Teofimo Lopez showed off his belt collection on X today and taunted IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins. Lopez (21-1, 13 KOs) let Hitchins know he’s not going to capture his belts.
2025 Forecast
The belts Teofimo showed off are prone to be passed by his next fight against Hitchins, a nightmarish matchup for Teo. This guy goes to do to Teo what George Kambosos Jr. did.
Teofimo is anticipated to fight two opponents in 2025: Hitchins and Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. He could fight Hitchins first in the summertime and Boots in October. This could possibly be a nasty 12 months for Lopez, as he lost each of his fights after which entered February 2026 together with his profession on the road against Devin Haney or Ryan Garcia.
Lopez won’t receive much criticism from fans for losing to Boots Ennis because he could be moving as much as 147 to tackle the perfect fighter within the division. Nonetheless, Teo won’t receive the identical free pass if he gets beaten by Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) after which is embarrassed when he faces the loser of the Haney vs. Garcia 2 rematch in February 2026.
Teofimo made himself look bad by turning down what his promoter, Bob Arum, says was a career-high payday to defend against Subriel Matias. The purse would have been big, and he could have earned more from the PPV. Turning it down looked like a duck move for Teofimo, showing that he’s scared.
Belt Bragging
“Yo, Richardson, you possibly can be training at once, boy. You’re not going to get it,” said Teofimo Lopez on X, showing off his belt collection and taunting IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins.
“Yo, Boots, we’re coming for 3,” said Teofimo about wanting to capture the Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis’ IBF welterweight title to grow to be a three-division world champion.
PSA: @HeIsRichardson X @JaronEnnis #Boxing
135 🏆 140 🏆 147 🥊 @RingMagazine_ pic.twitter.com/QwuMyEmKNA
— Teofimo Lopez (@TeofimoLopez) January 21, 2025
Last Updated on 01/22/2025
