WBO Tremendous-Light-weight Champion Teofimo Lopez has known as out Terence Crawford for a battle on account of his frustration at inactivity within the 140lbs division, and believes the document of the unified welterweight king is overrated.
Lopez defeated the poster boy of the super-lightweight scene, Josh Taylor, final June to develop into a two-division world champion and declare the WBO title, however has but to battle since, regardless of hyperlinks to showdowns with Ryan Garcia and a unification bout with Subriel Matias.
In an interview with Boxing Social, Lopez slandered Crawford’s wins after saying he had seemed to battle him lately.
“It must be at 147lbs, I do know they’re speaking about him and Spence and their rematch clause at 154lbs so no matter that case could also be. Once I beat Lomachenko, Crawford didn’t haven’t any drawback saying that he’ll come down and battle me, so what’s up? I’m not right here to play video games, I need to battle the perfect as a result of that’s what it’s all about. I would like to check myself and problem myself and individuals are going to be like ‘ooh, that may be a problem’, the one problem that I’ve in entrance of me is myself.”
“The fighters that Crawford fought had been handicapped. Errol Spence simply introduced about his cataract and stuff. Jose Benavidez, when he fought him, he had a shot leg. Then there’s that fighter that he confronted they usually tried to make in into a giant factor and he was injured too? Kell Brook, along with his eye. Each fighter that Crawford has confronted all through the 147lb division, whether or not it appears good on paper, they’ve been injured. I’m wholesome, battle the perfect fighter at a more healthy weight.”
For now plainly Crawford is tied up in a rematch with Errol Spence, though Spence’s current eye surgical procedure might enable him to battle within the interim. In the meantime, Lopez will face Jamaine Ortiz subsequent month..