Teofimo Lopez has been figuring out with Canelo Alvarez and coach Eddy Reynoso this week, wanting 170+ lb-ish in what some followers imagine is preparation to maneuver as much as 154 to tackle the massive canine, Terence Crawford.
Lopez Sr. Absent: A Shift to Staff Canelo?
Apparently, the two-division world champion Teofimo’s father, Lopez Sr, is nowhere to be seen with Teo’s exercises with Canelo and Reynoso. There’s hypothesis that he will probably be coaching with Staff Canelo any longer, making an attempt to ramp up for a brand new starting at 147 or 154, the place some huge cash fights can be found.
Reynoso and Canelo have quite a lot of work to do with Teofimo in the event that they need to get him able to tackle killers at welterweight or junior middleweight.
If Teofimo desires to problem WBO welterweight champion Brian Norman Jr. for his belt, he should be rebuilt from the bottom up as a result of the 23-year-old will probably be a nightmare.
Teo wants a whole overhaul if he strikes to 147 or junior middleweight. Even when Teofimo stays at 140, he wants quite a lot of work as a result of he’s floundering within the division, wanting able to be overwhelmed once more.
154: A Land of Alternative
Transferring as much as 154 can be a greater choice for Teofimo if the concept is to broaden his pool of opposition, which might deliver within the cash. If Teo can transfer as much as 154, he would have these fighters accessible to him:
– Terence Crawford
– Errol Spence
– Sebastian Fundora
– Vergil Ortiz Jr.
– Tim Tszyu
– Serhii Bohachuk
– Israil Madrimov
Teofimo has seemed poor in his final two fights towards Steve Claggett and Jamaine Ortiz. These performances confirmed that Teo is both struggling on the weight or he’s on the downhill slope from the wars he had at 135 towards Vasily Lomachenko and George Kambosos Jr.
140: A Lifeless Finish
It’s fairly apparent that 140 is a lifeless finish for the 27-year-old Teofimo (21-1, 13 KOs), all the massive fish have disappeared from this small lake, leaving it only a sewer, full of no-name fighters, and opposition that gained’t do something for Teo’s profession.
Lopez has been calling out Crawford however with no luck. Nonetheless, Crawford wants a big-name opponent to herald the money, and it doesn’t appear to be he’s getting the Canelo mega-payday that he’s been on the marketing campaign path to get.
The 154-pounders are too harmful and younger for Crawford. He’s not going to need to mess with any of them and have one end the job that Israil Madrimov began on August third.
