Comments Thread For: Teofimo Lopez To Be Ringside For Lomachenko vs. Crolla

[richardt]

Like I said before - Simple - Let Haney and Lopez fight and the winner becomes a true contender to fight Loma. Battle of undefeated fighters vying for the spot. Both Haney and Lopez are solid talents, the winner becomes a justified challenger. Haney and Lopez would be HUGELY each other's best competition and the winner earns the shot. BOTH fighters are ranked in the WBO and the WBA which Loma holds the titles in. Perfect. As long as Arum allows the winner if it is Lopez to fight Loma, seeing as he promotes both.

[richardt]

Lopez will dominate the Magdaleno's of the world all day long but match him with the Haney's, Tanks, and Lom's and I think he struggles at best

Fixed it for you.

[kidbazooka]

Fixed it for you.

Lopez beats everyone at 135-140 already

Mark my words

[richardt]

People need to stop being wined, dined, and seduced by a guy who blocks punches with his pancake smashed flat nose. Not even Ray Mancini has a nose that flat.

[alexnation]

jesus.. people just like to jump on a hypetrain with no arguments behind it. AWW HE DESTROYED MAGDALENOOO!! THE KID IS SO GIFTED! HE IS THE NEXT ALI!!

Lomachenko will make fun of him.

[richardt]

Lopez beats everyone at 135-140 already

Mark my words

Mark my words, no fighter ever does. Every fighter in boxing history short of a Mayweather, etc., whether a prospect, a contender, a champion, even an ATG, they all win some and lose some. History is infallible. Not even the greatest fighters that ever lived go through everyone, especially in two divisions, without losing. Lopez will win some and lose some. Lopez is not a God. But enjoy the ride, he'll be fun to watch.

[angkag]

Lopez is only 21, and he's got next gen. all over him. He's got elite atheticism, but experience matters, and every boxer at age 21 still has some fundamental flaws to iron out, be they Leonard, Duran, Hearns, Mayweather, Canelo, Loma...or Lopez (I only put Lopez in that category for now just to emphasise it doesn't matter how good a boxer looks on the eye, they are still a rookie at 21 and will be making rookie mistakes).

I'd say develop him with the aim to get him in with the Pedrazas etc next year, then in for the belts the year after at 23, which is about the same pace as the Canelos, Leonards, Hearns etc.

Experience matters, and it would be too easy for Loma to identify flaws in Lopez's game right now and to exploit them. Lopez might hit like a truck, but if he's swinging at air all night his confidence might take a hit, and he doesn't need that. A L to Loma would be neither here nor there, just as Canelo's L to Mayweather is irrelevant, but is Lopez in a place where he could learn lessons from an L and get better ? Or is he in a place where his confidence would be damaged to the point that he goes backward ? No point risking it - let him develop another couple of years.

We've only got Loma for a couple more years before he's gone, but we could have Lopez for the next decade - Lopez doesn't need Loma.

[indelible]

lopez is to gifted to powerful and has fast hands also plus has youth on his side this lopez will f**k circus boy up if he got guts to face this up and coming future hall of famer

Since when is flatfooted considered gifted? There's levels to this sport and Lopez has a long way to go if he gets a shot at Loma and that's a big "IF" since Lopez doesn't have a belt

[indelible]

Lopez beats everyone at 135-140 already

Mark my words

You're bandwagging. Supposedly Ryan Garcia was your top prospect

[indelible]

People need to stop being wined, dined, and seduced by a guy who blocks punches with his pancake smashed flat nose. Not even Ray Mancini has a nose that flat.

He looks like that dog from next friday