Teofimo Lopez has been eradicated from Ring Journal’s pound-for-pound prime ten, leaving some to consider that is the fallout from his efficiency, or lack thereof, towards Jamaine Ortiz final Thursday night time. Teofimo has been changed on the listing by Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez.
Lopez (20-1, 13 KOs), the WBO gentle welterweight champion, was given a much-criticized 12-round unanimous determination by the Nevada judges for his title protection towards Ortiz (17-2-1, 8 KOs) on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment in Las Vegas.
Sadly for Teofimo, his promoters at Prime Rank, and the three judges who gave him the victory, folks nonetheless discuss it, believing that Jamaine deserved the win as a result of he outboxed Teo, making him appear like a rank novice for twelve rounds.
The Fall from Grace
The efficiency from Teofimo was yet one more horrible one, the third in his final 5 fights, making it clear that there’s one thing flawed. In fact, it’s attainable that individuals gave him an excessive amount of credit score for his career-best win over an injured Vasily Lomachenko.
Up to date Ring Journal’s pound-for-pound prime ten, with Teofimo having been eradicated.
1. Terence Crawford2. Naoya Inoue3. Oleksandr Usyk4. Canelo Alvarez5. Artur Beterbiev6. Dmitry Bivol7. Devin Haney8. Errol Spence9. Gervonta Davis10. Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez
Specialists Critique Lopez
“Even when I gave two shut rounds to Lopez, I nonetheless had it 7-5, however Ortiz fully outboxed this man, and he needs to be the victory,” stated boxing skilled Tim Bradley to ProBox TV, speaking about seeing Jamaine Ortiz because the winner over Teofimo Lopez final Thursday night time.
“I didn’t give Ortiz any probability. I believed Lopez would knock him out, however he boxed an excellent recreation plan. He took Lopez out of his ingredient, and he [should have] received that struggle.”
“I don’t suppose you might give Lopez greater than six rounds. The one one with a recreation plan within the struggle was Jamaine Ortiz,” stated Paulie Malignaggi. “He got here in with a recreation plan and he executed the sport plan. It wasn’t very thrilling, however it was a recreation plan.
“Lopez was coming ahead towards Ortiz, crossing his ft, not chopping off the ring, palms down. Even when he was throwing a punch, he was solely capable of throw one after the other as a result of his palms had been everywhere.
“There was no basic changes there, no directions from the nook, not capability to regulate or perhaps a thought to regulate,’ stated Malignaggi about Teofimo.
