Teofimo Lopez Looked Like A BEAST Tonight...

He's very physically gifted and talented and so much better when he uses his brain, counter punches and slickness. I give him zero respect for being too much of a coward to face the champ though in his backyard which he refused to do back when Taylor held all four belts.

But Taylor was not sharp at all though and clearly not the same fighter he was a few years ago, especially the one we saw under the tutelage of Shane McGuigan who is not only the best young trainer in the sport but one of the best period and a brilliant strategist.

 

They're not excuses. It was dumb of him (the champ) to take the fight after a 16 month layoff, in his opponent's backyard, and after looking terrible in his last fight which the vast vast majority had him losing, and it being his first fight with as new trainer against a very physically gifted and talented fighter like Teofimo. It doesn't mean he would've won had he been at his best but it would've stood him in much better stead.

He beat some very good fighters on route to becoming undisputed in just 18 fights FFS

And I've been saying this about him loading up on his shots and not boxing relaxed going way back to the Postol fight and it was a really bad move to part ways with McGuigan

From the RBR

 

Yeah, you're saying that now, but what will you be saying after he goes life and death with Montana Love, Arnold Barboza or Stevie Spark?

 

It's not that hard to figure out, he lost to Kambosos and looked horrible against and probably should have lost to Martin and Nakatani. Everyone is crowing about how great he was tonight, yet what will everyone be saying when he shits the bed against another underwhelming opponent he should steamroll.