Theofimo Lopez appears on It is as it is And he talks to CAM and Mase about his comments, rejecting the potential fight against Shakur Stevenson, who, as they think, brings him the most complex fight and why the fight between him and Devin Haney never happened. Check some fragments below.
Theofimo Lopez, saying that he is not interested in fighting Shakur Stevenson because of respect for his manager J. Prince
“To be real, I just don’t try to give my first loss to the man,” said Lopez. “I let someone else take it. I blessed Shakur Loose at amateurs – because everyone in this class – and this is not a good look, elderly.
“He was this time, especially here in Vegas, National Golden Gloves, 2015, the same year I and Jaron Ennis” Boots “won, and Shakur, man, lost. He lost it, man. He lost from Ruben Villa, and then he wanted to go to one of – I think he did it – he went to a robbery on the hotel and wanted to jump. Yes. I don’t try to have real blood on my hands.
“It’s Olympic shit that breaks and things that are nothing. This is a swimming leg.
On who considers the most complex fight for him at the age of 140
“It’s just me. Nobody could beat me, nobody. This is shown bones, the leg has been proven. At the age of 140, I am the only one remaining, keeping my titles, and at the same time the King of the Division, a linear world champion at the age of 140.
“That’s why I thought I needed a competition. So I was thinking about Gervont “Tank” Davis or Terenka “Bud” Crawford.
Why he never fought Devin Haney
“To be real, it’s more on his side. I’ve tried three times with Haney. And last time, when they were to meet my promoter Bob Arum from the highest rank and never came, they never appeared.
“But at the time – my first defeat they gave me a task, but this first defeat (they) gave me who quickly jumped to Cambosos? It was Devin Haney.