This Friday, May 2, history is made when a boxing event is held for the first time on Times Square. A triplehead worth the event will have the opportunity with some of the biggest stars of Boxing; The map contains: Ryan Garcia against Rolly Romero, Devin Haney to Jose Ramirez, and Theofimo Lopez against Arnold Barboza jr.
The first match of the Tripleheader series can be the most interesting in that it can be a struggle or a technical boxing game, depending on how aggressive the Linea champion TheOFIMO prefers.
Arnold Barboza jr. (32-0, 11 COs) is an unbeaten boxer whose competition level has increased significantly lately. In his last three games, he fought Jack Catterall, Jose Ramirez and Sean McComb. They were all somewhat close fights, nothing more than his match against Sean McComb. Although Barboza has received the split decisions victory, there are some people who feel he has lost the game.
McComb exceeded Barboza 107 to 99 Barboza 107 to 99 respectively. Keep him in five rounds in five rounds in the country. He did this by boxing a technical match using lateral movement, series and an effective stitch. Barboza acknowledged that Lopez is an athletic boxer. It is that athletics that will enable TEO to repeat McComb’s boxing performance if he prefers to do so.
Theofimo Lopez (21-1, 13 COs) is agile, fast and mobile. He can box a technically sound game if he prefers, but he is sometimes unpredictable and chooses to fry if he should not. In his last match against the volume, pressure fighter Steve Claggett, he boxed intelligently by boxing with a similar approach used by McComb against Barboza. In this way, Lopez was able to reduce the offensive effectiveness of Claggett.
He holds himself to a total connect percentage of 17 percent through 12 rounds, drastically reducing his total offense. Claggett, a volume puncher who threw an average of 102.7 strokes per round before Lopez, was held to the lows of 54 against Teo because of his inability to reach a moving target. Barboza had problems with McComb because of its mobility, a skill that Lopez owns, and if used effectively, it can make it offensive for Barboza (Compubox).
Teo chose well against Vasiliy Lomachenko and Josh Taylor, but mistakenly the wrong approach against George Kambosos, and chose to stay in the bag and exchange, instead of boxing him. Kambosos could have kept Lopez fighting his struggle by attacking him with oral insults during the building of the fight.
In this match against Barboza, he looks very energetic and play for the match, and although he hit Barboza at the press in Los Angeles, he seems to control to the point where he is aware of what strategy he should use against Arnold. There is some hostility and resentment on Barboza’s side because he was overlooked by Lopez many years ago.
Teo sees Barboza as undeserved of a match and feels that he is unaware. Lopez should not underestimate Arnold and take him seriously; He poses a legal threat, and if the Teo underperforms, he may find himself on the losing side. Lopez must perform and execute its full potential; If he does, he will win the game.
Last updated on 04/28/2025
