Teofimo Lopez-Richardson Hitchins’ agreement is approaching for May/June

The lightweight Welter Richardson Hitchins (19-0, 7 Kos) and Teofimo López (21-1, 13 Kos) weight champions are close to setting an agreement for a fight in May or June. This would be one of the events of the Riad season.

Next: Hitchins

Ring Magazine information That WBO champion, Teofimo, 27, and the head of the IBF Hitchins are almost finished. This match has been discussed since Lopez, a native of Brooklyn, New York, signed a three fight agreement with Turki al-Sheikh.

It is an agreement that could end in disaster for Teofimo, with his career facing oblivion if he loses the three fights in Turki, which is predictable. The idea that has been floated is that Teofimo will execute The glove Through these three fights:

1. Richardson Hitchins
2. Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis – October
3. Ryan Garcia vs. Devin Haney – *Losers support

If Teofimo keeps it through those three fights without Turki turning on to him, it is predictable that he has 0-3, heading to Scrap Heap’s career regarding his career. What will be interesting is to see which promoter is anxious to sign Teofimo after completing these three fights. It would still be popular in a Adrien Broner type Along the way, but it would be seen as washing by Hardcore boxing fans.

Teofimo could still generate interest in his fights with his garbage felling, but in terms of overcoming any of the murderers at age 140, it would be useless. You could not put Teo with types like Ernesto Mercado, Barboza, Catterall or José ‘Rayo’ Valenzuela and expect to be victorious.

López is largely seen as a single blow wonder, known for his victory over a Lomachenko Vasily Lomachenko in 2020. Everything Teofimo has done since then has been bad.

López has seemed somewhat horrible in five of the six fights he has had since Loma’s clash and has received a couple of decisions against Sandor Martin and Jamaine Ortiz. Perhaps the most unpleasant cut was that George Kambosos Jr. beat Teofimo, that defeat put things in perspective of how much damage Lomachenko did to the New Yorker.

Some fans feel that Lomachenko ruined Teofimo with the punishment he managed in that fight. Although Teo won by a limited decision, Lomachenko obtained his pound of meat, leaving him as a shell of his former self in fights since then.

Dodging the mandatory

The World Boxing Organization recently ordered Teofimo to defend against the winner of the February 14 match between #1 Arnold Barboza Jr. and Jack Catterall #2. Interestingly, Teo has never defended its weight title WBO 140 Light since he won against a faded and written to Josh Taylor on June 10, 2023.

However, with López fighting Hitchins in a unification fight that involves his two belts, Teofimo can avoid the OMB order to defend against Barboza’s winner JR-COMTERALLL NEXT.

That is something good for Teo because I would probably lose before any of those fighters, and that would send his career downhill, which he will probably do anyway after finishing his agreement of three fights with Turki.

He is avoiding a defeat against that guy, but he still faces a three fight glove that will make him one of the kind of fighters untouchable. Teofimo’s career will implude as a submarine that has reached its Crushing depths In the ocean.