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Teofimo Lopez is training with Team Canelo, keeping Sharp for a potential unification fight against IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins. This fight may not end well for ‘The Takeover’ Lopez if he pulls through.
Hitchins is like a combination of Shakur Stevenson, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Subriel Matias. He can do everything, and he’s very hard to hit. I don’t see this ending well for Teofimo.
He needs a time machine
López says he feels it “Rejuvenated”, but it will take a time machine for that to happen. It hasn’t looked good for so many years that taking it at face value is impossible. He’s 27 years old, and it’s hard to believe he’s not in his late 30s considering how bad he’s looked since 2021.
Teo is still a good talker and can excite fans with his fights in 2025, but as far as winning one goes, it won’t happen unless he faces weak opposition. He’s become that type of fighter: an Adrien Broner type who can still talk but can’t fight a lick.
Canelo’s trainer, Eddy Reynoso, will have to be a magician to rejuvenate Teofimo and return him to what he was years ago.
If Teo goes 0-2 in his fights in 2025, Turki Al-Sheikh may have a case of buyer’s remorse for signing him to a three-fight contract. If you look at Teofimo’s fights since 2021, you can’t expect much from him other than losses and poor performances. Boxing fans are well aware that Teo is on the downswing of his career and will never be the fighter he once was.
Claggett disaster
Teo looked like he had been thrown out after his last fight against officer Steve Claggett last July, and was beaten in a hellishly bad performance.
You could give Lopez a break for looking terrible against Jamaine Ortiz, Sandor Martin, George Kambosos and Pedro Campa because they are all decent fighters. But there’s no excuse for Teo to fight Claggett and have both eyes almost closed due to swelling.
López’s plan of three fights
- Richardson Hitchins
- Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis
- The final in February 2026
If Teofimo loses to Boots in October, his fight in February will be against the loser Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney 2.
The loser’s bracket beckons
Lopez is likely to end up on the loser’s arm, set to fight Haney in skidrow. This is a winnable fight for Teofimo, but only because Haney can’t land a punch.
WBO 140-pound champion Tefoimo (21-1, 13 KOs) hopes to get off to a good start in 2025 by fighting undefeated Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) and then IBF 147-pound champion , Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis in the Oc
The WBO 140-pound champion, Teo is a good basic champion, but he’s not the fighter he was five years ago. He may never have been a great talent to begin with, but he’s been down since 2020.
Three fights, three losses?
“We just execute and take over. It’s a great year for me. I feel rejuvenated. These are exciting fights that we’re looking forward to doing and taking over,” said Teofimo Lopez Fight Hub TV about his plans to fight in a unification match against Richardson Hitchins, then Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis in October.
“I’m not fighting until early summer. I want to play business this year. I want to make the right offers. Richardson Hitchins, Jaron Ennis and then the end. I’m fighting a champion, and then the big fight.
“He just needs to let go of his pride and ego. He’s just playing business,” Teofimo said when asked if we’ll see him and Gervonta Davis fight. If you really want to fight us, this is how we make it happen.”
A duo we should see more of 🥊🔥 pic.twitter.com/BHJV1JdAaF
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) January 19, 2025
