Teofimo Lopez and Rolly Romero both made weight for their welterweight title clash. Lopez moves up to 147 lbs after struggling at 140 — can he become a three-division champion?
So both boxers made the division limit for the content and the fight is on, as expected.
The build up has been comical by maybe some of boxing’s least intelligent boxers in Romero and Lopez, but has been highly entertaining.
They can both still fight, certainly Romero has not proven to be in decline like Lopez in recent years.
Some notes on the weigh-in results a short time ago in boxing:
- Both fighters made weight comfortably, Rolly Romero at 146.6 lbs and Lopez at exactly 147 lbs.
- The welterweight title fight is officially sanctioned and confirmed.
- Lopez moved up from 140 lbs because his body was no longer responding well to the cut.
- He previously turned down a junior welterweight title shot to prioritize this move.
- A rehydration clause at 140 would have restricted him to 10 lbs, which he called a nightmare.
- No such rehydration limit exists for this welterweight bout.
- At 147, Lopez avoids the severe dehydration that plagued his last few fights.
- He no longer has the size advantage he enjoyed at 135 and 140, facing naturally bigger opponents.
- Welterweight rewards endurance and sustained output more than speed and explosiveness.
- A win makes Lopez a three-division world champion, joining elite company in boxing history.
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Roll on the Rolando Romero vs Teofimo Lopez fight tonight, great little scrap in store surely.
Don’t blink.
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