Teofimo Lopez senior is the father and trainer of Teofimo Lopez and has come out swinging in his son’s corner.
That was after his son threw him under the bus as well basically recently.
Blaming him for the defeat he had to fellow US boxer rival Shakur Stevenson at 140 pounds in his last fight earlier this year.
A wide margin unanimous points defeat in a fight he was outclassed in.
It looked like he had parted company with the father as the trainer but the father was there at the press conference this week for his latest fight.
A bout soon with Rollly Romero up at welterweight on August 22nd in Las Vegas.
Teofimo Lopez senior this week has been calling Shakur Stevenson boring as a boxer.
Which he is — but he is effective and has outstanding defense.
Teofimo Lopez sr has also been hitting back against the critics of his son following the Stevenson defeat.
He has warned welterweight Rolly Romero they could knock him out next.
He has also said that they have to put the Stevenson defeat behind them going into the Rolly fight this summer.
It is intriguing that Teofimo Lopez senior speaks a lot for his son at pressers and they are still close.
He was the first one to start speaking on the mic at the official press conference this week.
Not his son and the boxer Teofimo Lopez.
You do not see that often.
Usually the boxer speaks first.
It will be intriguing to see how their working partnership goes this training camp and in particular up at 147 pounds.
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