Teofimo Lopez vs Josh Taylor on free ESPN is great!!!

[Tony Trick-Pony]

I'm glad it's happening too. Should be a good scrap!

[MONGOOSE66]

I love the Teofimo Lopez vs Josh Taylor fight and love thar it is on ESPN!!! This is great for Boxing.

This fight is for belts right? Two top names. No rehydration clauses and it’s free.
Go figure, they charge for Tanks fight for NO BELTS and a rehydration clause.
WTF??????
Tank never fights a live dog and Garcia rarely fights?
I guess it’s for the teenage girl championships or YouTube star belt

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

Us boxing fans are the worst. 2 former undisputed fighters from 135 and 140 are facing each other and on free ESPN and not happy

So you are so naive to believe that one fan's opinion is shared by an entire country's fan base? Common sense isn't a strong point for you is it......

Just sit down and wait til fight night. The numbers will show that American boxing fans definitely care about this match up one way or the other.....

[PRchamp]

Teo has never been undisputed. Do your homework before quoting me.

We really going to give weight to Haney’s WBC email belt which he earned since the WBC gave Lomachenko the franchise title so he could fight Lopez in a higher level championship fight and bigger payday instead of fighting Haney who can’t sell haha

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

So it is not PPV? That's way too good to be true to be honest. If anything this fight should be a bigger fight than Garcia vs Davis, but then again both Teo and Josh's reputations have been dragged through the mud while Ryan and Garcia are social media superstars.

Neither are PPV stars regardless of their accomplishments. Both had less than a dominant showing in their last fights. Also, Josh Taylor isn't a household name amongst American fans, and Teofimo's fanbase isn't as big as it will be later in his career. Throwing this on PPV would be idiotic on the behalf of Top Rank.....something they have been known to do pretty often with certain fighters.......mainly, Terence Crawford when they had him fight Viktor Postol & Amir Khan on PPV.....2 foreign talents that don't have a strong following in America vs an accomplished American champion who's fan base isn't as large as it should be as well.......

You can't force the masses to pay for tickets without the promoters doing their work before making the match up public.

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

Shows how bad Lopez's last two performances were, his reputation has completely gone to s hit. Same with Taylor who has behaved pathetically since he robbed Catterall and refused to right that wrong.

They were never PPV draws even before their most recent performances....

[PRchamp]

So you are so naive to believe that one fan's opinion is shared by an entire country's fan base? Common sense isn't a strong point for you is it......

Just sit down and wait til fight night. The numbers will show that American boxing fans definitely care about this match up one way or the other.....

My boxing friend, I meant “US” not the United States. I wasn’t calling out we American boxing fans. I just don’t get how a fight between Lopez-Taylor on regular ESPN isn’t a great thing.

[MulaKO]

This fight is for belts right? Two top names. No rehydration clauses and it’s free.
Go figure, they charge for Tanks fight for NO BELTS and a rehydration clause.
WTF??????
Tank never fights a live dog and Garcia rarely fights?
I guess it’s for the teenage girl championships or YouTube star belt

Top Rank > PBC

[MulaKO]

So you are so naive to believe that one fan's opinion is shared by an entire country's fan base? Common sense isn't a strong point for you is it......

Just sit down and wait til fight night. The numbers will show that American boxing fans definitely care about this match up one way or the other.....

I think it will be fine
Teo is a known name on EsPn having fought on the network
Casuals will tune in

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

Don't blame them, blame WBC who told the world that Teo was undisputed despite Haney holding a belt.

Holding 3 world titles in one division is still impressive. Not sure why people try to down play the accomplishment because "he wasn't actually undisputed"....He beat Loma to get those titles. Something none of the other "young guns" at the time were in a rush to attempt.

And Haney was "promoted" to WBC champion when the WBC moved Loma to "Franchise Champion".....thus since he didn't beat any world champ to gain the belt, he was labeled a "paper champion".......This is the reason why Teofimo was glorified and labeled undisputed because he beat the "WBC Franchise Champ".........

You beat a man who still walks in the ring with a green WBC belt being held up by someone in his corner during introductions.....why wouldn't you think that you also won that title?