Teofimo Lopez announces his retirement

[Redback Rasta]

Lopez-Taylor peaked at 980,000 and was watched by an average audience of 945,000.

Pretty handy numbers those.

[AngryGoon38]

It's A business based strategy by Teofimo.

He'll be back in 18 months.

[Redback Rasta]

It's A business based strategy by Teofimo.

He'll be back in 18 months.

At only 25, he has time on his side for some maneuvering.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[AngryGoon38]

What two boxers will now fight for the Vacant 140 Strap...?

[Evander]

Teo needs to spend more time working on his defence.
He won and good luck to him, but he can't keep doing that or he will lose a lot sooner.
Retiring, I'll be surprised.

[Ruthless-RKO]

What two boxers will now fight for the Vacant 140 Strap...?

Surely they’ll give Catterall a shot.

He was the previous mandatory.

[franciscojavier]

I will admit that when Tyson Fury announced his “retirement” last year I bought it at first because I figured he was just crazy and unorthodox enough to do something like that, so gonna be skeptical for the rest of time whenever it happens again that a young fighter claims to be retired lmao.

[fanman]

He's a massive talent.
25 and has already been Undisputed lightweight Champ, and effectively Undisputed light Welterweight Champ.
I expect a good career ahead, but he's already reached the pinnacle. May be just money and legacy to build.

[Ruthless-RKO]

He's a massive talent.
25 and has already been Undisputed lightweight Champ, and effectively Undisputed light Welterweight Champ.
I expect a good career ahead, but he's already reached the pinnacle. May be just money and legacy to build.

His purse was only $1m for this.

Not a big money fight.

Previous high was probably $3m for Kam and he got around $2m for Loma.

Good money regardless.. but as champion, you’re in control. So only bigger money fights ahead.

Look at the bids we saw for Teo-Kam?

TR had the lowest bid, but was still a decent one.

[Ruthless-RKO]

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[Ruthless-RKO]

Teofimo Lopez furious over father’s meddling in $20m Haney offer

Teofimo Lopez hit the roof over a supposed $20 million offer to Devin Haney that the WBO super-lightweight champion knows nothing about.

The former unified lightweight king took to social media to state his intentions to block Haney from attempting to fight for his belt if he vacated to retire.

While involved in a set-to with Haney over a potential fight, “The Dream” mentioned the rejection by Teofimo of a massive possible purse.

As it transpired, it was Teo’s father, Teofimo Lopez Sr., who had gotten in contact with Haney on the blindside of his son.

Lopez Jr. didn’t take too kindly to this and let his feelings be known after Haney made the statement.

Teofimo Lopez vs Devin Haney

“You asked for $20 million the last time my pops [Bill Haney] talked to you,” claimed Haney, who was recently arrested on a felony gun charge.

Responding to the allegation, Lopez said: “What twenty million?

“I didn’t even state the location of our fight, let alone put a price on the fight. What are you talking about, man?

“Start losing weight, and we’ll figure out the rest so we can give the fight fans a ‘Dream’ [Lopez vs Haney] that will ‘Takeover’ the sport of boxing.”

Turning his attention to his dad, Lopez added: “My father/coach can say whatever he wants! He isn’t a fighter, so whatever he says is not valid!

“If it doesn’t come out of my mouth, it is invalid. My coach is not a fighter and does not speak for me!

“Enough is Enough! Boxing is my career!"

Teofimo Lopez Sr.

“My father makes my career harder than needed when he speaks about things without my knowledge. Do I get upset? Absolutely!

“However, He’s the only one that ever believed in me in this cruel world. I support him for it, but not when it comes to business in boxing!”