List of possible opponents of the slightly unified champion, Teofimo Lopez, continues to decline due to several rivals who would take place to try to defeat the Honduran boxer.
While Teofimo is very likely to face the obligatory challenger for the IBF belt, the Australian George Kambosos Jr., there is already speculation about a possible confrontation against Devin Haney.
The controversial image of Teófimo López with bundles of dollars
Due to the possibility that “taking“Measure your strength with Haney, the lightweight WBC champion, and due to the popularity of fighter Catracho, Teofimo’s demands have increased.
Given this scenario, the promoter Matchroom Sport, Eddie HearnHe referred to the millionaire process that “El Gringo-Catracho” is requesting to fight Devin Haney.
“I think Teofimo Lopez against Haney is a wonderful fight. Teofimo asked me for $ 10 million for that fight,” Hearn said.
The businessman ruled out any possibility of being able to pay this figure to López, because he is very far from the current economic reality in boxing.
“You can’t get there, but I’m sure we can offer him a good offer. Teofimo is a nightmare right now Bob Arum, and Bob isn’t hitting the bush right now. You’re tired. So he says, “I want this, at least $ 5 million, I want eight, I want nine, I want ten.” So now I’m going to leave that to Bob and To fool let’s put these numbers together because in this world, right now, it’s not going to happen, “said Eddie Hearn.