Lopez left Las Vegas this weekend as a three-division champion, but a sparsely populated T-Mobile Arena underscored an uncomfortable reality about boxing's 2026.

Putting his momentous loss to Shakur Stevenson this past January behind him, Teofimo Lopez finally became a champion in a third weight class. Scripting a new chapter in his career, “The Takeover,” outpointed Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero to a majority decision and became the WBA welterweight champion.