Teofimo Lopez says that he wants to fight the winner on April 12, the fight between Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Eimantas Stanionis or Terenka Crawford, if he wins on May 2 against Arnold Barboz Jr. Lopez says that he will fight Crawford for “free.” It sounds like desperation.

Master WBO Lightweight Wyttereight Lopez (21-1, 13 KO) is already preparing for the fight with the IBF “Boots” welterweight master Ennis, but he still did not give up his dreams of a mega-crawford. This duel would bring much more money for Teo than the hard “shoes” for his IBF or WBA belts.

Barbozie threat

Teofimo cannot afford to look beyond his title defense against WBO, the obligatory barboza Jr. (32-0, 11 KO) at the “Fatal Fury” event in Novel York from May 2. If Teo loses this fight, it is doubtful if Turks Alalshikh will still want to employ it as an opponent so that Ennis’s “shoes” can defend themselves in October.

It would look bad if Lopez returned to this fight against the embarrassing loss with Barboza. It would be better for Turks to employ warm red barboza Jr. as an opponent of shoes. It would be captivating to know if Turki has an escape clause on his three fights with Lopez, which allows him to throw drifting if he is erased by Barboza Jr.

In other words, a failure in case Teofimo goes to pieces in this fight. If he was more popular, he could absorb the loss for Arnold without the fact that it was a substantial deal, but his reserves have fallen from 2020. Therefore, the fight of Teo with Barboza Jr. She is buried at the bottom of May 2.

“Free” goal of the fight

“I said publicly that I would fight him for free. If I can’t get a guy, I just want to be with him in the ring – said Teofimo Lopez Ring magazine about the desire to fight in Terenka Crawford after his defense on May 2 against Arnold Barboz Jr.

“I would like Jaron” Boots “Ennis in the near future. [I want to] Fight the winner of shoes and stanionis. It would be great. I just strive for perfection. “

The former contender for the title of the world in heavyweight, Dillian Whyte, suffered a hand injury and withdrew from his scrap of April 5 against Joe Joyce to a live cooperative in Manchester, England.

A good idea would be not to fight someone too talented, because Joyce’s career has suffered in the last two years and lost three of the last four fights. If the replacement is remotely talented, it will be the fourth defeat of Joyce “Juggernaut”. What is the point to have a header?

Joyce search

39-year-old Joyce (16-3, 15 KO) will remain on the card and tries to fight someone who has entered as a slow replacement. However, the situation is gloomy in relation to the inclusion of a notable opponent. They can forget about getting Martin Bakole be a replacement. After losing last month he learned his lesson.

Real options

Tony Yoka
Moses will bite
Dave Allen

It is not surprising that the 36-year-old Whyte (31-3, 21 KO) collapsed because of injury, because in his last fight he looked in a terrible physical condition. He weighed 261 pounds and worked to stop the seventh round against the journeyman Ebenezer tetteh December 15 last year.

Changed in cash?

Whyte did not look the same since he was knocked out in the sixth round by the former heavyweight champion WBC Tyson Fury on April 23, 2022 before a gigantic crowd at the Wembley stadium in London, England. Whyte was reported $ 7.4 million; Since then, he rarely fought and looked needy. Does the money change the situation of Dillian or has it never been so good?

Before when he became a wealthy vivant bon, he often fought, two to three times a year. He was a real threat who wanted all the smoke from the Division’s killers. But after his huge fight against fury, he was rarely seen in the ring.

WHYTE activity since 2022:

– Ebenezer Tetteh
-Christian Hammer: after two years of release
-Jermaine Franklin: *Doubtful 12-round majority decision

What has changed with Whyte to fight so rarely since the fight against fury? The only thing that pops up to one of them is that hunger is gone. If why weren’t it so wealthy, would he fight more often? I think so. Life is different for the wealthy.

Statement about Dillian Whyte vs Joe Joyce. pic.twitter.com/gle3ugrzc

– Queensberry promotions (@queensberry) March 4, 2025

Dillian Whyte was forced to withdraw from his upcoming heavyweight clash with Joe Joyce because of the hand injury, Queensberry promotions have been confirmed.

Whyte (31-3, 28kos) was headed by a huge British heavyweight card in Manchester on April 5 against Joyce (16-3, 15kos).

“Due to a hand injury during a training camp, Dillian Whyte is no longer able to compete in a planned fight [April 5] Against Joe Joyce on a live cooperative in Manchester, “the statement experienced.

Queensberry confirmed that Joyce will continue to fight on the card and the modern opponent will be finalized.

Withdrawal is a huge blow to Whyte, who wants to start his career after a period of inaction.

The fight was to be the first Whyte of Queensberry Frank Warren after both sides “repaired some damage.”

“We had a few lunch, I met him and his family for dinner, my team goes well with him,” said whyte last month.

“A lot of time has passed, a few years working in a relationship, repairing some damage between me and him, of course we knocked them several times, but there is mutual respect, even stars and everything combined.”

However, his debut Queensberry will have to wait.

Meanwhile, Joyce has three defeats in the last four fights.

He lost points to Derek Chisora ​​in a wild fight in July, which appeared after defeats with a knockout from Zhilei Zhang.