Shakur Stevenson stole the show with his near shutout victory over Teofimo Lopez at Madison Square Garden to win the Ring and WBO 140-pound titles and become a four-division champion. He was far from the only talking point from the stacked nights of fights.

On the undercard of Stevenson versus Lopez, Keyshawn Davis dazzled with his 12th-round knockout of Jamaine Ortiz, and Bruce Carrington dug deep to beat Carlos Castro by ninth-round knockout to become the WBC featherweight champion. Xander Zayas became boxing’s youngest unified champion with his split decision win over Abass Baraou to win the WBA and WBO 154-pound titles in Puerto Rico.

Across the pond, Josh Kelly pulled off a massive upset, defeating Bakhram Murtazaliev by majority decision to become the IBF 154-pound champion. In Denmark, Jacob Bank cemented himself as a name to keep an eye on at 168 pounds with his 12th-round knockout of former champion William Skull in front of the home crowd.

Joining us to break down the key talking points from Saturday are The Ring’s Matt Penn and Hans Themistode. Let’s get right into it.

Matt: I’d say No. 5. Bivol still has wins over Canelo, a former undisputed super middleweight champion, Artur Beterbiev, a former undisputed light heavyweight champion, and Zurdo Ramirez, now a unified cruiserweight champion.

Hans: I’m really tempted to place Shakur Stevenson in the No. 2 spot. His win over an elite fighter like Teofimo Lopez was that impressive. But I don’t wanna be a prisoner of the moment. Right now, I’ll give him the No. 3 slot, just behind Oleksandr Usyk and Naoya Inoue and just above Dmitry Bivol.

Matt: Haney would be his toughest test, but I’m all aboard for the drama and build-up a Conor Benn fight would bring.

Hans: I want to see Shakur in there with O’Shaquie Foster. People might think I’m crazy, and that’s okay, but I think Foster is a fantastic fighter with incredible physical attributes. His ring IQ is also through the roof. I’d still favor Shakur, but I want to see how he matches up with Foster.

Matt: ⁠Ideally, yes. But I see Kelly fighting Jaron Ennis next. I expect Zayas to make a defence of his titles before he tries to unify again.

Hans: No. Xander Zayas should jump in the deep end and take on the winner of Sebastian Fundora vs. Keith Thurman. Beating Abass Baraou and having two titles doesn’t prove that Zayas is the best in the division, no matter how loudly he claims he is. Beating the winner of Fundora vs. Thurman, however, would show the rest of us that he is actually the head of the food chain.

Matt: It wouldn’t surprise me to see Carrington unify at 126 pounds, and I’m sure he has the capability to win a title at 130, too. His defensive shortcomings were laid bare against Castro but he toughed it out, showed mettle and bagged an impressive stoppage win.

Hans: I think “Shu Shu’s” ceiling is pound-for-pound top 10 mainstay, and future undisputed featherweight champion. I think he’s that good. You wanna box on the outside? He can do that. You wanna bang on the inside? No problem. He also has the balls to take those fights against the other champions. I don’t think he’d be favored against a guy like Rafael Espinoza, but I think he beats him.

Matt: ⁠Keyshawn Davis. He looked spiteful and re-energised after a tumultuous time away from the ring. Interested in his next move. Josh Kelly also impressed to become Britain’s sixth world champion. We only had one before September.

Hans: Keyshawn Davis. I’ll be honest. I was taking Jamaine Ortiz for the upset. At the very least, I thought it would be incredibly competitive, and it wasn’t. Not even a little bit. Davis is the real deal and I view him as the biggest threat to Devin Haney’s welterweight throne.