Comments Thread For: Teofimo Lopez Wants 'Nine-Figure' Contract to Continue Fighting, Will Consider Retirement

[REMOVE SHARK 5510]

How many PPVs Teo has sold?

[MONGOOSE66]

Teo, I’m not saying you shouldn’t be making more money than others but your personality affects your paydays. Be careful, you could end up burning your bridges..
I have always seen you were a great fighter but boxing is a business and this business doesn’t give a fook about anything else but making money.
You are REPLACEABLE. You won’t be young forever. You have already reached your prime and have maybe 3-5 years of being at the top before some kid whips you and takes your place. This is a thankless sport.
If I were you, make your “reasonable” money for the next 5 years, then retire never needing to fight again. If you pull out now. You will end up broke in 5 years.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

You missed the point of Teo being a bigger draw amongst American and Latino fans than Taylor or Loma, which is the very reason that those fights were held in a city with his largest fan base. There's no way that Loma and Taylor should be fighting for significantly higher pay than Lopez with Teo being the bigger draw and the winner of their head to head fights.

Regardless of your excuses for Loma, he beat him fair and square in a fight that he went into as the clear underdog, and did the same against a favored Taylor. If you don't find him exciting, I am sure that there are many people that disagree, especially with the way he dominated and outboxed Josh. His antics even gain attention, just as a luxury vehicle speeding out of control would. If Arum isn't willing to fairly compensate Teo for what he's doing that many haven't, then with Lopez only being 25, he can afford to wait out his contract, and sign with someone who will, or become his own boss as a free agent.

Loma was a major attraction to everyone for years because his skill level was all time, he beat a bunch of great fighters and won a bunch of belts very quickly. Lopez is a physically talented strong guy with great reflexes. Loma had a torn shoulder and ******ly made the decision to fight Lopez with the injury, he was over confident. Lopez barely won, be he got the W, OK. The next fight he looked like garbage against a mediocre Kambosis, he looked crappy against Martin.

He looked better against Taylor. That said, Taylor lost to Catterall and hadn't fought for a year and a half since. Taylor looked bad. I give Teo credit for the win, but this was not a prime guy.

Loma has a large fan base, and he just beat Haney. Taylor has a large Euro fanbase and was talking about moving to Welter a year and a half ago. Teo rubs most people the wrong way, sounds nutty half the time, and he isn't all that exciting to casuals. He needs a knockout at 140 and to
get some therapy, then the money will be there.

[MCFM]

Who tf he thinks he is to get 9-digits per fight? Lol just when i thought he was done with his delusions
go retire, nobody gives a fk, you beat weak champs in kambosos and taylor and arguably and barely beat an old, one-armed loma

[Rebelrbg]

Loma was a major attraction to everyone for years because his skill level was all time, he beat a bunch of great fighters and won a bunch of belts very quickly. Lopez is a physically talented strong guy with great reflexes. Loma had a torn shoulder and ******ly made the decision to fight Lopez with the injury, he was over confident. Lopez barely won, be he got the W, OK. The next fight he looked like garbage against a mediocre Kambosis, he looked crappy against Martin.

He looked better against Taylor. That said, Taylor lost to Catterall and hadn't fought for a year and a half since. Taylor looked bad. I give Teo credit for the win, but this was not a prime guy.

Loma has a large fan base, and he just beat Haney. Taylor has a large Euro fanbase and was talking about moving to Welter a year and a half ago. Teo rubs most people the wrong way, sounds nutty half the time, and he isn't all that exciting to casuals. He needs a knockout at 140 and to
get some therapy, then the money will be there.

If you say so, but Loma nor Taylor are a bigger draw than Teo, and Teo has faced and beaten them both while they were the favorites. Loma nor Taylor have victories over 2 lineal champions in 2 different divisions while being the underdog on their resumes. Fury and Taylor rub almost everyone the wrong way and are head cases in their own right, but they receive huge pay. While Fury is a draw, Taylor doesn't come close to that type of drawing power, but he receives considerably more than Lopez. Arum should either pay him something closer to what Loma and Taylor receive, or let him go.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

If you say so, but Loma nor Taylor are a bigger draw than Teo, and Teo has faced and beaten them both while they were the favorites. Loma nor Taylor have victories over 2 lineal champions in 2 different divisions while being the underdog on their resumes. Fury and Taylor rub almost everyone the wrong way and are head cases in their own right, but they receive huge pay. While Fury is a draw, Taylor doesn't come close to that type of drawing power, but he receives considerably more than Lopez. Arum should either pay him something closer to what Loma and Taylor receive, or let him go.

Denial isnt just a river in Egypt. Sheesh. I get that you are a fan of Teo, and I have always thought that he was talented, but he is a head case and beating Loma under the circumstances he did, losing to Kambo, looking bad against Martin, and then beating a ****ty looking Taylor....it doesn't make him a superstar.

I actually hope Teo gets his head together and finds his power at 140. I'd love to see him beat Davis.

[wrecksracer]

well, he is the face of boxing lol.

[filup79]

Money for fights is based on the draw of the fighter, or both fighters. It doesn't matter who he beats if no one wants to buy his fights because he sounds nuts and people disregard him. Had he spectacularly KO'd Sandor, Taylor, left the boxing world stunned, people might buy "the takeover" stuff.

As it is his, he barely beat a one armed Loma and it could have been a draw. He got whipped by Kambo and made excuses. He looked like crap against Martin. He beat Taylor, but it wasn't a knockout or a stoppage.

Casuals pay for excitement, action, ko's. Today's boxing mindset for many fighters is apparently, "well, if I beat good fighters, they have to pay me". The sport is not nearly as popular as it used to be, there is no money unless there is a huge draw. Teo needs to he happy he has millions and invest well. He sounds really dumb. Again.

U claiming he made excuses for losing to Kamboso, yet here u are making excuses for Loma losing to him. Crazy that ppl always claim their favorite fighters are injured when they lose but when it's some fighter they don't like and fight injured and lose , they claim it's an excuse. Two would destroy Kamboso in a rematch

[Rebelrbg]

Denial isnt just a river in Egypt. Sheesh. I get that you are a fan of Teo, and I have always thought that he was talented, but he is a head case and beating Loma under the circumstances he did, losing to Kambo, looking bad against Martin, and then beating a ****ty looking Taylor....it doesn't make him a superstar.

I actually hope Teo gets his head together and finds his power at 140. I'd love to see him beat Davis.

What denial, I haven't made one excuse for him, but that's all that you are doing for Loma and Taylor. Maybe Taylor looked shxtty because he had no answer for Teo's style, athleticism, or creativity and got dominated. Maybe Loma went into the fight overconfident, as you said, because the"injury" wasn't giving him pain or bothering him before he actually stepped in against someone of Lopez's skill level and power.

Btw, I often criticize Teo when he loses his mind in delusions, but this isn't one of those cases. He should be paid on the same level as Loma and Taylor, if not more. Also, Tank will leave Teo unconscious in 6 rounds.

[LAchargers373]

Damn guess he’s retiring then