Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez

[Master]

Josh Taylor is set to defend his WBO light-welterweight title against Teofimo Lopez after terms were agreed for a fight in New York on 10 June.

Alhough a deal is yet to be formally signed, the 32-year-old Scot has consented to take on Lopez, the American who shot to stardom with a stunning win over Vasyl Lomachenko in 2020.

Taylor had been due to face English rival Jack Catterall in a long-awaited rematch before sustaining a foot injury that led to a postponement.

A venue has not been confirmed for the meeting with Lopez, 25, but Madison Square Garden is one of the options under consideration.

Having become the division's undisputed champion with victory over Jose Ramirez in May 2021, Taylor vacated three of the four belts to facilitate a rematch with Catterall after their first fight ended in a controversial points win for the Tartan Tornado in Glasgow last February.

Whether that rematch now takes place at some point in the future is unclear.

Lopez's unanimous points win over Lomachenko added the WBA, WBO and WBC 'franchise' lightweight titles to his IBF title, but he subsequently lost the belts in his next outing when he suffered a shock defeat to George Kambosos.

In 2022, Lopez beat Pedro Campa then overcame Sandor Martin on a split decision.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/64747158

[TIC]

[Master]

It's finally happening, Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez will go head-to-head on June 10 when Taylor defends his WBO super lightweight title against the former undisputed champion at 135lbs.

However, Taylor has already accused his American rival of being mentally 'fragile' after failing to appear ringside during Shakur Stevenson's fight this past weekend to announce the contest.

"I've come over here to say hello to him and he's went away hiding," Taylor told Sky Sports.

"I flew over halfway across the world to come say hello to him and pull him up really. See what are you going to say, what time is it? But he's not here. He's not showed up. He's got no backside.

"So you can see he's a little bit fragile and a little bit mentally weak. So I can definitely use that to my advantage."

This will be Taylor's first fight since he controversially overcame Jack Catterall last year, and since then he has been forced to vacate all but one of his world super lightweight titles due to circumstances surrounding a Catterall rematch and mandatory challengers.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...9cefb6b&ei=126

[Spicoli]

The ideal fight poster might read "Battle of mind & body"". I cannot get away from thinking Taylor will patch together one last prime show.

[Rotten Apple]

Taylor problem making weight are a problem. I think Lopez beats him

[TIC]

[TitoFan]

https://www.ringtv.com/651992-xander...ez-co-feature/

Main Event: Josh Taylor (19-0-0, 13 KO) vs Teofimo Lopez (18-1-0, 13 KO) super lightweight
Co-Feature: Xander Zayas (15-0-0, 10 KO) vs Ronald Cruz (18-2-1, 12 KO) super welterweight

Also...

Henry Lebron (17-0-0, 10 KO) vs Christian Tapia (15-1-0, 12 KO) junior lightweight
Omar Rosario (10-0-0, 3 KO) vs Jan Carlos Rivera (8-1-0, 6 KO) junior welterweight
Bruce Carrington (7-0-0, 4 KO) vs TBA featherweight
Damian Knyba (11-0-0, 7 KO) vs TBA heavyweight

[Big J]

Taylor problem making weight are a problem. I think Lopez beats him

You could be right about Taylor's weight
I still think Taylor beats Lopez

[TIC]

i often wonder if teo hadn't tried to be cute with triller after the loma win, which lead to long delays if things might have gone differently. squandered the momentum from that win