Keyshawn Davis: Teofimo Lopez Sent Racist Gifts, So I Won’t Fight Him
Keyshawn Davis says he’s NOT going to fight Teofimo Lopez after discovering that it was him who sent the bananas and watermelons to his room.
Keyshawn Davis says he’s NOT going to fight Teofimo Lopez after discovering that it was him who sent the bananas and watermelons to his room.
A snickering Teofimo Lopez posted his reaction to Keyshawn Davis accusing WBO lightweight champion Denys Berinchyk of being a “racist” because he’d received a box of bananas and watermelons sent to his hotel room from an anonymous person today.
Turki Alalshikh has a seemingly limitless imagination as far as doing different, groundbreaking things in the sport of boxing. Having given us many stacked cards and planning many more, the Saudi money man also likes the idea of having big fights play out in historic places around the world – in quite unlikely historic sites around the globe.
The WBO says Teofimo Lopez (21-1 13 KOs) must defend his light welterweight title with their organization against the winner of the February 15th fight between Arnold Barboza Jr.
Teofimo Lopez confirmed that he’s negotiating a unification fight against IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins for early 2025.
WBO 140-lb champion Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) says he’ll fight Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) in a two-belt unification, then move up to 147 to challenge Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis for his IBF welterweight title in October in Riyadh.
Turki Al-Sheikh revealed his plans tonight for Teofimo Lopez to battle IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis on the Ryan Garcia vs.
Ryan Garcia could fight Teofimo Lopez in May in his tune-up fight at Times Square. This fight will prepare Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) for the first of two matches against Devin Haney.
Teofimo Lopez asked Top Rank for his “buyout” number in a move that suggests he wants to leave his long-standing promoters.
Devin Haney fired back at Teofimo Lopez on social media, telling him he’s been “begging” him for a fight. This was a response from Haney to Teofimo calling him a “punk b****” on X after he’d informed his followers that he was returning to the ring in March.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum says he’s reluctant to put the March 15th fight between WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez and former IBF champ Subriel Matias on PPV due to piracy issues.