Teofimo Lopez took advantage of the spotlight on Saturday’s ESPN cards to call out Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford, in that order. Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) is desperate for a big fight after being ignored in his recent attempts to lure Devin Haney to face him.
Lopez flies to Ennis
If Teofimo is seriously interested in fighting Ennis, it would have to be at welterweight because he is too big to move up to 140.
In the interview, Lopez said he deserves the biggest cut for the guys he calls out because he’s the “king of the division.” He’s not going to get any of those guys with his attitude, and he’ll probably have to keep fighting the same obscure opposition he’s been in the past few years.
It is interesting that Teofimo, 27, wants to fight Ennis because, in the past, he felt that he brought nothing to the table. Does her recent poor performance against Karen Chukhadzhian have anything to do with Teo’s sudden interest?
“I need a guy who’s going to fight. If you guys say you’re the best, fight the best,” Teofimo Lopez told Top Rank Boxing, saying he wants to get back in the ring against a good opponent. “Jaron Ennis ‘Boots’, Gervonta Davis, and it ends with Terence Crawford,” said Teofimo when asked to name who he wants to fight.
Gervonta won’t waste time fighting Teofimo because he has plenty of other fighters at 135 that he can face. Crawford doesn’t take Teo seriously and doesn’t care.
When ESPN’s Mark Kriegel asked Teofimo who he wanted to fight, he brushed off Boots, Tank and Crawford. This is not the first time Teofimo has called big names, and the only one he ever delivered was Vasily Lomachenko. The rest of the guys that Teofimo fought were less so.
