Teofimo Lopez has already plotted his subsequent combat, a shot at three-division world championship standing, past his upcoming showdown with Shakur Stevenson.
Again then, ‘The Takeover’ claimed his world title at 140lbs with a transparent unanimous determination victory, earlier than making two unspectacular defences in opposition to Jamaine Ortiz and Steve Claggett.
However regardless of his lack of consistency over time, together with a shock defeat to George Kambosos Jr in 2021, Lopez at all times brings out his A sport for the massive events.
That a lot turned obvious following his monumental factors victory over Vasyl Lomachenko again in 2020, when Lopez cemented himself because the main champion at 135lbs.
So now, one can solely think about that the Brooklyn man is approaching his combat with Stevenson, a three-weight world champion who holds the WBC light-weight title, with the identical degree of tenacity.
However whereas many really feel that Stevenson may have his quantity, Lopez has already named Devin Haney as a possible opponent for when, in his thoughts, he takes care of enterprise later this month.
Talking with FightHype round three weeks in the past, Lopez insisted that the American is firmly on his radar.
“All of the roads result in an even bigger combat between me and Haney.
“It is sensible now, proper? It has momentum, proper? It’s received movement, proper?”
A combat with Haney, who claimed his WBO welterweight crown by outpointing Brian Norman Jr in November, would definitely characterize one other alternative the place Lopez can not afford to make many errors.
