Teofimo Lopes told the media today that he was not a racist and that people had wrongly thought that he was the one who sent bananas to the Keyshawn Davis locker room the week of his fight with Denys Berinchyk.
Crawford Talk
WBO Lightweight champion Lopez (21-1, 13 kos) wrote some of the comments he made about Terence Crawford. He says they have already talked about it and he let him know that he is just trying to fight with him.
For Teofimo to have the chance to have a big mega-combat against Crawford, he has to win his next match against Arnold Barboza Jr. on May 2 in Times Square in New York. This important fight could lead him to Jaron “boots” ennis in October.
“I thought of what he should do. It was a big fight. I think they should make a revenge match, “said Teofimo Lopez media Asked about his reflections on last Saturday’s fight between Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach. “I felt that Roach had done enough with regard to the combinations, but that doesn’t really matter at this stage. It is a boxing company, the guys, “said Lopez when he was asked what he thought Tank was taking one knee in the ninth.
Lopez is one of the few people who estimated that the WBA champion Lightweight Gervonta Davis had done enough to win her fight against Lamont Roach last Saturday. Teofimo did not seem too concerned about the fact that Tank took a knee and the referee breathes the call in the ninth.
“I still think Gervonta will win against Shakur. Crawford and I have linked. So we have already discussed anyway. He asked me what it was, and I said, “I try to fight against all of you. I try to fight you at 154, ” said Teofimo about him to clarify things with Terence Crawford on some of the racist comments he had made in the media.
“The whole thing was about that. He is [Crawford] will not fight anyone until he gets Canelo, who is in September and at the alleging stadium [in Las Vegas]. So all these things are through the window for me. So, all I can do now is to have a combat session, I suppose [with Crawford]. “”
Teofimo will have to win his three fights on his contract with Turki Alashikh to have a chance to fight Crawford because he is not going to worry about him if he is beaten. Some fans think that Teo will lose his three fights with his contract with Turki.
Denial of racism
“They don’t hate the good ones. They had the big ones, “said Lopez when he asked him about people the question of his achievements. “This is one of them. It is competition and currency. No matter what it is, I am champion. I am the only champion [at the Fatal Fury press conference] at this table. I am alone.
“We are all racist, each of us. Do you know why? Because we are against the only real breed that counts the most. The human race. We are all divided, all of us. 10,000 religions all of us. We are all black. I have an African tattoo. I have Africa right there. They said the first human being was a monkey named Lucy. I am not a racist. It’s not racist, “said Teofimo when he was asked why he said racist stuff.
“This is how you take it. A banana is potassium. You represent an article. You have added a stereotype. Everything I did with the banana eating and laughing. You thought I had sent this S ***, “said Teofimo about the media and fans believing that he had sent a box of bananas to the hotel room in Keyshawn Davis the week of fighting the Light Weight Champion of WBO Denys Berinchyk on February 14.
Last update on 04/03/2025
