The list of possible opponents of the unified lightweight champion, Teófimo López, Continues to decline for the few rivals who would have quota to try to beat the Honduran boxer.
While for Teófimo it is very probable that he will face the obligatory scorer by the belt of the FIB, the Australian George Kambosos Jr., from already a possible confrontation before Devin Haney.
The controversial image of Teófimo López with bundles of dollars
Because of the possibility that ‘The takeover bid‘Measure strength with Haney, who is the champion of the light weight of the CMB, and by the popularity that has obtained the boxer catracho, the exigencies of Teófimo have increased.
Faced with this scenario, the promoter of Matchroom Sport, Eddie Hearn, Referred to the million-dollar lawsuit filed by ‘The Gringo-Catracho’ to fight Devin Haney.
“I think Teófimo López against Haney is a wonderful fight. Teófimo asked me for $ 10 million for this fight,” Hearn said.
The businessman ruled out any possibility of being able to pay this figure to Lopez, as it is far from the current economic reality in boxing.
“You can’t get there, but I’m sure we can make him a good offer. Teófimo is a nightmare right now for Bob Arum, And Bob is not going with funnels right now. It has had enough. Then he’s saying, ‘I want this, $ 5 million at least, I want eight, I want 9:00, I want 10’. So right now I’m going to leave that to Bob and Higher rank for those numbers to come together because in this world, right now, it won’t happen, ”Eddie Hearn argued.