Coach Teofimo Lopez Sr. claims his son, Teofimo Jr. (20-1, 13 KOs), “gained each spherical” in protection of his WBO gentle welterweight title in opposition to Jamaine Ortiz (17-2-1, 8 KOs) final Thursday night time in Las Vegas.
Lopez Sr. insists that it wasn’t an in depth struggle, regardless that followers noticed it as a victory for Jamaine, and that he feels that even the 117-111 rating turned in by one of many judges in favor of Teo wasn’t lopsided sufficient.
It’s onerous to think about how Lopez Sr. couldn’t see the issues his son Teofimo was having final night time: getting outboxed and outpunched, shedding each single alternate, and being made to look unskilled and pedestrian.
The judges’ bailout of Teofimo, saving him from one other loss, is extra of a sign of how tough it’s for much less standard fighters to defeat a star. Sadly, that’s how it’s in boxing immediately, and it hurts the game.
You get champions like Teofimo and Tyson Fury, the place they nonetheless win irrespective of how badly they’re dominated.
Tim Bradley says he had Jamaine Ortiz successful a transparent determination, and Terence Crawford, Shakur Stevenson, and plenty of different notable fighters agree.
Teofimo ought to have misplaced that struggle, and that is one other hit on his profession to go together with his controversial win over Sandor Martin and his loss to fringe light-weight contender George Kambosos Jr.
“It was a type of fights the place you may’t give the general public what they need since you don’t have an excellent accomplice to indicate your abilities,” mentioned coach Teofimo Lopez Sr. to Combat Hub TV, complaining about Teo not having a slower, much less gifted stationary fighter like he often fights, who he can hit.
“Teo gained each spherical. No, it wasn’t an in depth struggle. It’s known as ‘optimistic aggression.’ We had been touching him, hitting him to the physique. These had been the one photographs we might hit him with as a result of it’s onerous to hit anyone within the face once they’re working like that.
“Reducing the corners, we did that, however this man wasn’t even boxing backward. He was simply working, so it’s even more durable to chop the corners. We’ll prepare for this as a result of that’s what all people goes to do now. Simply run backward,” mentioned Teofimo Sr.
