Teofimo Lopez Sr wasn’t impressed at all with lightweight contender Ryan Garcia’s big seventh-round knockout win over Luke Campbell last Saturday night on DAZN.
In what amounted to be the coming-out party for Garcia (21-0, 18 KOs), who showed that he belongs among the elite at 135.… read full article “Teofimo Lopez Sr not wowed by Ryan Garcia’s win over Luke Campbell”
Ryan Garcia won’t land the same kinds of shots that he was hitting Luke Campbell with when he gets in the ring with Devin Haney, says his father/trainer Bill Haney.
In the shots that King Ryan was landing on Campbell, Bill says he won’t hit Devin with them.… read full article “‘Ryan Garcia won’t hit Devin with those shots’ says Bill Haney on Ryan’s win over Campbell”
Dear readers, each year, East Side Boxing announces the winners of our coveted ESBY awards.
And despite coping with a quirky boxing schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve stayed true to our mission by recognizing 2020’s best fighters, fights, and knockouts in boxing.… read full article “Which Fighters, Fights, and Knockouts Were Truly the Best of 2020? East Side Boxing Hands Out its 2020 Awards!”
Teófimo López Jr. (16-0, 12 KOs) defeated Vasyl Lomachenko (14-2, 10 KOs) via a twelfth-round unanimous decision (116-112, 119-109, and 117-111) to obtain the WBO, WBA (super), WBC (Franchise), The Ring Magazine, and the vacant lineal lightweight title.… read full article “2020 Fighter-of-the-Year: Teófimo López”
Bob Arum says he’d like to make a fight between Luke Campbell and Teofimo Lopez next year if Campbell (20-3, 16 KOs) wins his upcoming January 2nd clash against Ryan Garcia.
Campbell and Garcia (20-0, 17 KO) are headlining on DAZN to fight for the interim WBC lightweight title at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.… read full article “Arum wants Teofimo Lopez vs. Luke Campbell”
Vasily Lomachenko isn’t giving Teofimo Lopez credit for his win over him on October 17th in their lightweight unification fight in Las Vegas because he disagrees with the biased judges he lost the fight.
The talented former three-division world champion Lomachenko has finished downloading all the information needed in how to beat Teofimo, and he’s ready to quickly avenge his loss and possibly force him to quit like so many others have.… read full article “Vasyl Lomachenko on Teofimo Lopez: “I don’t give him any credit””
Teofimo Lopez Sr says his son won’t be fighting Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis or Devin Haney right now because they need to build their resumes. He says Floyd Mayweather Jr wants the unbeaten Tank (24-0, 23 KOs) to get a tune-up in, and Teofimo Lopez Jr isn’t going to wait around.… read full article “Teofimo Lopez Sr says fight with Tank and Haney don’t make sense”
Who is your Fighter Of The Year? 2020 didn’t see as much boxing action as it would have done had the evil coronavirus not served to plague us all, yet we still saw some great fights and some special performances.… read full article “For Ring Magazine Two Men Deserve The 2020 Fighter Of The Year Award”
Vasyl Lomachenko has come out with a quite astonishing claim that the judges who scored his losing fight with Teofimo Lopez in October were “biased against myself.” Speaking on the LOMUS Official YouTube channel, the former lightweight king stated that he won the fight.… read full article “Vasyl Lomachenko Says “Biased Judges” Were Against Him In Teofimo Lopez Fight”
He is known by many as “The Dream,” Devin Haney joins the Last Stand Podcast with Brian Custer. The WBC Lightweight Champ takes on critics and tells us what separates him from all the top fighters in his division.… read full article “Devin Haney targeting Teofimo Lopez”