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TAKEOVER CONTINUES: Teofimo Lopez Defends Undisputed Lightweight Title against George Kambosos Jr. Tonight at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden PhilBoxing.com Sun, 28 Nov 2021  NEW YORK (NOVEMBER 27, 2021)--TONIGHT!!! Undisputed Lightweight World Champion Teofimo Lopez continues his "Takeover" of the 135-pound division, when he finally meets mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr. at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden and Live on DAZN (8 PM ET) Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) of Brooklyn is managed by Split-T Management. The fight, which has been postponed numerous times over the past nine months, will take place, with Lopez looking to further cement his status as one of the top fighters on the pound-for-pound list. He gained the titles and that recognition when he took a 12-round unanimous decision from reigning Pound-For-Pound king Vasiliy Lomachenko on October 17. 2020 in Las Vegas. The animosity between Lopez has grown with each passing day, as Kambosos has failed to shake to unflappable champion. “You have to know your place and on Saturday, God is going to humble this man, through me,” said Lopez. “A lot of these people are so ambitious and that’s OK, you have to be. But the thing is, sometimes you don’t get it because you probably won’t carry it the right way. You’re not going to be a people’s champ. You’re going to spend your money on yourself rather than giving back like a lot of fighters do." “It’s all about being the people’s champ. Ali was the greatest of all time for those things. He made a strong, strong impact on the sport, so for George, I have no respect for him at all – at all." “The amount of disrespect from him, you disrespect my Mother? I told them, I warned him, his manager ‘don’t talk about my family’. I said they can say anything else, talk sh*t about me, say I am a cockroach, an ant. But once you cross that line, that barrier; f*ck his manager Peter Kahn and f*ck George Kambosos Jr." At Friday's weigh-in, Lopez weighed 135 lbs; Kambosos was 134.4 Lopez is promoted by Top Rank.  |
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