Formerly undisputed lightweight king Teofimo Lopez (16-1, 12 KOs) went through the paces for more than 30 minutes to kick off fight week Wednesday with a media workout at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas. He hit the mitts with his father/trainer, Teofimo Lopez Sr., and even conducted an impromptu pushup session in the middle of the ring. Lopez launches The Takeover 2.0 in the junior welterweight division on Saturday night against Pedro Campa (34-1-1, 23 KOs) at the Resorts World Event Center at Resorts World Las Vegas. ESPN will televise.
He supposedly looked sharp in workouts before the Kambo fight.
The takeover I am excited about takes place on November 8th.
I expect Lopez to win THIS fight.
Hopefully he can accept his loss to Kambosis and move on with his life / career.
Like the kid as well as his skill set, but the problem I see with this era of fighters is that they ARE NOTas good as they think they are?! I’m rooting for him to win and move on. Hopefully we could see all of these cats in fights against one another, although they (Lopez, Haney, Garcia) FAILED to do it @35!
Hopefully he’s not gonna be a Eubank Jr with these spectacular training routines & misfire come fight night
If the promoters and managers would allow live streaming or same day video of the sparing it would allow a better take on “how sharp “ these combatants are. Nothing compares to actually being at an open work out watching greats as Hagler, Duran.
He should be able to come out and make a statement with a dominating performance. However, a few extra rounds wouldn’t hurt to shake off the rust and get those reflexes firing correctly. A loss followed by a 20 month layoff has never been a good thing for elite fighters.
Lopez is the new Broner.