Teofimo Lopez called Rolly Romero cocky for claiming their friendship is over, but the evidence shows it was never solid—Romero is just smart to see what Lopez missed.
Lopez claims to be all hurt and his feeling trampled on by Romero ahead of their fight on Saturday night.
Rolly comes off as the big mental victor already ahead of the big fight pitting the American boxers together in Vegas Saturday night.
Some things on this to remember;
- Teofimo accused Romero of being cocky for saying their friendship is over
- Romero sees the relationship as transactional–sparring partners, not brothers
- Grateful for some small few thousand dollars Lopez gave him apparently, but gratefulness doesn’t mean lifelong loyalty
- Teofimo Sr. called Romero a “fake friend” and physically confronted him
- A real friendship doesn’t fall apart over training with someone else
- Teofimo called him “my little brother” but the bond was built on gym time and one favor
- Rolly’s honest take: “We can be friends, but none of that matters on fight night”
- He’s not pretending this is a betrayal–he’s being realistic
- Lopez is clinging to a fantasy while Romero has already moved on mentally
- If a training camp split ends the friendship, it wasn’t real–Rolly is smart enough to see that
Maybe the boxers had not been as close as friends as Teofimo Lopez thought to begin with.
In latest boxing news basically Rolly Romero does not seem to care at all about Lopez’s feelings been hurt and he is right.
This is professional boxing, there is no friends in professional boxing.
The boxers are getting in there to do damage physically and out score one another on points.
It is the hurt business and the sweet science, at the same time, is professional boxing.
Rolly Romero comes across as having a big mental edge in this fight and Lopez is shaken up ahead of the fight to us.
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