Assuming Teofimo wins against Ryan Garcia or Devin Haney and goes up to fight Josh Taylor, who do you see winning?
Taylor would stop him. Loma was landing clean combo's on Lopez and if he had more power at 135 he might have put him down. I see Taylor hurting Lopez and stopping him late.
I don't think Taylor has the skills ability and defense Loma has, that's what saved him of getting knocked out, If Lopez carries his power Taylor gets stopped early
At present, I'd favor Josh, but barely. Yes, Taylor is bigger, more powerful, and more aggressive than Loma, but on the flipside he's easier to hit and seems to mark up and swell very easily. His pressure might wear Fimo down, but another possibility is that Josh walks into Lopez's fast counters and gets badly swollen. It depends on how Ramirez goes. Taylor might beat Ramirez easily, or he could win, but take damage in the process. Or, yes, there's always the possibility of a Ramirez upset. Unlikely, but certainly not impossible. It all matters. But presently, I'm more inclined to take Taylor. A year from now, Lopez may be the clear favorite. Josh is the best he's ever gonna be right now. Fimo is just starting to come into his own.
Josh Taylor would beat him however he'll shortly be heading up to 147 after he puts a beating on Ramirez so we'll never see it.
I dont wanna think about that fight until he fights Ramirez. Were probably going to get the Loma rematch on ppv next
As physically gifted and as huge and powerful for the weight as Lopez is, we've seen what happens when he's the one on the wrong side of the physical disadvantages when he fought Nakatani. He looked almost fearful at times and at the very least seriously concerned. Hence the infamous "No more tall fighters anymore" line afterwards. And look what happened when, again, he was the one giving away the physical advantages against that dude who flattened him in sparring. He went down like he'd been shot in the face with a shotgun at pointblank range. Don't forget Campbell also dropped him in the gym too.
Idk man. Im not sure Taylor will be able to handle ramirez's sustained pressure. Well see but i think Ramirez beats him.
i agree. ramirez will not be posing after every shot like rougarou, hes gonna lay down hard punches in bunches. i got ramirez by stoppage.
To me Lopez's just a weight bully. He is good because he weighs much more than his opponents. As he starts moving up he will have less of the size advantage and start to lose. Lopez is the next Cotto. He's a good fighter very exciting but not that elite.