Josh Taylor vs Teofimo Lopez [PREVIEW] | Taylor vs Lopez TRASH TALK

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Particulars: June 10, from New York- at The Madison Square Garden Hulu Theater, It’s Teofimo “The Take-over” Lopez, vs. Josh “The Tartan Tornado Taylor,” Jr. Welterweights. ESPN+ (USA) Sky Sports (UK).

Teofimo Lopez was the ‘pouncer.’ He beat Loma, to the utter shock of the world. Sure, the Ukrainian was injured coming in. Yet, he made the decision to go through with the fight, to his credit. To Lopez’ bigger credit, he won. Close, but without doubt.

Who can forget the mystified look on Teo’s face, as round after round, Lomachenko did almost nothing? Then Loma put it in seventh gear, and at one point, almost kayoed Teo. But in round 12, with everything apparently, on the line…well…Loma was tough. But Teo was tougher. His body shot hurt Lomachenko and seized the round.

After the famous victory, the world was at Teofimo’s command - or so we thought.

Boxing is strange. You don’t ‘play’ boxing as some wise person said. Other sports – even soccer – carry big risks, but boxing is uniquely dangerous. You don’t take tons of time off. You don’t overlook opponents. And, you need some luck, usually.

George Kambosos has never looked better or quicker than when he outfought and outthought, Lopez. I defy anyone to find footage in the two Haney submissions, where Kambosos threw the incredibly quick uppercut on display against Lopez. Teo, through over-confidence, making weight issues, and inactivity, facilitated the Greek-Australian’s perfect storm of defeat. Luck, in the form of a one-off night of brilliance from Kambosos, did the rest.

Since that absolutely shocking defeat, Lopez has looked well beyond “he’s slipping.” He’s looked plain average. Uh-huh, average. He even said to the network cameras as if they were a shrink – “do I still have it?”

Dunno, Teo – but if you don’t have it versus an extremely dangerous opponent…like the Stones said: “Who wants Yesterday’s Papers?” Almost no one wants them. Teo’s time at the top of boxing will be toast.

Fighters Grades: (Speed, Power, Defense, Reach, Age, Stamina, Experience)
Josh Taylor: B+ B B C C B B Total: B- (2.8)
Teofimo Lopez: A-A- B- C B B B+ Total: B (3.1)

Reality Check: Taylor punked out by not giving Catterall, to whom he surely lost, his rematch. As for his Plantar Fasciitis – I have it. It doesn’t present as Taylor said, it doesn’t generally hit people his age, and arches not surgery, work 95% of the time.

The surgery requires no running or jumping for three months. As UK friends pointed out, there he, was jumping around soon after a surgery he clearly didn’t have. Poor Catterall was chewed up by boxing politics.

Taylor, I think, is a bit past the guy who shocked me on my card by drawing with Regis Prograis. And yeah, a narrow victory in his favor was just fine. No robbery in the slightest. Most felt Josh Taylor won; mine was a minority report.

Regis Prograis is an outstanding fighter, but at no point did he look better than Josh. If Taylor can summon the kind of total package that shocked me, the world – but especially, Regis, Lopez is in for a long night.

But can Taylor? He’s looked older, and hinted at retirement – while at the same time saying he is looking forward to a move to 147.

Lopez has serious-serious power that Taylor does not, but in that respect, too, Taylor has surprised me. The man can punch. And hard as Lopez hits, it’s not Ray Robinson, one-punch type of power – though anything can happen at any time in boxing. It’s not unthinkable that a go-for-broke Lopez flies in hands down and catches something nasty that puts his lights out – though I doubt it.

But – does Lopez need to go for broke? Says here, if Taylor has not slipped the tiniest, ‘wee’ bit,’ and has another career night, as against Prograis, yes, Lopez does have to go for broke.

Folks, here’s a look at the reason Teo’s defensive liabilities could kill him vs. Taylor. It’s from the outstanding Boxing Gems YouTube channel. If you don’t have much time, cut to 2:05 on this video’s timeline - and get the bad news for Lopez.

A great thing about Boxing Gem’s analysis is that it helps fans appreciate how complicated boxing really is. It also confirms that while sports clichés suck, ring generalship is a legit term. And Taylor is a real Ring General.

The most important thing I’ve noticed about Taylor’s technique, is his “head slot” movement. Skip to 4:07 to see this phenomenal technique.

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