Promoter Bob Arum wants to set up a fight between his fighter WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez and the recently badly beaten Devin Haney next if Teo is victorious in his title defense this Saturday night against veteran Steve Claggett in Miami.
Teofimo Lopez acknowledges that journeyman Steve Claggett is a hungry fighter looking to upset him on Saturday night in their twelve-round contest on ESPN.
Teofimo Lopez blames his opponents Sandor Martin and Jamaine Ortiz for his poor performance against them. Teo feels that Sandor and Ortiz weren’t trying to engage with him, making it tougher.
Two brilliant young fighters are looking at even bigger fights after their respective upcoming assignments…….is this the ground material for an upset or two?
Teofimo Lopez paints a picture of a soft Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, discussing how his management has “babied” him during his 11-year pro career and remembering how weak-minded he seemed during their sparring session years ago.
Teofimo Lopez wants the opportunity to fight Terence Crawford before he retires after he faces Canelo Alvarez.
Unfortunately for Teo, Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) is heading towards 154 to fight for a world title on August 3rd against WBA junior middleweight champion champion Israil Madrimov.
As much as we’d all like to see bitter 140 pound rivals Jack Catterall and Josh Taylor go at it a third time, Catterall, who got his revenge over Taylor in last night’s thriller, is looking at a big fight with Teofimo Lopez.
Lightweight contender, Keyshawn Davis took to social media to trash Teofimo Lopez for hand-picking unknown fringe contender Steve Claggett to face next instead of fighting him.
Keyshawn Davis is still pushing hard for a fight against Teofimo Lopez this year. Davis is scheduled to fight on July 6th against Miguel Madueño (31-3, 28 KOs) in a 10-round contest on the undercard of Shakur Stevenson vs.
WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez has called out Ryan Garcia for a possible catchweight fight in September or December.
Garcia’s Higher Ambitions
Ryan hasn’t mentioned Lopez as one of the guys he’s interested in fighting, perhaps because his fights aren’t selling and he’s not a PPV attraction.