Barboza Jr. Search for revenge: “Teophim Lopez will regret not fighting -Met years ago”

Arnold Barboza Jr. He says he will make Wbo’s heavy weight champion Teophim Lopez (21-1, 13 kos), regret that he would not fight him for years when he challenged him on the belt on May 2 in his battle in Times Square in New York City.

Years of waiting

Barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 kos) It is still upset that it takes him so much to have the opportunity to challenge Teophimo for his Wbo belt because he has been classified with the sanctioning body for ages. López ignored his calls and chose to fight easier opposition. The first range chose the Opposition of Theophimo, so they are partly the fault.

“I knew I did not want to fight for me for a reason. I was fighting for boys like Campa and Claggett, boys at my level. Right now, he fights me at the worst possible time. I should have struggled at the time,” said Arnold Barboza Jr. Ring Magazine On how Teophimo López has avoided it for the last three years since 2022.

Theophimo said yesterday that he was not avoiding Barboza Jr. During all the years. He said he was offered bigger fights against Josh Taylor, George Kamboses Jr and Vasily Lomachenko. However, this does not explain why López chose to fight these boys instead of Barboza JR:

– Steve Claggett
– Jamaine Ortiz
– Sandor Martin

Minor mentality

“Our train does not stop. We fought two of the best boys (Jack Catterall and Jose Ramirez) in the last three, four and five months. It is about to be the third of the last seven months. I am now like an old school launch fighter.

“I fight to the level of my opponent. I am supposed to be one of the best. People are doubting me. It’s okay. I went to Saudi as a little, I went to the UK as Underdog and I come to New York as subdog. Many people make a lot of money,” said Barboza Jr.

The fans doubt Barboza Jr. Because he is not as well known as Theophimo. Due to his style of struggle, he has been a struggle, but many people have not had the opportunity to see him.

The Barboza struggle against Jack Catterall on February 15 was the first time in his twelve years of his career that has been at the main event. All other Barboza JR fights have been buried in the casualties, which prevented fans from seeing. Most casual boxing fans focus only on headlines.

The upper rank has done a good job to turn Teo into a minor star. It would have been much more popular than Hie is now if he had been occupied, he had not lost in front of Kamboses and he has been more open to taking risky fights against combatants such as Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, Shakur Stevenson and Keyshawn Davis.