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Originally Posted by Ron Swanson
Removed from a priority position to win a world championship belt.
Why is Garcia not being abused for this??!!
Wish boxing was more like the UFC and the best fight the best.
Teofimo Lopez tells Vasyl Lomachenko ‘f*** you’ but admits he learned a lot from boxing rival and former P4P No1
UNIFIED lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez admits he learned a great deal from his showdown with Vasyl Lomachenko, but he insists he still doesn't like the Ukrainian.
Lopez shocked the world last October by edging out Loma in their blockbuster lightweight title unification bout, which he won via unanimous decision.
The pair have been engaged in a bitter war of words ever since that night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
But Lopez, 23, admits his overall game has benefitted from sharing the ring with the two-time Olympic gold medallist.
When asked about his prime being anywhere on the horizon, he told TMZ: "More so of the opposition and the amount of knowledge I grabbed off of Lomachenko himself."
The Takeover added: "Yeah [I learned stuff from fighting him]. Just like I learned from everybody that I faced.
"But mainly, yeah, with Lomachenko, I did. There's a lot of things that I grabbed off of him.
"We already know what we were going to do in camp and going into the fight.
"But then there was nice things that I grabbed and now I take it into my own craft now."
Lopez is grateful for the extra wisdom his bout with Lomachenko has bestowed on him and was quick to thank the former champ for teaching him some valuable lessons.
But he made sure to let him know they won't be on good terms any time soon.
He continued: "Thanks, Loma. Even though f**k you, but thank you."
Lopez's next outing is expected to be against Japan's Masayoshi Nakatani, although their meeting has not yet been confirmed.
Lopez has, however, revealed he'll be back in the ring in June.
He said: "June 5th in Miami, that's when I'll be fighting.
"It's great, man, and I'm excited to bring it back to everybody, the sport, that I love."
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/14522...o-boxing-news/
The network announced Davis’ championship fight with Barrios on Thursday as the centerpiece of a nine-show lineup running from May until September.
The 25-year-old Barrios (26-0, 17 knockouts) isn’t as big a name as other potential opponents who were linked to Davis, including Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney and Teofimo Lopez, but he will hold substantial height and reach advantages. Davis (24-0, 23 knockouts) will move up two weight classes from his previous fight against Leo Santa Cruz. He fought Yuriorkis Gamboa in the 135-pound weight class in December 2019.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...gqq-story.html
So Tank is moving up, does this mean the end of our desired fights for him?
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Originally Posted by SlimTrae
I hope not. If I were to guess, I'd say Gervonta would almost certainly come back down after Barrios. His height and reach are better suited for the lower weights... and it's not like there is a scarcity of big names there, like you mentioned. The thing I would worry about regarding Davis would be can he stay out of his own way long enough to become an all-time great in boxing. "Trouble" should actually be his middle name.
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Originally Posted by Master
I'm sure when he dished out $750,000, it may have come close to cleaning his bank account out. But talk about the returns. Has to be the best investment any fighter has ever made.
I hope Arum is still sour about allowing a fighter out of a contract for what now seems like meager dollars.;D He let a guy go that became the biggest PPV attraction in sports history.
As far a Lopez, I'm not sure where his peak will take him. Very good fighter, but if he is the man he's proving himself to be, there's a few losses awaiting him ahead. Shouldn't lower his stock.