Lightweight ruler vows to punish challenger for disrespect
Teofimo Lopez has warned George Kambosos Jr. that ‘God will humble him’ for disrespecting his family when he defends his IBF, WBO, WBA, WBC Franchise lightweight titles on Saturday night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, live worldwide on DAZN.
Lopez (16-0 12 KOs) finally puts his belts on the line against his IBF mandatory, ending a long-running saga between the champion and the unbeaten Australian, with previous attempts to stage the fight having fallen through.
‘The Takeover’ has been out of the ring for over a year since adding Vasiliy Lomachenko belts to his IBF crown in Las Vegas last October in a stunning display and returns to his city of birth where he set up that fight with a brutal KO win over Richard Commey at MSG in December 2019.
The 24 year old is out to prove that he’s the new people’s champion following in the footsteps of the great Muhammad Ali – and he’ll show that with a punishing KO win over ‘Ferocious’ Kambosos Jr.
“You have to know your place and on Saturday, God is going to humble this man, through me,” said Lopez. “A lot of these people are so ambitious and that’s OK, you have to be. But the thing is, sometimes you don’t get it because you probably won’t carry it the right way. You’re not going to be a people’s champ. You’re going to spend your money on yourself rather than giving back like a lot of fighters do.
“It’s all about being the people’s champ. Ali was the greatest of all time for those things. He made a strong, strong impact on the sport, so for George, I have no respect for him at all – at all.
“The amount of disrespect from him, you disrespect my Mother? I told them, I warned him, his manager ‘don’t talk about my family’. I said they can say anything else, talk sh*t about me, say I am a cockroach, an ant. But once you cross that line, that barrier; f*ck his manager Peter Kahn and f*ck George Kambosos Jr.
“I’m thankful that DAZN has picked up this fight, I’m thankful for Eddie Hearn and everyone that has played a role in this one. I’m in the zone and on DAZN. It’s a blessing to be here but it’s time to start putting people in their place, and time that they sit down and be humble. I’ve been humbled and I am humble. There comes a point that you just have to smack these guys.”
I’m hoping that George shuts Lopez up
So god works through you huh? Uhh okay loser.
I wonder which god is he talking about ? So the world is suffering terribly, people are starving – but god works through him ? I’d have thought whichever god he is talking about has bigger things to worry about……
There is only ONE TRUE GOD and that is the creator of our universe.
God bless
– The saying goes “God works in mysterious ways”.
– Not sure if God works thru Teo Lopez, though.
God might be too busy to care about this fight.
God will just watch the highlights on youtube
I can’t stand fighters who have to manufacture accusations to build up a fight. Hey Teo, George left your family out of it, so why don’t you leave your own family out of it. Prick.
Teo by brutal knockout inside of 5.
This guy doesn’t know the meaning of humble ,once a belt goes around that waste some of these guys become massive ego maniacs,this guy is one of them, actually not too intelligent outside the ring.
This dude is a wanker. So full of himself. Hope Fericious George humbles the fool
Matt:
– Haven’t heard “Wanker” in a very long time – thanx for the chuckle.
– I’ve been using “Jabroni”.
– Take care.
Be nice if ‘God’ humbled you and your Dad too!!