Teofimo López Jr. has had a quiet year defending his WBO junior welterweight titles against Jamain Ortiz and Steve Claggett, however. 2025 López wants to live up to his nickname. “The Takeover” once again takes part in a big battle.
To prepare for this opportunity, López, 21-1 (13 KOs), recently linked up with Eddie Reynoso, adding Saul “Canelo” Alvarez’s head coach and lifelong confidant. Help his father and long-time trainer Teofimo Sneer.
During practice this week in San Diego. Lopez cleared the air with possible matchups with Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia, Terrence Crawford and others.
“I waited a week for the Haney team to respond, but they never responded. We made them a good and reasonable offer with a guaranteed $2.4 million. and a 55-45 pay-per-view split at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles,” López told Constantino. Garcia on Little Giant Boxing “You are wasting my time. You’ve wasted my time too many times. I have to broadcast it. I was told to be radio silent while we tried to negotiate, but I had to do it.
“Ryan has no fight right now. He was in the same situation I was in. I’ll call Oscar (De La Hoya) later to see what’s going on. Everything must have a reason. It cannot be wishful thinking. And let’s fight We have to give them something to care about. I tried to play as fair as I could as the division king at 140 pounds.
“Crawford, stop being a bitch and fight at 154 pounds.” Let’s take care of this young man. Take me out of the ring. Take me out and put me in the crib Everyone’s just talking, and to everyone, stop avoiding Teofimo. Hey, he always fights the best. Where are you guys? We’ll see who wants it. But actually all of them.”
Lopez also offered an update on how he’s been training with Reynoso.
“It was great,” said López. “They both had a great view of what they saw in me and what I could do. So far they’ve both worked well together. And I can’t wait to see what’s in store. The best thing is that I combined both of their styles and you guys will see another version.”
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