The winner of the Lomachenko vs. Lopez fight will hold the IBF, WBA, WBC Franchise, WBO, and Ring Magazine titles. Teofimo has no choice but to fight Lomachenko now, as he’s already outgrown the division at 23. The only question is, does Teofimo have the ability to finish him once he starts dropping him left and right? “A fight like Usyk and Chisora – which may well end up to be a good fight – that should be free on television. Still, he likely won’t get that chance due to the politics of boxing. “I mean, give me a break. Because it’s a money grab. He was one of these young talented fighters that won a title at 19 or 20 or whatever it was. “A television network that is doing boxing should buy a Lomachenko vs Lopez fight, which is a classic lightweight championship for all four belts. The WBC hasn’t said why they’re making a notable exception for their Franchise title for this fight, but I guess it works better for them if the belt goes to the winner. You don’t want to have the loser of the battle still holding onto the Franchise title, considering that won’t reflect well on the WBC. Maybe I’m missing something. The assumption has been whether he wins, loses or draws in his fight with WBA, WBC and WBO lightweight champion Vasiliy Lomachenko that IBF titlist Teofimo Lopez would be moving up to 140 pounds. Another fight Arum has in the works is Terence Crawford’s WBO welterweight title defence against Kell Brook on November 14. That’s not a real degree.’. The real WBC lightweight champion is Devin Haney. If Lopez moves up to 140, he wants to fight the winner of the Jose Ramirez vs. Josh Taylor unification. “I’m one of the guys that will underestimate him at my peril,” said Mora about Lopez. If Teofimo didn’t take the fight with Lomachenko now, he’d be in the same boat as Mikey Garcia in missing his chance. There are stages to this. The power that Teofimo exhibited against Richard Commey and Diego Magdaleno is more than enough to knock out Lomachenko. “He could have done a lot more in his career. Boxing » Teofimo Lopez » Teofimo Lopez: I don’t want to hear about Lomachenko again after this fight. The difference is, the rematch will undoubtedly be shown on ESPN pay-per-view. Is it the money? I don’t want to promote him by even saying his name. Lopez has admittedly said he has had trouble making the 135-pound limit in the past.
“And credit to ESPN for making this on cable,” Grisham said about the Lomachenko vs. Teofimo fight. ESPN is putting up the money for the fight, a lot of money. That’s just not fair and will one day lead to the demise of the sport in the UK.”. If it’s such a great fight, how come nobody’s bought it?”. IBF lightweight champion Lopez and Lomachenko, 32, are set to fight on regular ESPN and ESPN Deportes on October 17th at ‘The Bubble’ at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada Although the fight has been advertised as being for the undisputed 135-lb championship, it falls short of that. Unbiased boxing talk #IBFP #TeofimoLopez #VasylLomachenko #Loma. “I don’t know what the economic situation is in the UK, but over here in the States people are out of work, the economy is in the s***house because of this coronavirus. Interestingly enough, the WBC has decided to unfreeze Lomachenko’s Franchise title for this fight only, which means that if Lopez beats the Ukrainian fighter, he can capture the title. Unfortunately, Teofimo will have to hear Lomachenko’s name if he beats him on October 17th, as Top Rank will make sure that they set up an immediate rematch between them.