Teofimo Lopez Sr. : One More Fight At Lightweight For My Son - NOT Devin Haney, Impossible

[BoxingIsGreat]

It would not suprise me it Teo was struggling with the weight as to why he used the covid excuse to push it back.
Although Tis must be a ****en pain in the ass for George.
I think hes going to be a live underdog in this fight.
If Teo is struggling this could be the last hoorah at 135.
Hopefully for Teo it doesn't drain him too much,cause he looks kinda huge a week out from the fight.

I don't know why but I like Kambosos in this fight. He's taking this very seriously and looks good in training and in peak form. I wouldn't complain if they just found a replacement for him and let the event go on for the underdog's sake. It was gonna be a crap show anyway.

I would've skipped the whole thing personally to begin with. I don't wanna contribute to Lopez's fake ego. He can screw himself.

[MONGOOSE66]

The elite at 147 will destroy Lopez atm.
He obviously dont like to be hit and he want have a size advantages

3 years from now Teo, Haney & Garcia will be legit welterweights. I forgot there’s one more. He’s not a big name at this point but he will be among those other men that WILL matter.

Ennis is that guy but he’s already 147 and 5’10 so he will be 154-160 by then probably.

[TrollyMcTroll]

Apparently Top Rank has pulled rank and refused to ever work with Haney.

Which if this is true, Lopez will never be undisputed at lightweight and Loma has a chance to get back on top.

If not Haney then move up. Don't waste time at 135 when there are meaningful fights at 140.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Apparently Top Rank has pulled rank and refused to ever work with Haney.

Which if this is true, Lopez will never be undisputed at lightweight and Loma has a chance to get back on top.

Lopez is Undisputed and Haney is an email elevated paper chump.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Lopez is Undisputed and Haney is an email elevated paper chump.

WBC own rules specifically say that Haney has to be beaten to be truly undisputed.

You can blame Loma for that.

[Fists_of_Fury]

WBC own rules specifically say that Haney has to be beaten to be truly undisputed.

You can blame Loma for that.

I don't recognize Pacquiao as a legit 8 division champ since he isn't. That 150lb diamond title against Margacheato was the most bogus belt ever. I don't recognize the bullsheeit claim that Pacquiao beat Bradley and was Lineal at welterweight because neither Pacquiao or Bradley were the consensus #1 and #2 when they fought. I also don't recognize Haney as a real champ. He didn't earn it and beat nobody worth a damn. I consider the WBC franchise title to be like the WBA Super title. Lopez is Lineal and Undisputed to me. To hell with bigot Haney and his email belt.

[GhostofDempsey]

If Lopez beats Kambosos, I think Bob pushes the Loma rematch. Teo has no chance of beating Taylor at 140, and I don’t see him giving up all his titles at 135 so he can lose at 140. The only reason to go to 140 would be if he can land a money fight with Tank, but Davis doesn’t want that, so what else is there for Teo at 140? Possibly Mikey? He loses that one too.

[Fists_of_Fury]

WBC own rules specifically say that Haney has to be beaten to be truly undisputed.

You can blame Loma for that.

WBC President clarified this issue. Teo is in fact Undisputed. Skip to around 4:30.

[Combat Talk Radio]

WBC President clarified this issue. Teo is in fact Undisputed. Skip to around 4:30.

Sorry to do this to you, guy.

“They (Loma or Teo) CAN fight the champion,” said Sulaiman when told that the #1, Devin Haney, can’t fight the champion Lomachenko. “Haney is the champion of the WBC. He won the title against [Zaur] Abdullaev."

Here's the problem.

There's a simple definition of "Franchise" - it was created (at least for WBC) to enable fighters to not have to fight mandatories in the thought that they would fight top opponents. That was the thought process.

But the Franchise, by Sulaiman's own words, was never to be "lost" from fighting.

What changed, and what's confusing you, is that Sulaiman got backed into a corner when Loma didn't show up. His plan all along was for Loma to just fight whoever, beat whoever, and be marketed as the next P4P.

Teo getting his hand raised threw a wrench in the plans, because Teo's dad lobbied to have Franchise be on the line as a condition for the fight.

WBC couldn't back down because it was a big money fight and they got greedy. They got burned. Now they're backtracking.

But out of that same Sulaiman's mouf, bro, in bold, above. Just so you understand where that man stood BEFORE Teo/Loma, and him flip-flopping means Haney has every right to sue the hell out of them (he won't, but he should) or pull a Rid**** Bowe and boycott it (he won't, but he should).

[F l i c k e r]

Isn't it crazy how quickly Teofimo's bright and fledgling star has turned into a complete s.hit show?

Teofimo really could be boxing's next big star. Has the size to possibly fight at 147, who knows how his power and speed carry up, but Is young enough (23) to be undisputed at 135, 140, and 147 at various points. Clearing out each on his way up.

The potential to be boxing's next big thing was there but now it looks like he is another of boxing's prima donnas who don't fight, don't want to fight, and chats a lot for little substance.