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Teofimo Lopez turned down a final offer from his top promoters to defend his title against Subriel Matias on ESPN PPV in Las Vegas.
According to Keith Idek, Top Rank’s offer to WBO light welterweight champion Tefimo (21-1, 13 KOs) for a match against former IBF 140-lb belt-holder Matias (21-2, 21 KOs) was above the “contract minimum.” ” Theo remains impregnable, his own worst enemy, as his job nosedives.
It’s unclear what kind of money Lopez, 27, is expecting for the Matthias fight, but whatever it is, he wasn’t offering a high level. That was dangerous for Theo as he had not performed well for the past four years. Theo looks like a complete basket case from 2021.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Lopez has always struggled against pressure fighters in his ninth-year professional career, and he may have been separated from the heavy-handed Matthias.
Subriel’s power would have been 100% hell for Teofimo, and he might have. mentally broken In the year As he did in a 12-round split decision loss to George Kambossos Jr. in 2021.
Is the demand for Lopez too high?
“Teofimo Lopez rejected Top Rank’s final offer “above the minimum contract,” according to reports before the deadline for a WBO 140-pound title fight with Subriel Matias. Lopez and Mathias They will be fighting in the main event of the ESPN PPV in Las Vegas on March 15,” Keith Idek said. X.
Last year on June 29th, Lopez had to worry about his fight against journeyman Steve Clagett (39-8-2, 22 KOs). Teofimo took a lot of punishment from Clagett with a badly swollen face en route to a better-than-expected 12-round unanimous decision victory.
He is believed to have fueled the confidence of top-ranked Theo Claggett’s opponent after his controversial win over Jamain Ortiz on February 8 last year.
Many boxing fans believe the judges gave Teofimo a gift decision, and Jamaine feels robbed. I watched the fight and Ortiz beat him 9-3, and it wasn’t even close. He dominated Lopez more than Cambosos.
Some believe that Teofimo’s career highlight, a narrow 12-round decision over Vassily Lomachenko in November 2020, destroyed him as a fighter, a fighter who could not fight at the levels he had previously shown. Lomachenko did something to Theo, and he’s been mediocre ever since. What did Loma do in that struggle to become what he is?
