Teofimo Lopez Says "There's NO rematch because had I lost, he would have never given me a rematch."

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There will be a rematch, when the WBC or whatever belt Lopez holds 'Makes Lomachenko a mandatory his defense'.

I think since his win vs Lomachenko, Lopez really has not been a good champion. I have no idea what his issue is a rematch?

The rematch will be a bigger fight than the first fight.

I think he knows it's a more dangerous fight for him than the others. And he has something to lose now. It's easy when there's not much to lose. But he has all the belts, and that's enough to make him scared. I know it's true because the moment a man makes up excuses, then he's afraid. He could have said, "I just don't want to fight him again." Instead, he's saying "because he would have never given me a rematch." And that's simply not true. He also couldn't possibly know what Loma would or wouldn't do since he's not Loma.

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You should watch it.

Lomachenko outboxed him for a contested 6 rounds. Once Lomachenko decided to actually fight.

No crying over spilt milk. It's Loma's fault for not doing s.hit for 6 rounds straight and/or going into the ring with a preexisting injury. So, he has to take the L on his chin for being foolish.

But Lopez would likely get beat in a rematch. Just from the eye test in the first go. You can't get completely boxed up for the entire 2nd half of the fight and not be suspect.

That's why Lopez won't do a rematch. Not as it stands. Because he doesn't want to risk taking the L that is very feasible.

But they may come together sooner or later anyways. Nobody is trying to fight each other in the division, so eventually the orgs might force their collision.

The Bolded: IMO Is The real problem. I don't see Loma and Teo as anything more than a part of this picture. What happened was, you have a group of fighters that need to establish some pecking order: Tank, Hanney, Garcia, Teo, I might be missing a few. These are young guys who will grow, move out of the division, some will have incidental problems, like Garcia, etc. Well... Teo took a leap and landed without a splat... defeating the great Loma. So Teo is now like a guy with a gold nugget on pawn shop row, trying to cash that nugget out at the best price... To Teo? The central existential question is not the meaning of life... It is what is it worth? beating a great fighter? What currency does it present?

What Teo is finding is that in a division where guys want to maintain at all costs, being promoted to avoid each other, encourages by the likes of Mayweather who has basically said "Tank will not be fighting outside who we promote" and with Arum who always destroyed big fights, until they absolutely had to happen... it means NOTHING that he beat Loma.

Now try to see it from this kid's perspective shall we? " Hey kid, great job, now do it again for a payday!" Really? "So what did it do for me the first time cause I sure know what it will do if I lose..."

Its not Teo's problem, and I don't care what a potential sham job he may/may not be... These guys are not fighting each other and will probably fight out of the division, and get knocked off by other circumstances way before they come a cropper of each other. Teo is right back where he started from: One of a group of talented young guys who are being kept away from each other.

If I was in Teo's situation I would grow out strong, get set up at 140 and above ASAP, and wait for the others to come up... None of these kids have the support, or the will to do what Andrey Ward did, and what he is preparing Plant to try to do, against Canelo who rightly wants undisputed status in a weight class. Clean the division out and make others come up and have to get by you. Teo can start fighting the big names now... test his fortunes against the likes of Regis P, Taylor, etc and let 130 stay dormant. If Loma wants him so much move up in weight and challenge him.