George Kambosos criticizes Teofimo Lopez for his excuses after poor performance against Sandor Martin
Via Brian Webber: George Kambosos Jr knocked out Teofimo Lopez last Saturday night after his reasoned win over Sandor Martin at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Kambosos, who many feel is the one who physically and mentally destroyed former unified lightweight champion Teofimo (18-1, 13 KOs) with the blow he delivered to him on last year, said that fans don’t buy him. “illusory excuses.“
After Teofimo’s loss to Kambosos last year, he blamed his defeat on esophageal problems, as well as his exhaustion from hitting the 135 lb limit.
Some boxing fans made excuses until they saw Teo still looking underwhelming in his last two fights since going up to 140th place against Pedro Campa and Sandor Martin.
“You guys have to give me a better partner. This guy is running,” Teofimo said to GAME after the fight, blame Sandor why he didn’t impress. “You jumped and ran.“
So far, Top Rank has stayed by Teofimo’s side and is not ready to give up the New Yorker. But there is a very real possibility that they will have to disqualify Teo as soon as he is knocked out by 140 lb champions Josh Taylor or Regis Prograis.
Top-ranked wants to put Teofimo in with WBO lightweight champion Taylor or former WBC/WBO champion Jose Ramirez next.
They’ll probably hold Teofimo a little longer after he loses to one of those guys, but once he’s defeated again, the Top Rated will realize they’ve got an albatross on them. hand and make him rush to remove him. .
ESPN commentator Tim Bradley feels that Teofimo is still working on the issue.”hurt” from the loss against Kambosos. In other words, Teofimo is still haunted by that loss and cannot accept what happened to him that night.
“Oh, it happened! No one forgets no matter how hard they try, just like no one buys any of their delusional excuses ️👊🏻😀” said George Kambosos Jr. Twitterreaction to Teofimo Lopez’s win over Sandor Martin.
Maybe Teo broke his back so he can’t act well? My spine must be up 🤷🏻♂️ Congratulations W Champion, you too Snr, you did a great job!! pic.twitter.com/oMHQ0ltohU
— George “Fierce” Kambosos Jr (@georgekambosos) December 11, 2022
“The trauma he suffered from losing Kambosos, he is still dealing with that. You have to understand, it’s the second payback since then,” Tim Bradley told Fight Hub TV about Teofimo Lopez after his less than impressive win over Sandor Martin last Saturday night.
