By Sean Jones: Teofimo Lopez’s dad leaked the sport plan for tonight by telling Invoice Haney & the media that Teo will probably be boxing Josh Taylor all evening and NOT trying to “kill” him like that had been talked about.
Lopez Sr admitted that he “f**ked up” by having Teofimo attempting to knock out his opponents not too long ago, which was a mistake. He stated that Teofimo (18-1, 13 KOs) would return to how he fought within the amateurs when boxing his opposition as an alternative of attempting to obliterate them. That was when he was at his finest.
It is sensible for Teofimo to field WBO mild welterweight champion Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) as a result of he’s not a adequate puncher at 140 to brawl with this man. Teofimo’s energy didn’t carry up with him from 135, and if he tries to slug with Taylor, he’ll get blasted out.
Taylor has the higher stamina, so it leaves Teofimo with no alternative however to field if he’s to have any shot at profitable. Teofimo largely boxed in his win over Vasyl Lomachenko, however that was towards a man preventing with only one arm attributable to his shoulder harm.
Taylor isn’t injured, and he’s going to be tough to outbox. It’s possible that Lopez Sr watched the success Regis Prograis had boxing Taylor from the surface within the second half of their battle in 2019.
When Prograis was going to struggle with Taylor within the first half of the battle, he was getting overwhelmed up and was no match. It was solely after Prograis made changes by preventing from lengthy vary that he discovered success within the later rounds.
Teofimo Lopez Sr: “I need you boys [Devin Haney] subsequent,” to Combat Hub TV.
Invoice Haney: “I regarded for you excessive & low. I went to the liquor retailer and so they informed me I simply missed you, too. Pay attention, you deal with your online business [against Josh Taylor]. You deal with that. You bought a tricky man tomorrow.”
Teofimo Sr: “We’re going to field the s**t out of this dude. They don’t know the ‘Gordo’ from the amateurs. They suppose we’re coming over right here to kill him. We’re going to field him, bro. You’re going to see essentially the most stunning boxing that you just’ve ever seen.
Invoice: “Is Gordo [Teofimo] again?”
Teofimo Sr: “He by no means left. I used to be f***king up. I used to be pressuring him to go in and be laborious, however I forgot my son is one of the best when he bins, and also you’re going to see one of the best boxer on the planet tomorrow.”
Invoice: “Didn’t I say that?”
Teofimo Sr: “And also you guys are going to see it. We’re not coming to kill this man. We’re going to interrupt him down little by little.”
Invoice: “When you guys win, do I get a promise? Did I come right here for nothing? When you win, do you promise it’s Devin and Loma?”
Teofimo Sr: “F**ok yeah. For twenty million {dollars} and you already know that.”
Invoice: “Don’t you value your self out like that. Don’t take heed to him.”
Teofimo Sr: “Twenty million {dollars}. You realize you like cash, mom f***r. Come on.”
Invoice: “You heard it. It takes twenty million to get Devin. You seen what he stated.”
Teofimo Sr: “Teofimo vs. Haney after we put the s**t on this [Taylor] mom f***er as a result of it’s going to be a boxing exhibition that you just guys have by no means seen in your life, and he is aware of what I’m speaking about.
Invoice: “I don’t know. Pay attention, I don’t know why it’s 20 million. That’s what he’s asking for. One factor that I say is that’s like I informed him. If he [Teofimo] will get again to being Gordo, the Gordo that I do know that he was as an beginner.
“Earlier than he was the man that you just knew as a knockout artist, it was Gordo, the hell of a boxer. If he will get again to being Gordo, then you possibly can count on for an amazing evening. However that 20 million {dollars}, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s occurring.”
