Comments Thread For: Regis Prograis On Teofimo Lopez: "I Really Think He Needs To Get Rid Of His Daddy"

[factsarenice]

Senior lives in Juniors head and in doing so, he has managed to engineer Teo's upward trajectory. That said, although a good corner-man, trainer and promoter (IMO) he is living a fantasy and his personal ambitions are not in line with reality, a reality his fantasy will not allow him to acknowledge.

[jackblack008]

In Sandor's match Sr. was making all the right noises. it was Teo not listening

[factsarenice]

I disagree. This is all on Lopez. He is the one doing the fighting not his father. Teo needs to want this for himself.

No one can ever fix a broken fighter and give him that extra hunger, drive and determination except for himself and it doesn't matter who trains him. He has to have the desire to want to stay focused, disciplined and humble on his own.

It's just like that old saying goes: "One can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink".

Teo's father has micro managed Teo from the time he was 5, he is Teo's brain, ambition and arbitrator of Teo's self worth and just like Oscar, RJ, Floyd and so many others, Teo needs a parent-ectomy.

[factsarenice]

Many have this opinion about Teofimo & his dad but will they make the necessary changes? It remains to be seen.

It's hard, I'm not sure Teofimo can do it. Unlike Floyd, Oscar, Danny Garcia, Roy Jones and others, Teofimo looks up to his Dad like a god.

[GhostofDempsey]

His father led him to an undisputed title. I don't think the father is the problem. The problem is that Teo is mentally fragile, he always has been. I always said once he suffers his first loss he will never be the same fighter again. Maybe he will prove me wrong and vindicate himself somewhere down the line, but for now, he seems to lack focus.

[Rebelrbg]

This clown speaks on everyone else business.. I see why he has been blackballed to bubble fucc to sign deals with scammers like Schaefar hahahahaha

You mean the same Schaefar that kept Golden Boy alive and running when Oscar was on an alcoholic binge, sniffing lines, and shoving foreign objects up his ass? That Schaefer deserves better.

[Greenfield02]

I agree I've been saying this for a while. Lopez can not be his own man until he gets rid of dad.

[mjh1969]

Hopefully Lopez's father if he cares about his son will make the change for Teofimo. Teofimo will not make the change on his own. Teofimo is a mentally fragile person in the ring and there is nothing his Dad can do to change that.

[_Rexy_]

They did have Joey Gamache in his corner for a few fights but I didn't see Joey in this or Teo's last fight unless I completely glossed over him.

Haven’t used him since the Loma fight.

[Lefty0616]

I'm actually shocked that Prograis would actually offer this advice to Teofimo. While he's absolutely right, Daddy Lopez must go, you never give a potential opponent that kind of advice until after you face and beat them.