Teofimo Lopez, WBO and The Ring light welterweight champion, shares his thoughts with KO on SI on the ‘Last Crescendo’ event, the undisputed Bivol vs. Beterbiev showdown, and the ‘old school’ fighter
Teofimo Lopez Jr. is the WBO junior welterweight champion. Lopez is the former WBO, WBA and IBF lightweight champion. He won the WBO junior welterweight title with a unanimous decision win over Josh Taylor in June 2023. As an amateur boxer, Lopez won the 2015 National Golden Gloves.
It was only a few years ago when many expected Davis, Haney, Garcia, Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson to take over the sport