"Teo fights to the level of his opposition"

After Kambosos I thought Teo should've gotten serious about his career. Got his dad out of the corner and worked with someone who could harness his physical gifts and develop a style that takes advantage of them. Senior is a shackle on Junior's ankle.
Teo hasn't learnt anything since then. He has fought at least 4 southpaws and I didn't see him try to put his lead foot outside Shakur's.
Teo telegraphs his jab a bit so when he holsters it, he becomes very predictable. He has no patience and panics when behind.

 

They’re both incredible fighters it’s testament to Stevenson that he can make defeating such an elite fighter look relatively simple. If you sit there and analyse just one minute of that fight you can find so much going on and have to slow it down to really appreciate just how nuanced and skillful those interchanges are and the level of IQ and physicality on display. Stevenson is A++ tier whilst Lopez is A to B tier depending on his motivation level. Stevenson is always motivated no matter who is in the opposite corner, and that can be the difference between ATG and elite in terms of overall body of work. Lopez Sr is also a disaster and we should probably congratulate Teo on getting here with half a trainer.

 

I can’t believe people used this excuse for so long. This whole narrative is part of the reason Shakur is seen as invincible now

 

Teo did fight to the level of his opposition when he beat Lomachenko and Taylor, though, but he looked so flat and limited against Shakur. It was obvious from round 3 that he was going to lose every round if he didn't throw caution to the wind. He probably would've still lost, but it was clear his head wasn't in it, and he was there to pick up the cheque. Very poor from Lopez and very impressive from Shakur.

It's disingenuous to say Lopez has never fought to the level of his opposition; Shakur is simply on another level. The reason he had so much success against Lomachenko was his size, and against Taylor, to play devil's advocate, this was post-Catterall, when he did not have the same level of viciousness. Taylor was struggling to make 140, too.

Shakur was a healthy 140, fresh, confident, with an elite-tier P4P skill set, and beat Lopez in every department, but Lopez still did not try to rough him up, throw combinations, take one to land one; he was extremely flat and disappointing. The Lopez who beat Taylor would've put on a much better showing vs Shakur. He would almost definitely still lose, but it wouldn't have been the 120-108 we watched.

 

He didn't do well against Kambosis, Martin or Ortiz also, all 3 beat him imo. He has never been elite and is one of the most overrated fighters of this era.

He beat Loma who was not special at 135 because he was too small, and he beat Taylor the guy who got cooked by Catterall in his previous fight.

He is an athletic but limited fighter who really ain't that good of a boxer. You can't be elite if you can't deal with slick boxers at all. He is B level.

I didn't see him excelling against Glaggert who went the distance and busted his face up. All these narratives about Teo are nonsense.

 

Nah Teo is the goods. He does fight to his level but never had a chance against Shakur. Styles

 

I'm curious how many more times Teo needs to suck to convince people he really ain't the goods.