Tank vs Garcia vs Haney vs Teo

[Master]

George Kambosos vows to ‘destroy’ Teofimo Lopez and end ‘four kings’ era of Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney

GEORGE KAMBOSOS has vowed to 'destroy' Teofimo Lopez and the 'four kings' lightweight era at the same time.

Throughout the 1980s, boxing was graced by Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns.

They were a quartet of superstars who all fought each other and earned the 'four kings' nickname.

Now promoters and managers are licking their lips at the prospect of another golden era, this time in the lightweight division.

Unified champion Lopez sits atop of the throne, with ready-made unbeaten rivals awaiting him in Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney.

But Aussie Kambosos, who challenges for Lopez's belts in May, has promised to wreck those super-fights by ruling over the lot of them.

He told SunSport: "What's a king to an emperor? A king might rule one land but the emperor will come over and rule many lands.
"They can be the 'four kings' no problem but the emperor is coming and coming to rule America.

"I've already ruled Australia, I came over to the UK and ruled there.
"Now I'm coming over to rule the US and destroy the supposed top leader, their king, the guy who is holding it down for them."

Lopez, 23, shot to superstardom in October, as he dethroned pound-for-pound contender Vasiliy Lomachenko, 32, on points.

Floyd Mayweather protege Davis, 26, is a career super-featherweight but has the power and backing to move up the weights.

Haney, 22, also mentored by Mayweather, was controversially handed the WBC belt in 2019, with Lomachenko elevated to 'Franchise' champ.
And Garcia, also 22, is primed as America's next 'Golden Boy', but is yet to fight for world honours.

Kambosos, 27, meanwhile muscled his way into title contention by fighting across America and Europe, climbing the ranks.

He sealed the deal in October, flying 9,000 miles to beat ex-champion Lee Selby, 34, in London to become IBF mandatory.

And Kambosos is adamant his career stands out above the other contenders, having travelled far and wide while taking on all comers.

He said: "I've earned it the hardest way.

"Lopez has all the belts, he's beat three former or world champions, the second guy is myself, I've beaten two former world champions.
"Devin Haney has only beaten one, and Gamboa was shot as ever, Ryan Garcia hasn't beaten a world champion yet.

"Davis, he's all over the place, he's at 130, so he's not really in the mix at 135.

"I've had to earn this the hard way. I've been overseas, the US, preparing all over the world with hard sparring sessions.

"This has been well earned, everything that has come has been deserving, but now I'm ready for those world titles."

Lopez rolled the dice when negotiating his first title defence, refusing a package put together by his Top Rank promotion.

Instead, he gambled and went to purse bids, with social media app Triller blowing the competition out of the water with a £4.3million bid.

The huge payment to secure the rights further increased Lopez's argument as a box office attraction, which started the night he upset Lomachenko.

But Kambosos is ready to stand up to the New Yorker and burst his bubble while spoiling his reign before it even gets going.

He explained: "No one has ever turned round to Teofimo and said, 'I'm coming straight at ya. I don't care what you've done'.

"They've all been scared of him, I don't know why. He's a young, 23-year-old little kid.

"I'm not scared of any man, I saw what Lomachenko did in that fight in the later part, I'm bigger, stronger, faster and more explosive and more violent.

"Just like Lopez shocked the world, it's going to be very embarrassing come our fight."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/14298...a-devin-haney/

[Ron Swanson]

Garcia literally petitioned to be removed from his mandatory position. As I told you all he would months ago. It’s boring being right so far ahead of time.

[Beanz]

Davis may not be fighting anyone for some time. https://www.badlefthook.com/2021/3/2...xing-news-2021

[TitoFan]

[imp]

Garcia literally petitioned to be removed from his mandatory position. As I told you all he would months ago. It’s boring being right so far ahead of time.

Disgusting.

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.

[Master]

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/

[SlimTrae]

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?

[TitoFan]

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?

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.