As Teofimo Lopez gears up for Rolly Romero, he’s still pointing fingers at his father for the Shakur loss. The truth? The fault was in the ring, not the corner.
He is still literally at a bit of a beef against the father coming into the biggest fight of his life this month.
August 22 this month sees him fight long time friend and rival Rolly Romero at 147 pounds.
He is still pointing fingers at the father for his last fight, a large UD points defeat to another US boxer, Shakur Stevenson, at 140 pounds.
Some things to note on this blame game he keeps playing;
- He admitted he didn’t listen to his team right after the fight–his words, not theirs.
- He had a game plan but ignored it, so he can’t blame the coach who drew it up.
- He brought one strategy and never adjusted when Shakur figured it out.
- He refused to pressure Shakur the way past fighters had shown works.
- His style–single big shots–was always a bad match for Shakur’s movement.
- His corner couldn’t magically turn him into a volume puncher overnight.
- “Hit him, bro” was desperate advice because his power was the only card left.
- He’s using psychological drama to avoid admitting he was simply outboxed.
- He shut down his father’s offer to share the blame–he wanted a scapegoat.
- Moving up to 147 won’t fix mental mistakes; bigger opponents will only exploit them more.
Rolly Romero is going to expose Teofimo Lopez this month if he still has a bad mentality that he clearly had in the Shakur Stevenson fight last time he boxed.
Moving up to 147 pounds is not going to change that.
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