[Boxing] Teofimo Lopez vs Steve Claggett WBO Super Lightweight Title - June 29

[Kemarit]

For those who might have missed the weigh-in, here is the video, both make it to the limit,



Teofimo Lopez 139.4 lbs. vs. Steve Claggett 139.5 lbs.

So let's see if Claggett is supposedly easy fight for Teo, or Steve will bring everything in the table and make it very difficult for Lopez. But I'm seeing that Teo Lopez is too good and might score a early knockout win.

[AliMan]

We will see how their capabilities works, there's a lot of reviews at youtube and social media platforms once you follow their channels.
Several sports enthusiasts give their opinions and different thoughts, odds will base on those aspects but we have to be careful on that because the reliability won't match in the reality of the actual fight. If you trust you best choice of fighters then the odds always got the big catch.

[bisdak40]

For those who want to watch the fight live for free, see below if it will work in your country as it works fine here in the Philippines.

Enjoy and good luck on your bet, i have backed Teo Lopez to win by knockout tonight so let us see if he will deliver an impressive win tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlMZ-MfBuO0

[Jating]

For those who want to watch the fight live for free, see below if it will work in your country as it works fine here in the Philippines.

Enjoy and good luck on your bet, i have backed Teo Lopez to win by knockout tonight so let us see if he will deliver an impressive win tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlMZ-MfBuO0

Thanks, Claggett though is a tough costumer here, a volume puncher but he has no power. But Teo Lopez looks very uncomfortable in this fight and just wanting to fight in the corner and not in the middle, so it's weird strategy for him.

Are we going to see a upset here? Hard to score the fights as it based on Lopez few punches but with power and just countering, but Claggett is the more aggressive and throwing a lot of punches. Lopez eye is swelling, it means that he is getting in Lopez with that volume.

So let's see if Lopez can pull through in the last next of the fight. He needs to show something here, otherwise another lackluster performance and not impressively.

[Darker45]

For those who want to watch the fight live for free, see below if it will work in your country as it works fine here in the Philippines.

Enjoy and good luck on your bet, i have backed Teo Lopez to win by knockout tonight so let us see if he will deliver an impressive win tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlMZ-MfBuO0

There you have it. He failed. We lost. LOL! I went for under 10.5. That had a 2.00 boosted odds, good enough. But, again, I wasn't confident with that bet. Teofimo via UD at 2.45 was more interesting. If only I had some funds left in my other betting account where that market is available.

Claggett was a tough man to even knock down. Apart from that, Teofimo is rusty. He's not his old hungry and confident self anymore whose primary goal is to put his opponent to sleep. Today, only his blabbering mouth remains confident and hungry.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Thanks, Claggett though is a tough costumer here, a volume puncher but he has no power. But Teo Lopez looks very uncomfortable in this fight and just wanting to fight in the corner and not in the middle, so it's weird strategy for him.

Are we going to see a upset here? Hard to score the fights as it based on Lopez few punches but with power and just countering, but Claggett is the more aggressive and throwing a lot of punches. Lopez eye is swelling, it means that he is getting in Lopez with that volume.

So let's see if Lopez can pull through in the last next of the fight. He needs to show something here, otherwise another lackluster performance and not impressively.

Claggett kept coming forward and made Teo look bad, but he did not win many rounds. Claggett looked more like a sparring partner, rather than a world champion contender. Coming in with seven losses on his record, we expected that Teo would dominate but it was yet another underwhelming performance.

At 140 lbs Teo does not have the devastating knockout power that defined the early part of his career. He is also not the greatest technician so he will likely continue to struggle against these types of opponents. He needs to fight somebody like Haney or Ryan Garcia to bring out the best in him, but unfortunately those fighters’ careers are currently in limbo.

[Distinctin]

Thanks, Claggett though is a tough costumer here, a volume puncher but he has no power. But Teo Lopez looks very uncomfortable in this fight and just wanting to fight in the corner and not in the middle, so it's weird strategy for him.

Are we going to see a upset here? Hard to score the fights as it based on Lopez few punches but with power and just countering, but Claggett is the more aggressive and throwing a lot of punches. Lopez eye is swelling, it means that he is getting in Lopez with that volume.

So let's see if Lopez can pull through in the last next of the fight. He needs to show something here, otherwise another lackluster performance and not impressively.

