Big Q covers the latest in the fight game. In this stream recently crowned WBO Super-Lightweight Champion Teofimo Lopez has announced that he will retire via ESPN & social media. Do you believe him? OR Is this just another ploy to drum up publicity for more money?
At just 25 years old, Teofimo Lopez is hanging up his gloves. The two-time champion announced his decision to retire on Monday’s edition of ESPN’s “This Just In.” Lopez, a former lightweight titleholder, just became the lineal champ in the super lightweight division Saturday after defeating 32-year-old former champion Josh Taylor by unanimous decision. Lopez now holds the WBO and The Ring super lightweight titles. So why would Lopez retire now at just 25, mere days after becoming a champion in his second weight class and literally hours after ESPN published an article about Lopez’s future? He had an answer, but not a specific one.
“I have a lot of ideas,” Lopez said. “I have a lot of things in mind for the sport of boxing. And I really can’t do that if I’m always in the gym training and preparing for another upcoming fight or bout. So I’m really just focusing on that task right now.”
