Teofimo Lopez makes an look on It Is What It Is and has a dialogue with Cam and Mase about his feedback dismissing a possible struggle in opposition to Shakur Stevenson, who he thinks brings him the hardest struggle, and why a struggle between him and Devin Haney by no means occurred. Take a look at some excerpts beneath.
Teofimo Lopez on saying he’s not all that occupied with preventing Shakur Stevenson as a result of respect he has for his supervisor J. Prince
“To be actual, simply I ain’t attempting to offer the person his first loss,” Lopez stated. “I’ll let any person else take that, deal with that. I seen Shakur lose within the amateurs — ‘trigger all of us from that class — and it ain’t a very good look, man.
“There was this one time particularly right here in Vegas, Nationwide Golden Gloves, 2015, similar yr me and Jaron Ennis ‘Boots’ gained, and Shakur, man, he misplaced it. He misplaced it, man. He misplaced to Ruben Villa after which he wished to go as much as one of many — I feel he did — went as much as one of many rooftop of the lodge and he wished to leap off. Yeah. I ain’t attempting to have precise blood on my arms.
“That Olympic shit, him tearing up and stuff, that ain’t nothing. Like, it’s been dangerous.”
On who he suppose presents the hardest struggle for him at 140
“It’s simply myself. No one may beat me, no one. It’s been proven, it’s been confirmed. At 140 I’m the one one nonetheless remaining, retaining my titles, and on the similar time nonetheless the king of the division, lineal world champion at 140.
“That’s why I used to be pondering I want a competitor. So I used to be pondering of Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis or Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford.”
On why he by no means fought Devin Haney
“To be actual, that’s extra on his facet. I’ve tried thrice already with Haney. And the final time they had been purported to have a gathering with my promoter Bob Arum from High Rank they usually by no means got here, by no means confirmed up.
“However the second that — my precise first defeat that they gave me, they jobbed me, however that first defeat that (they) gave me, who was fast to leap instantly to Kambosos? That was Devin Haney.”
