Teofimo Lopez is one of those merchants that likes all that self help spoof artist industry and fake spiritual stuff, you can tell.
It has not helped him in his career in the last bit in boxing, at all, either.
The American comes into this Saturday night against old friend Rolly Romero to challenge for his 147 pounds title at a crucial time in his career.
But he needs to focus on the fight itself not some phases like he is rising from the ashes from the Shakur Stevenson fight, his last bout, in one that had him lose a lobsided UD points decision.
Some thoughts on this;
- Quotes don’t block punches or fix footwork
- He lost to Shakur Stevenson by a wide decision — that’s a skills issue, not a war
- Rolly forces a physical fight, not a narrative
- You can’t quote your way through a bigger man walking you down
- The “rise” talk is a smokescreen for poor recent performances
- Distractions and ego won’t matter once the bell rings
- His father’s hype doesn’t change his ring habits
- If he loses, it’s because he got dominated physically
- The only thing that matters is surviving Rolly’s pressure
- Verdict: rhetoric is irrelevant — this is about physicality and volume
Rolly Romero is taking a bit of a different approach but he is very confident in his mentality going in.
He is looking at bulldozing Lopez, he claims, but it could be some gamesmanship from Rolly also.
Rolly might be cautious in round one and then proceed to move through variations of a game plan after that.
It is a championship fight in professional boxing at the end of the day on Saturday night.
Not a street fight.
Rolly has to use boxing along in his bulldozing mentality he claims he is going to use against Teofimo Lopez on Saturday.
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