Shakur Stevenson and Teofimo Lopez Jr. will headline “The Ring 6” on January 31 at the Madison Square Garden in New York on DAZN.

A press conference is scheduled for Wednesday, and before the promotional tour kicks off, Stevenson, just like Lopez, joined “Inside The Ring” to discuss their much-anticipated matchup.

“I thought Teo looked good in his last fight [against Arnold Barboza Jr.]. He was on point,” Stevenson said of Lopez’s unanimous points win in May. “Once I saw how on point he was, it made me get up for the challenge. I reached out to the people I needed to, and made this fight happen.”

Stevenson (24-0, 11 KOs) is the WBC lightweight champion, The Ring’s No. 1-rated fighter at 135 pounds, and the No. 8 fighter, pound-for-pound, in the world. Stevenson moved up to 140 pounds to challenge Lopez (22-1, 13 KOs), The Ring and WBO junior welterweight champion.

“We’re both bad styles for each other,” Stevenson said. “He’s not going to win coming forward. He’s going to try and sit back and bring me to him. That style is something he is going to try to make me do, something out of the ordinary than what I am used to doing. I do the same thing.

“So we are kind of similar in style. His style is a bad matchup for me and my style is a bad matchup for him. It’s all about execution, it matters who comes in on their A game on fight night, who is focused and willing to do whatever it takes to win the fight. That’s who’s going to win the fight.”

Stevenson is coming off a unanimous-decision win against William Zepeda in July.

“Zepeda was a volume puncher and I had to fight him a certain way to win that fight,” Stevenson said. “When I fight Teo, I am going to have to fight differently [than I did against Zepeda]. I can do it all. I have so many things in my arsenal. I can do everything needed to come out victorious.

“Teo is going to be the best version of himself come fight night. I have to take him seriously and that’s the guy I am focused on. I can’t look past him. I am going to be a lot faster and stronger, a lot better than he thinks. He's a great fighter but makes a lot of mistakes and I see a lot of holes in his game. I am better than him.”

Stevenson also shared his stance on being on the outside looking in on the “Four Kings” conversation that first started five years ago, featuring Lopez, Gervonta Davis, Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia. Stevenson was a featherweight at the time, but he still took offense to not being included in the group.

If Stevenson beats Lopez, he’ll become a four-division champion – an accomplishment neither of the “kings” has accomplished.

“It fueled me a lot,” Stevenson said. “I can’t stop thinking about that time. Guys looked past me and said I wasn’t this good. I know it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon. During this marathon, I am going to be the last one at the end of the race. I am charged up.”