Teofimo Lopez must box smart, not brawl. Speed, distance, and counterpunching are his only paths against Rolly Romero’s power.
Romero can be familiar in some stuff that Lopez might try ahead of the fight on Saturday night.
He’d be advised well to.
Some things Lopez might try in game plans;
- Use hand speed to enter, land, and exit cleanly
- Keep Romero at distance with a sharp, consistent jab
- Counterpunch rather than lead into Romero’s left hook
- He may avoid trading power shots at any cost
- He may forget the knockout—power may not carry to 147
- He may use lateral movement to frustrate Romero’s aggression
- He may try to exploit Romero’s balance issues when he misses big shots
- He may try to target the body to slow Romero’s forward pressure
- He may try to get some rounds with clean boxing, not heroics
- He may try to fight with discipline, not ego—he has lost before by abandoning the plan, although Lopez looks to have a big ego ahead of the fight
Teofimo Lopez is saying this is an easy fight going in and he is incorrect in that thinking according to many.
Rolly Romero has trained relatively good for the fight and is punching strongly enough from training footage available at the moment.
Roll on Lopez vs Romero Saturday night.
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