Teofimo Lopez Jr. has made it clear from the get-go that Vasiliy Lomachenko’s vast array of accomplishments do not mean anything to him.
The two-time Olympics gold medalist who accomplished an astonishing amateur record of 396-1 does not garner any admiration from the IBF champion Lopez Jr. ahead of their lightweight unification clash Oct. 17 on ESPN.
“We don’t respect him,” Lopez Jr. told Fight Hype. “Everybody he’s faced, everybody believes the hype train. Everybody believes that, and it gets them shook. I’m the type of fighter that doesn’t give a sh-t. You can say that this guy is ‘the man of steel,’ and I don’t care.