Claggett kept coming forward and made Teo look bad, but he did not win many rounds. Claggett looked more like a sparring partner, rather than a world champion contender. Coming in with seven losses on his record, we expected that Teo would dominate but it was yet another underwhelming performance.

At 140 lbs Teo does not have the devastating knockout power that defined the early part of his career. He is also not the greatest technician so he will likely continue to struggle against these types of opponents. He needs to fight somebody like Haney or Ryan Garcia to bring out the best in him, but unfortunately those fighters’ careers are currently in limbo.

I like how Teo handle the fight, he didn't rush things and try to go for a KO although he is capable of doing it. He keep his defense and punished Claggett everytime he makes mistake by being overly aggressive. That was a mismatch and I agree that it looks like a sparring match up for Teo as Claggett could not even land a solid punch that could change the momentum of Teo.

Well done for Teo, it's a unanimous win for him. So next fight for Teo, who would it be? Any rumors after the fight?

[coin-investor]

I like how Teo handle the fight, he didn't rush things and try to go for a KO although he is capable of doing it. He keep his defense and punished Claggett everytime he makes mistake by being overly aggressive. That was a mismatch and I agree that it looks like a sparring match up for Teo as Claggett could not even land a solid punch that could change the momentum of Teo.

Well done for Teo, it's a unanimous win for him. So next fight for Teo, who would it be? Any rumors after the fight?

Yes, I agree Teofimo shows incredible ring generalship, great foot movement, and accurate angle to deliver his best punches; this is the best Teofimo after the Taylor fight, Clagget came to fight, he did not back off in the early rounds of the fight he keeps moving forward, but on the late rounds, Teofimo lives up to his name as the Takeover and takes over the fight.

I hope Teofimo's next fight is against a fighter who is worthy of his level, I think a fight against newly crowned Lian Paro is a good match both are good technicians in the ring, but a deal with Pitbull Cruz is also worth it.
The Super Lightweight should have one champion and unification is going to be a blockbuster for promoters.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

           -     I'm not familiar with these boxers, but I can tell if they can be considered rookies. They are equally agile, for sure, when it comes to the ring. I will also have a little trouble with their abilities because they both have hidden skills that, if they get through, they can immediately knock out any of them.

And then it will be an advantage for both of them because they will both get good records in this fight, which will add reputation to their boxing careers.

[cabron]

I'm surprised how Claggett continues to keep charging lol and Teo also kept backing away and by the looks, Claggett is smaller. It's odd already that they give Teo this kind of fighter for a tune-up but it seems to expose Teo that he isn't comfortable with the constant pressure of this kind of slugger. He showed his footwork and also he absorbed the punches though but if Claggett is bigger, the tide could change.

It just shows Teo is not ready to fight someone like Tank. He has no chance.

[bisdak40]

For those who want to watch the fight live for free, see below if it will work in your country as it works fine here in the Philippines.

Enjoy and good luck on your bet, i have backed Teo Lopez to win by knockout tonight so let us see if he will deliver an impressive win tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlMZ-MfBuO0

There you have it. He failed. We lost. LOL! I went for under 10.5. That had a 2.00 boosted odds, good enough. But, again, I wasn't confident with that bet. Teofimo via UD at 2.45 was more interesting. If only I had some funds left in my other betting account where that market is available.

Claggett was a tough man to even knock down. Apart from that, Teofimo is rusty. He's not his old hungry and confident self anymore whose primary goal is to put his opponent to sleep. Today, only his blabbering mouth remains confident and hungry.

Ring rust might be the factor on why he did not deliver an impressive win (knockout win hehe) but there might be this speculation on some that he lost some of his power in this 140lbs division. Claggett is tailored fit for him to look good in the ring as Claggett is an aggressive fighter as we saw but he didn't been hurt though he lost but somehow it was a good fight for him.

In the post fight interview, Lopez didn't mentioned any names as his future opponents but i wish that Tank Davis would be consider as that would be a blockbuster fight and an acid test for both fighters.

[FinneysTrueVision]

Well done for Teo, it's a unanimous win for him. So next fight for Teo, who would it be? Any rumors after the fight?

Bob Arum mentioned that Brian Norman Jr. could be next. Even though Norman is technically a world champion he does not have much experience. On paper he has a good record and decent punching power. It could be a good test for Teo who would be moving up in weight. His poor defense and lack of power in higher weights is going to be a problem at welterweight. Norman is coming off a highlight reel knockout and won’t give up his title easily in his first defense.

