Joshua James Wiliams Taylor vs. Teófimo Andrés López Rivera

Looking for Taylor to lay a beating on that trash talking clown. I want to see Teos father cry.

 

Taylor's not fought in over a year, might struggle again at the weight and last looked awful against Catterall. I think he's been overrated for years but not sure if Teo will be the one to finally get a win over him. But I'll go with Teo to win a decision.

 

A couple of people here are saying Taylor is overrated...Lopez record of 18-1 is the worst record Josh Taylor has fought in 8 fights...Jeez if he's over rated what the hell is everyone else!
He might be struggling to make the weight now, and if that's the case it could be a close fight, if he doesn't struggle this is going to be a one sided beat down with Lopez stopped late - there's levels to boxing!

 

Taylor is an arrogant bellend, Teo I just can't stand.

But as a boxing fan I like the fight....can make a case for either winning.

So draw.

 

I don't think anyone's disputing how good a figher he is though....it's his attitude and arrogance, failure to accept he should have a legitimate loss on his record...& it's not the first time he's come away fortunate with the score cards.

 

Then they've obviously not seen enough of him and they're coming out all of a sudden labelling him overrated because he's bigging himself up after a being gifted a win...how many were really calling him that before the fight with Caterall?

I had him just about winning the Regis fight but doesn't change he was still fortunate to come away with the decision.

 

I don't understand the "Taylor's overrated" sentiment.

The kid has defeated essentially every fighter of consequence among his contemporaries at 140, notwithstanding the Catt fight and perhaps Zepeda.

At his absolute best, Taylor is a bottom-of-the-top 10 type P4Per.

 

Personally I've never been overly impressed by his skill set. I think he's benefited from fighting in a rather weak division that's flattered his true ability. Not saying he's a hype job or even a bad fighter, just not as good as most think he is.

He doesn't move his head, has a basic defence and basically relies on his size to overwhelm smaller fighters. Nothing wrong with that worked well for plenty of fighters like Margarito, Bowe etc. It's just not my preference in regards to style and think he is far from complete as a fighter as the Catterall fight showed.

In terms of his P4P ranking, I'd have Uysk, Loma, Canelo, Beterbiev, Crawford, Inoue, Spence, Bivol, Stevenson, Davis, Fury above him. So he wouldn't be in my top 10 P4P rankings. Though I have no problem with anyone who has him near the bottom of the top 10 P4P, he's there or there abouts.

 

Teofimo beating Taylor to me is one of the biggest wins of 2023 if not the biggest. Teo would have beaten the two top guys in both divisions as the underdog.