Andre Ward has all the time been extremely excessive on Teofimo Lopez.
The chic velocity, underrated defensive abilities, and his capacity to rattle off 4 to 5 punch mixtures earlier than turning off the lights of his opponents is one thing that Ward has brazenly acknowledged. Nevertheless, following his current exhibiting, Ward was left wanting extra.
In entrance of a pro-Lopez crowd in New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard earlier this month, Lopez took heart stage as he squared off towards Sandor Martin. Although the Spaniard noticed his inventory soar following his upset victory over Mikey Garcia, based on oddsmakers, the 29-year-old basically stood no probability towards Lopez.
However whereas many of the boxing world stood firmly in Lopez’s nook, Martin (40-3, 13 KOs) used the disparaging phrases of his naysayers to gas him on the night time. Though it wasn’t the consequence he hoped for, Martin is trying to carry his head excessive.
Within the speedy aftermath of his considerably controversial victory, Ward revealed his essential ideas on Lopez throughout a current interview.
“He did not look nice,” mentioned Ward to BoxingScene.com. “He had some good moments however Martin, he confirmed up. He carried out in a means that lots of people did not anticipate him to however Teo did not look nice.”
Regardless of being lambasted again and again, Lopez (18-1, 13 KOs) believes that after two profitable outings at 140 kilos, he’s able to compete towards the higher echelon of his new division. Falling in step with Lopez’s needs, the bombastic 25-year-old is positioned completely to face lately topped WBC champion, Regis Prograis.
Nevertheless, despite his ambitions, Lopez has an unfathomable lengthy listing of contenders and trinket holders that he may finally face within the ring, together with Jose Ramirez and Josh Taylor. In Ward’s view, Lopez’s highway to the summit of the tremendous light-weight division will not be a benign one.
“Any of these fights may be made but it surely’s going to be exhausting at 140 irrespective of who he fights.”