[Yaunfitda]

For those who want to watch the fight live for free, see below if it will work in your country as it works fine here in the Philippines.

Enjoy and good luck on your bet, i have backed Teo Lopez to win by knockout tonight so let us see if he will deliver an impressive win tonight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlMZ-MfBuO0

There you have it. He failed. We lost. LOL! I went for under 10.5. That had a 2.00 boosted odds, good enough. But, again, I wasn't confident with that bet. Teofimo via UD at 2.45 was more interesting. If only I had some funds left in my other betting account where that market is available.

Claggett was a tough man to even knock down. Apart from that, Teofimo is rusty. He's not his old hungry and confident self anymore whose primary goal is to put his opponent to sleep. Today, only his blabbering mouth remains confident and hungry.

Ring rust might be the factor on why he did not deliver an impressive win (knockout win hehe) but there might be this speculation on some that he lost some of his power in this 140lbs division. Claggett is tailored fit for him to look good in the ring as Claggett is an aggressive fighter as we saw but he didn't been hurt though he lost but somehow it was a good fight for him.

In the post fight interview, Lopez didn't mentioned any names as his future opponents but i wish that Tank Davis would be consider as that would be a blockbuster fight and an acid test for both fighters.

I will go with the latter, it looks like Teo didn't bring his power from 135 lbs to the 140 lbs that's why he can't knockout or score a knockdown against a very average boxer in Claggett. Yeah, it's too that Claggett style is made for Teo, but Lopez started very slow and Claggett took the control in the first 6 rounds of the fight. But in the second half and as what his father tells him, push Claggett in the middle and that's where Teo has that good round from round 7-8 and I thought that Claggett will go down. He says post fight from want I'm seen in Youtube that he want's Pitbull Cruz and then Crawford  at 147 lbs.

[Jating]

Thanks, Claggett though is a tough costumer here, a volume puncher but he has no power. But Teo Lopez looks very uncomfortable in this fight and just wanting to fight in the corner and not in the middle, so it's weird strategy for him.

Are we going to see a upset here? Hard to score the fights as it based on Lopez few punches but with power and just countering, but Claggett is the more aggressive and throwing a lot of punches. Lopez eye is swelling, it means that he is getting in Lopez with that volume.

So let's see if Lopez can pull through in the last next of the fight. He needs to show something here, otherwise another lackluster performance and not impressively.

Claggett kept coming forward and made Teo look bad, but he did not win many rounds. Claggett looked more like a sparring partner, rather than a world champion contender. Coming in with seven losses on his record, we expected that Teo would dominate but it was yet another underwhelming performance.

I'm must surprised by the score though, I thought that Claggett did more early and could have at least score some more round. Yeah, it looks like a sparring match for Teo but Claggett keeps on coming forward to him and even though there are times that Claggett looks hurt, Teo can't finished him out.

At 140 lbs Teo does not have the devastating knockout power that defined the early part of his career. He is also not the greatest technician so he will likely continue to struggle against these types of opponents. He needs to fight somebody like Haney or Ryan Garcia to bring out the best in him, but unfortunately those fighters’ careers are currently in limbo.

I do agree with this, he doesn't have the power that he had at 135 lbs, although he still have that speed, but the impact on his opponents are not the same anymore. He said though that he knows what he expects in this fight as Claggett is a  triathlon athlete according to him, so he knows that he will be coming forward. It's good if him and Pitbull Cruz will be next, we will the same aggressive style but with power.

[TravelMug]

I'm surprised how Claggett continues to keep charging lol and Teo also kept backing away and by the looks, Claggett is smaller. It's odd already that they give Teo this kind of fighter for a tune-up but it seems to expose Teo that he isn't comfortable with the constant pressure of this kind of slugger. He showed his footwork and also he absorbed the punches though but if Claggett is bigger, the tide could change.

It just shows Teo is not ready to fight someone like Tank. He has no chance.

Right, pressure fighter like Claggett might be a big issue for Teo in the future. The likes of let's say Pitbull Cruz who always charge and then have a good chin, might be a big problem for the Takeover, but he said that he is willing to face Pitbull Cruz so that will be another interesting rematch. I will also like to agree about the ring rust, it could have affected Teo as well as he his out of the ring for sometime and his tune up fight is against a very game pressure fighter in Claggett. It's like a phone booth fight, as Teo prefer to be just in the corner and contented to counter Claggett all night but he was also caught from time to time. The only issue with Claggett is that he didn't have the power, although we can say that as well with Teo as he can't knockout anyone at 140 lbs.

