By Ryan Burton

Rising lightweight prospect Teofimo Lopez (11-0) has gained a lot of notoriety for not only his ability in the ring but also his extravagant post fight celebrations.

While most prospects with a similar amount of professional fights are still building up their records at this stage of their careers, Lopez has already reached contender status and is being fast tracked towards a title shot.

On Saturday night he will face former two-time title challenger Diego "2 Fuegos" Magdaleno (31-2) in Frisco, Texas. The fight will open up an ESPN+ card that will be headlined by the Eleider Alvarz-Sergey Kovalev rematch.

When Lopez stopped William Silva last July, his post fight rendition of the "Take the L" dance from the popular video game Fortnite went viral on social media.  He followed that up with his crushing first round highlight reel knockout of Mason Mendard in December.  The fight took place immediately after college football's Heisman ceremony and the brash 21-year-old donned the Heisman winner Kyler Murray's jersey and struck the Heisman pose in ring right after the knockout.

He said that boxing fans are in for another football related celebration on Saturday night. While he wouldn't reveal the exact celebration, he did tell us that he will be borrowing one of the Pittsburgh Steelers' star wide receiver Antonio Brown's previous touchdown celebrations.

"It will definitely be a football celebration that AB did. That is Antonio Brown," Lopez said of Brown who has had many extravagant celebrations during his NFL career.  "That is all I am going to give you. You won't know which one. He has so many."

The 2016 Honduran Olympian may only be 21-years-old but he understands that to become a superstar it takes more than just winning. Continuing to win is very important but there are other things that can be done to also help build a boxer's brand.

"Like I said we take over the show and not just by stopping people but what we do afterwards. Even if it goes the distance, if we choose not to stop them. I know how to set the tone. If I want longer rounds I will make it longer rounds, just enough to where he can hold it. If we want it short we will make it short," Lopez told BoxingScene.com the day before he left for Texas.

"I told everybody when I fought Mason Menard I was not going to wait and do rounds. Coming off an injury I said to most reporters and people from Top Rank that if I hurt him - whether it is early or not I am stopping him - and that is exactly what happened."

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