Teofimo Lopez is in a shocking mental state ahead of his welterweight title shot against Rolly Romero, openly admitting the Shakur Stevenson loss was a “mistake” he regrets. With self-doubt creeping in and family tension boiling over, Lopez looks primed to self-destruct on Saturday night.
It is like he keeps talking bad to himself all the time and expecting good things to happen.
Boxing is doing great as a sport but Lopez looks to be in a bad place mentally at the moment ahead of a crucial fight for him on Saturday night in live boxing in Las Vegas.
Some notes on the above;
- Lopez is openly admitting the Shakur Stevenson fight was a “mistake” just days before facing Rolly Romero
- He said he “hates himself” for that performance and feels “butchered” — that’s not champion mindset
- He admitted he didn’t listen to his team against Shakur, showing a pattern of self-sabotage
- His claimed his father gave zero useful corner advice during the Shakur loss, yet he’s still his trainer
- Lopez said he’d have taken the year off if the Romero fight wasn’t offered — zero hunger
- He admitted being “too nice” in sparring with Romero, which is a terrible sign
- He’s already making excuses before the fight even starts
- Ryan Garcia noticed Lopez lacked confidence against Shakur — and it’s happening again
- Replaying his worst loss on repeat days before a dangerous fight is mental disaster
- All signs point to Lopez self-destructing on Saturday night against Romero
The diminishing returns of the Teofimo Lopez often unhinged statements in media and to himself are at a precipice point surely in his career.
He enters into a professional boxing ring on Saturday night moving up to 147 pounds for a championship fight in this highly dubious state of mind he is exhibiting.
To compound that variation and multitude of factors ebbing and chipping into him daily ahead of the biggest fight of his life, if he loses bad, he is done at the highest level, he is coming into the bout in terrible form.
Off the back off a systematic full duration fight beating to Shakur Stevenson last time out in the ring.
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