25-year-old WBO junior welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez claims he’s retiring from the ring after dethroning Josh Taylor on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. After the fight he said he might retire. On Monday, Lopez officially announced his retirement from boxing to Max Kellerman on ESPN.
“The Takeover” has also been making the media rounds proclaiming he wants nine figures to keep fighting. Let’s see if this retirement sticks.
Update: Lopez also posted the following on his Instagram page:
What a relief! Retired at the top. Thank you boxing for the amazing life you’ve provided for myself and my entire loved ones!
He is probably just saying that to cast doubt on his future earnings heading into divorce court /child support
That is right. If he married this fly attendant without a pre-nub she is gonna take him to the cleaners. If he still active the judge is gonna take into account his future earnings on the settlement. Now we all understand why Teofimo’s family was so against his marriage.
Im not in his family and I seen this coming a mile away. His wife didnt give him the time of day until she seen him on TV. He wanted to impress a broad who wasn’t into him. But she seen what he was able to do for her lifestyle by dragging him around.
These fighters need some good bros around to keep them grounded. Haney was with Black China, but he knew to cut her off and focus on fighting the best lightweights.
9 figures???? That sure as hell better include the figures to the right of the decimal. Otherwise, this is pure delusion.
If he really does retire, would anyone really care?
““The Takeover” has also been making the media rounds proclaiming he wants nine figures to keep fighting”
When it comes to a guy talking out of his a$$, Teo has even Tyson Fury beat on this one. Wow.
Nobody could beat that clown at the fake retirement ,not even Lopez.
I dont think he is retiring. He is going to have a child custody court date pretty soon, and it looks that it wont be amicable, lawyers making chen chen. Plus , he spends like no tomorrow…
Lovers & Haters we most likely will see more of the Take Over
Must have health issues or happy w/ his $ in the bank. Can’t see why he wouldn’t want to avenge loss to Kambosos, if Kambosos wins his next fight. If Kambosos could beat him at 140, you’d know the 1st fight wasn’t a fluke.
When a person analyzes a fighter’s payout, there are so many factors to consider: taxes, fees, training expenditures, payouts to his/her training team, and lastly, the take home pay. In the end, some fighters do not get rich even with big winnings. If Lopez is going thru a divorce with custodial issues, maybe considering the payouts on child support, alimony, etc. are factoring into his decisions with all the hard work as a fighter versus making lower amounts of take-home pay after all the debts are owed. I am just guessing. Either way, we will see if he comes back for fighting to make some income in the future.
it wasn’t that great of a win.
Teofimo has become obsessed with money. Now he is gonna lose a lot of it to his baby mama. Once everything is settled he will try recoup all of it. Just remember how he went with the rappers that flashed a lot of money on his face to latter find out that they really couldn’t come with the money and he had to go back Bob Arum.That was probably why he lost to Cambosos. He was only focus on the millions and not being prepared to win the fight. Everyone just wants to be a millionaire in boxing now days.
If he retires good for him but he’s too young and will make a fight if the money is right.
Fake news…
Never a fan of him nor his skills. I think he his just talking. His last fight was on ESPN which probably was not 9 figures. How do you now expect that you can demand 9 figures.
Seems totally legit.
C’mon teofimo don’t retire we hispanics are who put the action in boxing
who cares if this clown retired. he’s an obnoxious punk anyway, just like his dad.
HOPE HE GETS TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS, HE DESERVES IT.
Another Tyson Fury
Lol he barely won
If you go by the judges. In reality you have to give it to him by 4 rounds.
Yea because it was a close fight just like Spencer vs Crawford whoever wins will be by one point
his nuts to retire he could make good money for those belts?
I can see Teos frustration. Haney made roughly 5 million against Loma and a huge money against Kambosos. Haney isn’t a draw and is making boatloads of money. But Teos attitude is screwing his career over
Janet capitalized on his win against kamoboso and kept winning. Lopez…not so much. Acted tough taking off his shirt at a presser wanting to fight kambosos and that was it. Hasn’t done much since.
His full of ishhht! He proved nothing by fighting the weakest champ in the division! He’ll be fighting for pennies onced ex-wife drains his account, he’ll be begging for a fight just like bronner to get a paycheck! Lets see how smart or how stuped his decision to retire it is! He knows he can’t go against the top dogs of the division waiting to dismantle him and take his belts!
Only name that he’s fought is lomachenko. How exactly does he justify millions?
He’s taking over the couch. This will only be a disservice to him if he un-retires as it almost certainly means time out of the ring and therefore ring rust upon return. Either way, what it really seems to signal is his mental instability.
Retire, settle this court business, take about 6 months off, sign the papers, get back in the ring. Baddabing. I wish Lopez all the best in his upcoming legal issues and emotional health as this can be draining both physically and psychologically.
By the time this settles, Haney’s body will no longer be able to make 135, making a very lucrative fight with Lopez a good possibility in a new free world.
Just when you thought Teo couldn’t seem like more of an idiot…he finds a way.
One of the most revolting figures that I’ve seen in the sport of Boxing, in quite some time. The street talking nonsense never ends. I wish this announcement meant that he was immediately stripped of the title. I don’t think he’s retiring. This is nonsense, but I don’t think we’ll see him fight anyone who poses a threat anytime soon either. He’s probably done fighting this year too. I’m sure I’m not alone in wishing he would just disappear.
He just don’t want that Paro smoke!!
Good riddance! Please disappear.
good riddance, but i don’t believe anything this man says . god bless him; he needs that more than money .
Good for Lopez. He proved everyone wrong twice, earned good money, and no longer has to abuse his bodies. He can now enjoy life and be productive in other ways.
Many of you will disagree, but I think he did enough to earn a spot in the IBHOF. Let’s see if this happens.
Not really LeKaren. He got a win over loma and didn’t capitalize. He was embarrassed his next fight and hasn’t beaten anybody else at the high level. It takes a lot more than that…
Congratulations Champ! Enjoy your retirement stay humble
what an overrated head case!
vacate the WBO title then we will believe your BS
What a twit.
Bye Felicia! Just the thought of fighting Prograis in a unification fight sent this mental midget into retirement:-)
Julio Cesar Chavez sr. is “active” as soon as you pay him millions. Teo , in a year will be begging for his belts he “retired”..
Good bye,you will not be missed
Teo ex wife was probably sick of living with his Dad. That family is so dysfunctional and the drama is unreal. Teo can’t even give an interview without his dad popping in and annoying the shit out of everyone. That bitch ran for the hills and I don’t blame her.