Regardless, a win is a win for him.

[Kemarit]

Well done for Teo, it's a unanimous win for him. So next fight for Teo, who would it be? Any rumors after the fight?

Bob Arum mentioned that Brian Norman Jr. could be next. Even though Norman is technically a world champion he does not have much experience. On paper he has a good record and decent punching power. It could be a good test for Teo who would be moving up in weight. His poor defense and lack of power in higher weights is going to be a problem at welterweight. Norman is coming off a highlight reel knockout and won’t give up his title easily in his first defense.

Brian Norman is not well known, although he is the interim WBO champion, so doesn't make sense for Lopez to face him next, although we all know how Bob Arum moves with this kind of fights as he wanted more exposure for Lopez but with less risk. But he will not gain anything in fighting Norman Jr as he only held interim, and again, having a regular WBO champion in Terrence Crawford.

And for those who are not aware of, Norman Jr is campaigning welterweight and so it means that Teo might go up in weight as he has been calling Terrence Crawford as well after he won against Claggett. Obviously, it's the huge money that he is going to get that's why he is looking for Crawford next or Norman Jr and so if he beats him, he will be the interim and should face the regular champion in Crawford.

[bisdak40]

I do agree with this, he doesn't have the power that he had at 135 lbs, although he still have that speed, but the impact on his opponents are not the same anymore. He said though that he knows what he expects in this fight as Claggett is a  triathlon athlete according to him, so he knows that he will be coming forward. It's good if him and Pitbull Cruz will be next, we will the same aggressive style but with power.

Might be a conclusive thinking that indeed Teo Lopez left his power on the 135 pound division because of no knockout win in his last three fights. Claggett was handpick for him to look good in the ring but he didn't disposed him impressively. I don't think that Teo Sr would risk his son's career on fighting Pitbull Cruz or Tank Davis at this stage, maybe sooner they will fight either of the two in the price is right.

[bbc.reporter]

@bisdak40. I speculate the reason might be because he is not being paid enough money. Does anyone remember why he said he announced his retirement? He said he deserves more money, however, the offers being given to him are not enough. We cannot blame the promoters also because who did he fight after George Kambosos.

We might witness Teo on his best if he will challenge the best. I reckon he should challenge Pitbull for the unification of the WBA and WBO championships and begin the unification of all the 4 championships in super lightweight. This will certainly collect a good purse for Teo.

[TravelMug]

@bisdak40. I speculate the reason might be because he is not being paid enough money. Does anyone remember why he said he announced his retirement? He said he deserves more money, however, the offers being given to him are not enough. We cannot blame the promoters also because who did he fight after George Kambosos.

We might witness Teo on his best if he will challenge the best. I reckon he should challenge Pitbull for the unification of the WBA and WBO championships and begin the unification of all the 4 championships in super lightweight. This will certainly collect a good purse for Teo.

Usually that's what we see in Teo, if he faces a good opponent his best is going to come out. But against a not so well-known fighter in Claggett and with no power at all, Lopez has a lackluster performance, it could be because of the ring rust, but still though, if you are truly what you say, you can shake off that ring rust after a couple of rounds and then found your rhythm.

But not in this fight, if not for him following his corner, he dad that he needs to push Claggett and now allow him to be cornered, then who knows, maybe he will take more damage that expected. Yeah, a challenge with Pitbull will be a great found and also could be a good paycheck for him as he will be the A-side as he is the lineal champion.

[Kemarit]

@bisdak40. I speculate the reason might be because he is not being paid enough money. Does anyone remember why he said he announced his retirement? He said he deserves more money, however, the offers being given to him are not enough. We cannot blame the promoters also because who did he fight after George Kambosos.

Teo is obviously looking for the money, and based on his performance against Claggett, how can he be paid with big money if he can't knockout a boxer with 7 losses and keep on charging against him and the fight going to the distance?

We might witness Teo on his best if he will challenge the best. I reckon he should challenge Pitbull for the unification of the WBA and WBO championships and begin the unification of all the 4 championships in super lightweight. This will certainly collect a good purse for Teo.

Yeah, that's what they say, but still go, this is supposedly a get busy fight for you and they pick up a fighter that they assumed that Teo will knockout and so he will look good so that his hype is still there under his name. But everyone was not impressive and then he called Crawford next? LOL.