Teofimo Lopez "calling out" Bud? You're not serious guy. No one is buying it and no one would give you any type of chance at all. Teo is a bit delusional anyway so it isn't shocking. There isn't a single reason why Bud would or should fight this guy.
Same with Bud calling out Canelo Except for delusional Bud fans, no one wants to see that A 37 year old will suddenly jump up 3 weight classes & somehow beat or be competitive with Canelo based off beating a car crash Spence jr to pulp. Canelo will launch him into orbit Teofimo should be talking about fighting Matias & start unifying the division. Matias has been constantly calling all these other "champs" out at 140 & none of them seem to want to take his name & act like he doesn't exist unless the interviewer brings up his name. I will give Teo the benefit of the doubt & see if he will make that fight happen after Ortiz Bud should fight Boots or if he thinks that's not a money fight, then move up & test himself at 154 while waiting for the rematch which will happen at 154 most likely anyways Inoue seems to be the only one interested in making the fights that need to happen happen without being a social media drama queen
The key to me is this. Who freaking cares if one fighter calls out another. It means nothing. It's just an athlete talking who, for the most part, isn't in control of his destiny. His managers and promotional teams pretty much make the decisions.
It’s just a ploy to make headlines. Would you prefer hearing Pacquiao type post fight interviews, “I’ll fight whoever my promoter picks”? I dig the call outs, even though I know they’re bs the majority of the time,
Teo fought Loma when nobody else would, then jumped up and fought Taylor. He might be dumb enough to fight Crawford.
Call outs are just PR bs, no one should pay them any attention. A lot of supposed boogeymen are guys who call out the big names whil dining on journeymen.
Especially ridiculous when you know there will be people saying Crawford ducked Lopez. I remember a few years back when there were rumours of Loma Vs Rigo were swirling, Loma said something along the lines of "this fight does nothing for me" and people suggested he had ducked a fighter from 2 divisions below... And then obviously when he easily beat him he became a cherry pick, same as if Crawford accepted Teo's callout
