Teofimo Lopez showed off his belt collection on X today, taunting IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins. Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) let Hitchins know he wasn’t going to hold on to his belts.
2025 Prediction
The belts that Teofimo displayed will likely be gone by his next fight against Hitchins, a nightmare matchup for Teo. This guy is going to do to Teo what George Kambosos Jr. did.
Teofimo is expected to fight two opponents in 2025: Hitchins and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. He can fight Hitchins first in the summer and Boots in October. This could be a bad year for Lopez as he lost both of his fights and then entered February 2026 with his career on the line against Devin Haney or Ryan Garcia.
Lopez won’t receive much criticism from fans for losing to Boots Ennis as he would move up to 147 to take on the best fighter in the division. However, Teo will not receive the same free pass if he is beaten by Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) and then embarrassed when he faces the loser of the Haney vs. Garcia faces 2 rematch.
Teofimo made himself look bad by turning down what his promoter Bob Arum says was a career-high payday to defend against Subriel Matias. The purse would have been huge, and he could have earned more from the PPV. Rejecting it looked like a ducking move to Teofimo, showing that he was afraid.
Belt magnificence
“Yo, Richardson, you can train now, son. You’re not going to get it,” Teofimo Lopez said on X, showing off his belt collection and taunting IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins.
“Yo, Boots, we’re coming for three,” Teofimo said of his bid to capture Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ IBF welterweight title to become a three-division world champion.
PSA: @HeIsRichardson X @JaronEnnis #Box
135 🏆 140 🏆 147 🥊 @RingMagazine_ pic.twitter.com/QwuMyEmKNA
— Teofimo Lopez (@TeofimoLopez) January 21, 2025
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