Comments Thread For: Teofimo Lopez: Eddie Hearn, Get Haney a Live Body - Then We Can Fight!

[Saborconclave]

Talking smack again

You are quickly becoming a punch line. Too much Babel, every-time he opens his mouth he contradicts himself. Missing Loma, that was a class act.

[El_Mero]

You cant ride on that Bumchenko win forever, Teo.

Forever? They just fough a couple months ago...tf?

Not sure what the big deal is with titleholders honouring their mandatories? The sanctioning bodies decide who they are, not the champions.

Lopez has to fight his mandatory or give up title.

A fight with Haney would not then be "undisputed".

THis right here!!!

You would think Lopez is Canelo by the way he calls the shots in boxing. He's the biggest star in boxing in his head

He's the biggest fighter in his weight class and proved hes the best so far.....what are Davis, Garcia and Haney doing?

Yeah, despite what Lopez thinks, beating loma doesn’t make him a superstar. Lopez now is in a position to define his championship reign. I don’t mind at all champions defending their belts, it’s what champions have always done, now I do mind champions getting rid of titles because they feel certain fighters are too much of a risk, now that I do mind. Lopez himself needs to focus on defences right now. Defend those titles against your mandatories, get those out of the way, build some hype around his name because he is a new first time champion, get the ratings up so that 2-3m peeps are watching every time, and then pick a killer with a big name if he wants to maximise money.
This isn’t rocket science

Might not make him a superstar, but it def makes him THE MAN at '35

Lopez isn't ******, he's saying these things because he knows Haney is a tough opponent, not easy to beat. He has the WBC belt, why not unify with him.

Oh for the good old days when the best fought the best; this era is more like the era of make as much money as possible and avoid fighting the best, to become the best.

Only one who comes close to good ol days is Teo at '35. He fought Commey (Champ) and then fought the p4p #1 in Loma (champ).....you dont think he deserves to fullfill his mando? He clearly states he'd fight Haney if he beats Kambosas. Not sure whats hard to understand?

[Oldskoolg]

Add Mikey Garcia, Tevin Farmer, and Michael Hunter to that list!

Oh do come along lad! He got Garcia the Vargas fight! 😂

[Oldskoolg]

Have you seen this craziness?

Gervonta Davis Announces Next Fight Won’t Be At 130 Or 135

BOXING NEWS 24

By Sean Jones: Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis has revealed that his next fight will be for a world title but not at 130 or 135. With Tank not fighting in either of those weight divisions, it’s believed that he’s be moving down to 126 to challenge WBC featherweight champion Gary Russell Jr (31-1, 18 KOs) for his title.

Tank (24-0, 23 KOs) began his career at 126 in 2013, but he quickly moved up to 130 in 2015. After six years, it might be a little difficult for the 26-year-old Davis to return.

When asked if his next fight will be at 130 or 135, Tank said, “Neither.” Tank then said, “He’s a world champion,” upon being asked for a hint about his next foe.

Of course, we don’t know for certain that Tank will be moving down to 126, but that makes a lot more sense than it does for him to be moving up to 140 to challenge for a title. The only champion that Tank could challenge at 140 is WBA ‘regular’ belt-holder Mario Barrios. Fighting him would do nothing for Tank, as he’s not well known and not viewed in the same light as the other two champions Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor. Those guys are fighting each other next, so there’s no possibility of Davis fighting either of them.

At featherweight, the only fighter that Tank would likely face is Gary Russell Jr. He’s the longest reigning champion at 126 and the best known. The other champions at featherweight are Can Xu [WBA regular], Leo Santa Cruz [WBA Super], and Emanuel Navarrete [WBO].

Davis just knocked out Santa Cruz in his last fight, so he’s not an option, and Navarrete is with Top Rank. Tank isn’t going to fight him.

Russell Jr isn’t a popular fighter, but he’s arguably superior to Yuriorkis Gamboa in terms of name recognition. It’s a fight that would garner a certain amount of attention from the hardcore boxing fans familiar with Russell Jr., But the casuals won’t take notice of this fight, and Tank might be wasting his time.

Tank doesn’t have many great choices for fights at 135 despite the division being a popular one right now. He was hoping to get a fight against Ryan Garcia until he backed out, thinking he would get a fight against Manny Pacquiao next.

Now that it appears the Pacquiao fight isn’t happening, Ryan isn’t expected to face Tank. The other Four Kings, Devin Haney and Tefoimo Lopez, haven’t shown interest in fighting Tank.

Showtime will be interested in having Tank fight Russell Jr on their network, but it’s not a pay-per-view-worthy fight. If Tank’s promoters at Mayweather Promotions choose to make the match against Russell Jr on PPV, it’ll be lucky if it brings in 50,000 buys. It’s not a sellable fight.

Russell Jr has picked up a reputation for fighting rarely once a year, which is another reason why he’s failed to become a popular champion. In Russell’s last three fights, he’s beaten Tugstsogt Nyambayar, Kiko Martinez, and Joseph Diaz Jr.

Tank Davis is coming off of a spectacular sixth-round knockout of Leo Santa Cruz last October.

https://www.************.com/2021/02...at-130-or-135/

I already liked this fight @ 130, but if Tank tries to go down to 126, to take GRJ's strap, that would be amazing!

PBC has a way of coming out of nowhere with great matchups you don’t see coming. That will be THE FIGHT of 2021 if that goes down

[Oldskoolg]

Not true at all. Devin Haney's guaranteed minimum vaccinated him against boxing's financial collapse. He doesn’t have a signature victory like Lopez, Davis or Garcia against Campbell but he commands a bigger purses than all of them.



https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshkat...h=19cdae5288b4

What’s not true at all? What are you on about?

[Combat Talk Radio]

PBC has a way of coming out of nowhere with great matchups you don’t see coming. That will be THE FIGHT of 2021 if that goes down

Now you know good and well Tank can't make that weight.

[Bronx2245]

Oh do come along lad! He got Garcia the Vargas fight! 😂

True indeed! Hahaha!

[Deleted]

I get it, but from a business stand point I don't get get it.

Again, so you want one of your biggest paydays at 135 to risk loosing that much $?!?

Go up to 140 or 147 if no one is worthy at 135. Don't become another Keith Thurman.

[Alf Stewart]

I’d rather see a Lomachenko rematch after the Aussie.

[#1PaperChamp]

I have no idea what your on about

Lopez beat 2 quality champs including #1 PFP Loma. Haney has done nothing. Haney was literally given a belt without "winning it". If Haney cant take a single meaningful fight I wouldnt advise Teofimo to fight him. Wont get much credit for the win and the fight wont be as big as it could be