WBO light welterweight and Ring Magazine champion Josh Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) predicts a knockout within the first eight rounds against former unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez on June 10th on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, and ESPN+ at the Madison Square Garden theater in New York.
Trainer Stephen Edwards isn’t counting out Teofimo Lopez should he challenge WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis next.
Edwards says he’s still favoring Prograis (28-1, 24 KOs) to win based on his current form, but he’s not saying that Teofimo (18-1, 13 KOs) shouldn’t take the fight or that he can’t win.
ESPN commentator Andre Ward didn’t like what he saw from Teofimo Lopez last Saturday night with his performance against Sandor Martin.
Teofimo Lopez fights Sandor Martin on December 10th in a risky main event for Teo on ESPN+ at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Takeover is back. Teofimo Lopez, the former lightweight king, is now a junior welterweight force to be reckoned with.
Teofimo Lopez and Pedro Campa both made weight on Friday at their weigh-in for Saturday’s main event fight on ESPN and ESPN+ at the Resorts World Las Vegas.
This Saturday night Teofimo Lopez embarks on his ‘Takeover 2.0’, this time at the junior welterweight division. When the opening bell rings Lopez’s foe standing across the ring from him will be once-beaten Pedro Campa.
Teofimo Lopez says he sees unbeaten Ryan Garcia as just a “hype” job, and he’s not worried at all about beating him if that fight takes place next.
Former undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez says he’d be open to fighting Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis at 140 if he’s willing to move up in weight to battle him at light-welterweight.
Devin Haney believes Teofimo Lopez is “delusional” and needs to “get help” after hearing his theory that his loss to George Kambosos Jr last November was part of a fix that was in that night.