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Teofimo Lopes instructed the media at the moment that he’s NOT racist and that folks had mistakenly thought he was the one which despatched the bananas to Keyshawn Davis’ dressing room the week of his struggle with Denys Berinchyk.
Crawford Speak
WBO light-weight champion Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) cleared up a few of the feedback he made about Terence Crawford. He says they spoke already about it and he let him know he’s simply making an attempt to arrange a struggle with him.
For Teofimo to have any likelihood of presumably getting a giant mega-fight towards Crawford, he’s obtained to win his upcoming match towards Arnold Barboza Jr. on Might 2nd at Instances Sq. in New York. That vital struggle may result in him going through Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis in October.
“I think Tank did what he had to do. It was a great fight. I think they should do a rematch,” mentioned Teofimo Lopez to the media when requested about his ideas on final Saturday’s struggle between Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach. “I felt Roach did enough as far as combinations, but it doesn’t really matter at this point. It’s boxing business, guys,” mentioned Lopez when requested what he considered Tank taking a knee within the ninth.
Lopez is likely one of the few those that felt that WBA light-weight champion Gervonta Davis did sufficient to win his struggle towards Lamont Roach final Saturday. Teofimo didn’t appear too involved about Tank taking a knee and the referee blowing the decision within the ninth.
“I still think Gervonta will win against Shakur. Me and Crawford linked up. So, we already discussed whatever it is. He asked me what this is all about, and I said, ‘I’m trying to get a fight against all of you guys. I’m trying to fight you at 154,’” mentioned Teofimo about him clearing issues up with Terence Crawford about a few of the racist feedback he’d made within the media.
“The whole thing was pretty much this. He’s [Crawford] not going to fight nobody until he gets Canelo, which is in September and at the Allegiant Stadium [in Las Vegas]. So all of these things are out the window for me. So, all I can do now is get a sparring session, I guess [with Crawford].”
Teofimo should win all three of his fights on his contract with Turki Alalshikh for him to have an opportunity of combating Crawford as a result of he’s not going to trouble going through him if he’s overwhelmed. Some followers consider Teo will lose all three of his fights together with his contract with Turki.
Racism Denial
“They don’t hate the good ones. They had the great ones,” mentioned Lopez when requested concerning the individuals the query his achievements. “That’s simply a part of it. It’s competitors and foreign money. It doesn’t matter what it’s, I’m a champion. I’m the one champion [at the Fatal Fury press conference] at this desk. I’m all on my own.
“We’re all racists, each one of us. Do you know why? Because we’re against the one true race that matters the most. The human race. We’re all divided, all of us. 10,000 religions all of us. We’re all black. I got an Africa tattoo. I got Africa right there. They said the first human being was a monkey named Lucy. I’m not racist. That’s not racist,” mentioned Teofimo when requested why he says racist stuff.
“It’s how you guys take it. A banana is potassium. You guys portray an item. You guys added a stereotype. All I did with the banana eating and laughing at it. You thought that I sent that s***,” mentioned Teofimo concerning the media and followers believing he’d despatched a field of bananas to Keyshawn Davis’ lodge room the week of his struggle towards WBO light-weight champion Denys Berinchyk on February 14th.
