Teofimo Lopez says he’s involved in defending his WBO mild welterweight title towards Ryan Garcia subsequent. Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) states that he’s “King of the 140 lb division,” and he’d offer Ryan a 55-45 break up with him because the B-side. That clearly gained’t go over with Ryan, simply because it didn’t curiosity Devin Haney.
Ryan (24-1, 20 KOs) shouldn’t be prone to comply with any provide involving Teofimo that has him because the A-side. Teofimo isn’t in style sufficient to name the pictures in a battle negotiations with Ryan.
Titles Don’t Matter
Lopez feels that his WBO means one thing in negotiations with Ryan, Haney, and George Kambosos, which doesn’t depend a lot. Holding a world title means nothing when negotiating with in style contenders; on this case, Ryan is much extra in style than Teofimo attributable to his 12 million Instagram followers.
Teo’s quarter-hour of fame has disappeared after his loss to George Kambosos in 2021 and two controversial wins over Sandor Martin and Jamaine Ortiz. You may argue that Teofimo is much less in style now than he was in 2020 when he beat an injured, one-armed Vasily Lomachenko by a slender 12-round unanimous determination.
Many followers imagine that High Rank has been defending Teofimo with their matchmaking and that he can be nowhere with out them. It’s thought that if he weren’t well-connected with High Rank, he would have been given defeats in his fights with Sandor Martin and Jamaine Ortiz.
Since then, Teofimo has been in freefall, with repeated poor performances and nil wins over in style fighters. Sorry, the washed Josh Taylor doesn’t depend. That’s Teofimo’s greatest win since his victory over the injured Vasily Lomchenko in 2020.
King Advanced?
Teofimo’s state of affairs with High Rank is murky proper now, and it’s unclear if he’s going to be within the place to battle anybody, least of all Ryan with the 55-45 break up.
“Proper now, Ryan don’t bought a battle,” stated Teofimo when informed that Ryan Garcia desires to battle him. I’ll see if I’ll name Oscar [De La Hoya] and see what’s up. Every little thing has to make sense. It could actually’t be, ‘Hey, let’s simply make a battle.’ Wishful considering, no,” stated Teofimo Lopez to Little Big Boxing about his curiosity in preventing Ryan Garcia.
“We bought to provide them one thing to be involved in it. I attempt to be honest one of the simplest ways I can. I believe a 55-45 break up, realizing I’m the King of my division at 140 lbs, defending the WBO World title and the Ring Journal on high of that, which is lineal. Yeah, 55-45 looks like an affordable break up.
Teofimo is NOT the King of the sunshine welterweight division, as we noticed in his fights towards Sandor Martin and Jamaine Ortiz. He was gifted with selections in each of these fights. If Teofimo means he’s the King by way of being extra in style than anybody else, he’s off. Devin Haney, Ryan, and Liam Paro are extra in style.
The Greatest Fighters at 140
Liam Paro
Devin Haney
Arnold Barboza Jr
Jose Ramirez
Ryan Garcia
Alberto Puello
Jose ‘Rayo’ Valenzeula
Jack Catterall
Gary Antuanne Russell
Jamaine Ortiz
Sandor Martin
Oscar Duarte
Subriel Matias
Ryan isn’t capable of battle attributable to his suspension, which doesn’t finish till late April 2025. When Ryan does resume his profession, he’ll doubtless take a tune-up. So, if Teofimi is considering that Ryan will battle him instantly in April, he’s kidding himself.
“It’s actually 5% if you concentrate on it as a result of in the event you’re chopping off the opposite 5, it’s both going to taxes or going to your crew. If Ryan is watching. You bought no battle, bro. You’re in the identical form of predicament that I’m within the Fanmio till Golden Boy permits it. I believe they’ll, however we bought to see,” stated Lopez.
