Teofimo Lopez vs Brian Norman Jr. in talks for December in NYC, MSG for 147 WBO belt

Norman is going to seriously hurt Teo if this fight happens. Respect to Teo for never ducking anyone though.

 

Norman is well rounded with fast hands and solid power. He kinda blows hot and cold though and abandons defense in some of his bouts. I don’t think his dad is a good trainer for him either. He seems to not have any strategy for Norman going into a bout and just hopes that his son’s athleticism gets him through. His last performance was great but he looked second rate in all his 2023 bouts and arguably lost to Randall. Check out his fight with Flavio Rodriguez to get a feel for him.

 

Spence was actually underrated on the Blackfoot but he wasn't Thurman, Ennis, Loma level. But Norman and Spence are/were both elite at fighting on the inside and cutting off the ring.

 

Huh? I’m missing the buttery smooth combos and high output of Marquez…among other things…

They’re both good counter punchers and can punch.. comparisons end there…

 

He was very relaxed in there vs Santillan as well, it was surprisingly impressive.

 

Teo is the more refined version but JMM is more consistent.

 

Id favor Teofimo Lopez

 

Great fight.

 

I feel like I'm coming off like an Ahole, but why are people so dense?

Crawford never went back down to 135 after moving to 140, he never went back to 140 after moving to 147, and he's fighting at 154 in a few weeks. He will never fight at 147 again. Hell, he's clamoring to fight Canelo at 168...please move on from this utter Boots nonsense. Boots passed on the fight in 2022 and the fight wont ever happen.

Crawford will either unify at 154 (less likely) or go all-in for Canelo (more likely)

 

I would like to see Teo against Cruz fight but I’m actually totally fine with this as well. I think this would be a fun shoot out type of fight. Norman Jr isn’t that overly defensive and he doesn’t mind letting his hands go if forced to and Teo looks great when matched with the right dance partner who can bring out the best in him.

 

Current 147 is a wasteland. The best guy in the division has a weak ass resume and just got touched up by a bum. And one of the champions is rumored to be fighting the corpse of Manny Pacquiao.

It's not insanity that Teofimo can emerge as the King of Welterweight.

 

Jaron won every round in that fight and just got off a year layoff. You're tripping