Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis taunted Teofimo Lopez and responded to his skit on Friday. Teofimo played a street person on the sidewalk, holding a begging cup and trying to get money from people passing by. He wants out of his contract with Top Rank because he feels he is not making the big money he should be getting.
Davis showed an old post of Lopez saying he would be the “highest paid” fighter at lightweight. It never happened. He’s moved up in weight class, and he hasn’t made the big bucks at 140 that Tank and Ryan Garcia have.
Teofimo seems unhappy as he wants to leave Top Rank because he thinks he can make more money by fighting another promoter.
Teofimo was beaten by George Kambosos, who was involved in two controversial fights that many fans believe he should have lost, and he looks poor. Lopez is now trying to get out of his contract with Top Rank to join the fighters making massive money with other promoters, fighting in Riyadh cards.
The change of promoters is unlikely to help Teofimo. His biggest problems are his lack of talent and mental toughness to beat the best. Losing to Kambosos proved that Lopez couldn’t handle things under pressure.
Lopez’s fights with Jamaine Ortiz, Sandor Martin and Steve Claggett further reinforced the belief that he was not equipped to fight at a high level. In the eyes of the fans, he should have lost to Jamaine and Sandor.
Ryan has a net worth of $50 millionand he has never won a world title. Tank also made a lot of money. It doesn’t look like Teofimo will ever get the kind of dough that Davis and Garcia made. He hasn’t been consistent enough with his career since 2021, and his performances are getting worse.
“I have a video on my phone of him saying he’s going to be the highest paid 135 pounder. He’s just talking his a** out. Crazy how things play out, and his a** is starting to look like light skinned Squidward, ” Gervonta Davis said on social media, responding to Teofimo Lopez’s sketch of him begging for money on a sidewalk with a plate and a cup.
