Teófimo López is exploring promotion after his fight for the lightweight title against George Kambosos Jr. on Oct. 4 in New York City, and said in an interview with ESPN Friday night that he has no plans to schedule a rematch with Vasiliy Lomachenko.
Lopez has expressed interest in climbing to 140 pounds, where Josh Taylor is the unified champion, and starting to fight it.
“I did everything in 135, I came back [campeón] undisputed, “Lopez said during the interview.” Now it’s about reaching 140, back-undisputed at 140, God willing, and just keep going. “
He would not be the first high-profile fighter to consider fighting in the 140-pound, as Gervonta Davis also said he is considering a move at that weight after making his 140-pound debut in June, beating Mario Barris in Atlanta.
Lopez also stressed that he has no interest in a second fight with Lomachenko. Lopez defeated Lomachenko by unanimous decision in his last fight in October 2020.
“It makes no sense to fight Lomachenko,” Lopez said. “I think it’s about moving forward. That’s all, keep moving forward.”
“It all happened for his reasons. That’s what it really is. That’s it, I beat the man everyone said he was the man. When things got tough, he backed down.”
“So now it’s about moving on.”
Lopez said, instead, he is focusing on fighting the new generation of fighters and said he would fight with anyone, but that “it depends on them.”
Defeating Lomachenko took Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) to another level of fame. He was initially supposed to fight Kambosos earlier this year, but Lopez contracted COVID-19, delaying the fight until October.
Lopez has said he would like to fight in November despite fighting Kambosos in October. He mentioned the possibility of Taylor; however, this seems unlikely considering Taylor is scheduled to defend his titles against Jack Catterall in Scotland in December.