Theofimo Lopez’s ‘New Generation’ is just an empty phrase to hold a battle that doesn’t have real interests

Teofimo Lopez said on Friday that the winner of a fight between him and Shakur Stevenson ‘will be the leader of the new generation’. In other words, Lopez believes their struggle will determine the best man at 140.

The posted leadership

The winner of Lopez-Stevenson would only be a leader in the name, but not in the right sense. For them to be a leader, they will have to fight best.

Shakur has no power, everything is defense and does not fight with light welter weight. So, how a victory over him Theofimo (22-1, 13 costs) makes the ‘leader’. It proves nothing. It is understandable for Lopez to hype his battle with Shakur, as if they are the best, but we have seen that none of them are.

Shakur almost lost to Edwin de Los Santos two years ago, and he has not faced a big puncher ever since. It was the last power puncher that Stevenson fought. His promoters have been carefully combined since the fight and posted him with Josh Padley, Artem Harutyunyan and William Zepeda.

Do you think these guys were accidentally selected for Shakur? They saw what happened to him when he fought with De Los Santos, and they had not moved with him ever since.

‘To make boxing good again, you need to fight the best. So, if he is the best at 135, he is willing to come to my weight department at 140. We make it happen, ‘said theofimo Lopez The ringTalk about Shakur Stevenson.

Words that are not supported by battles

Why didn’t theofimo fight “the best” on Light Welterweight if he really wants to make “boxing great” again? He has been on 140 since 2022 after fleeing the 135 pound division when George Kambosos Jr. beat him.

In the three years that Teo was 140, he never showed interest in the fight against Gary Antuanne Russell, Subriel Matias or Richardson Hitchins. He has the words to fight the best, but he can never do it. Why is it? I have my view. I think he doesn’t want to be beaten again.

“I think we both understand that the winner is of this The leader of the new generation. The guy is out. The new is coming in. It would be great to see what I could do against Shakur Stevenson, ”TheOFIMO said.

It doesn’t make sense. What Lopez says doesn’t make sense. He and Shakur are closer 29, And they don’t count as ‘the new generation’. In a little over a year, theofimo and Steveson will be 30 years old. There is nothing young about it.

What the teo does by curbing himself and Shakur as the ‘new generation’ is an example of a Posor.

The younger fighters like Abdullah Mason, Ernesto Mercado and Jadier Herrera are the new generation.

The avoidance of 140 pounds

The winner of the Lopez against Shakur match, if that happens, will not be ‘leader of the new generation’. At 140, there are still these fighters who will have to fight the winner of the Theofimo-Stevenson to prove that they are the best in this weight class:

• Richardson Hitchins
• Gary Antuanne Russell
• Ernesto Mercado
• Subriel Matias
• Keyshawn Davis
• Kamaine ortiz
• Oscar Duarte

“I see no one hits meAnd I can’t make the fight happen, ”says Shakur.

Shakur showed no interest in fighting the powerful lightweight after the bad experience he had in 2023 against Edwin de Los Santos. It is the big punchers at 135 that Stevenson still has to beat to claim to be the king of the division.

The actual threats at 135

1. Andy Cruz: Ranks #1 WBC by Lightweight
2. Abdullah Mason
3. Herrera Cores
4. Gervonta Davis.

One way for Stevenson to avoid being beaten is by not fighting one of his top guys and continuing to choose and choose, as he did in the past. William Zepeda is not good enough for Shakur to consider himself the best at 135 because he has been exposed twice by Tevin Farmer.