WBO mild welterweight champion Josh Taylor says he needs to provide challenger Teofimo Lopez such a thrashing that he’ll both give up or get knocked out this Saturday evening, June tenth, of their headliner at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
With all of the trash-talking that the previous IBF, WBA & WBO light-weight champion Teofimo (18-1, 13 KOs) has achieved within the final two weeks, it’s angered the usually mild-mannered Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) to the purpose the place he can’t wait to provide him an actual pasting.
Boxing followers will be taught whether or not Teofimo’s will likely be heading downward or upward on Saturday. This struggle will reveal a lot about Teo’s future viability within the 140-lb division.
If Taylor steamrolls Teofimo, it may very well be a wake-up name for the New Yorker to make him understand he doesn’t belong on this division.
In that case, Teo might want to attempt to discover a approach for him to return to the 135-lb weight class to salvage his profession.
Taylor-Teofimo will headline on ESPN & ESPN+ this Saturday evening. The winner of the struggle might probably defend towards Devin Haney.
“All that does for me is provides me extra fireplace in my stomach, extra want to provide him an actual doing, an actual pasting and actually damage him,” stated Josh Taylor to Prime Rank Boxing about his struggle towards Teofimo Lopez on Saturday.
“I really feel I’m going to knock him out or retire him. I’ll give him that
a lot of a beating and correct punching that’s going to bust him up so unhealthy,” stated Taylor about Teofimo.
“It actually motivates me to place some ache on him and punish him for what he’s been saying. I actually don’t want motivation for this struggle, however with him saying issues like that, it provides you that little bit
additional.
“So he’s going to pay for these phrases that he stated. I don’t assume so as a result of a 500 Grand effective will put a halt to that,” stated Taylor concerning the $500,000 effective that Devin Haney was given by the Nevada Fee for violently shoving Vasyl Lomachenko throughout their face-off on the weigh-in for his or her struggle final month on the MGM Grand Backyard Enviornment in Las Vegas.
“So I’ll undoubtedly be maintaining my fingers to myself. I don’t fancy a factor like that for pushing somebody, and in terms of me, I wouldn’t be pushing somebody. So I don’t need to be getting there. I don’t need to be getting a 500 grand effective. I don’t fancy that, so
I’ll be maintaining my fingers in my pockets.
“I simply can’t see a approach for him to beat me until he catches me with considered one of his massive pictures, which may occur to anybody I
suppose,” stated Taylor about Teofimo.
