do.

“But hold up, I wanna start off by saying: All glory to God.

“My brother Keyshawn [Davis] called me earlier today, we prayed together.”

Davis won in the final bout before tonight’s main event.

Shakur Stevenson def. Teofimo Lopez via unanimous decision (119-109, 119-109, 119-109)

Lopez gives Stevenson a fist bump out of respect. AND NEW!

Stevenson FINALLY elevates himself to secure a career-defining win.

“Empire State Of Mind” rings around MSG. We’ll get the scores very shortly.

Round 12

More of the same. Intermittently, Lopez walks onto hard shots from the naturally-smaller man.

We’ll go to the scorecards. If we don’t hear “and new”, this will be one of the most-outrageous boxing results of all time! Genuinely.

Round 11

Into the championship rounds! 99-91 in Shakur’s favour, we have it.

Shakur comes forward. Lopez’s cut around the left eye is pretty bad now.

Stevenson catches Lopez with a jab on the exit. Lopez comes back with a flurry to the body, but he eats a left hook up top.

Lopez walks onto a few straight shots! He laughs them off, but this is a bad night for him.