Comments Thread For: Teofimo Lopez Rails Against ESPN Commentators, Accuses Top Rank of Preferring Black Fighters

[Realizniguhnit]

We all know Teo's a lil crazy and says some silly things but someone on his team really outta have a sit down with him before he goes off the deep end. He's worried about the Black fighters when he's about to get beat pillar to post by the whitest of white guys how ironic is that...

At the end of the day out of all the boxing promotional companies TR is a business focused on profiting. it's not so much about race, it's about who's winning fights looking good and putting azz's in seats..Teo has been inconsistent and whether he realize's it or not, particularly with his comments this could be his last chance at a big relevant fight...

[Knuckle sandwich]

We all know Teo's a lil crazy and says some silly things but someone on his team really outta have a sit down with him before he goes off the deep end. He's worried about the Black fighters when he's about to get beat pillar to post by the whitest of white guys how ironic is that...

At the end of the day out of all the boxing promotional companies TR is a business focused on profiting. it's not so much about race, it's about who's winning fights looking good and putting azz's in seats..Teo has been inconsistent and whether he realize's it or not, particularly with his comments this could be his last chance at a big relevant fight...

It's been said in posts many times before, but he has to get rid of his father from his father influence

[Nightfall]

His mental health program continues. And just think Al Haymon and Showtime were interested in bringing him into the PBC for some big fights with big money. That's gone now

[HouseofM]

It's such a ****** rant because ESPN really actually loves Tyson Fury and Loma over all of their black talent with the gimmock lg they claim their at the top of their p4p list. They've tried to build Loma into a legend without him fighting any elite blacks..tried to take his losses away and say he was still undefeated...lol. Teo needs a psychiatrist..he's mad because Haney keeps winning and Shakur keeps winning..tough ****, kid. You got punked out in 2/3 of your last fights. Smarten up.

[HouseofM]

If he was a real warrior..he would of done a rematch with Kambosos.

[HouseofM]

Why are they apologizing when they didn't do anything wrong? I love black people and black is not an insult. He just said as a matter of fact he thought Top Rank was favoring black fighters over him, due to demographic marketing. He didnt say anything negative about black people.

The media just wants to divide whites, blacks, hispanics. They always fan baiting with these manufactured story lines. Andre, Tim, Teofimo, Shakur and all them probably planned this "story" with Bob Arum like a month ago, lol, and hired someone in Hollywood to write the full script, lol. Just saying. I love white people, black people, hispanics, it dont matter. The media is the problem, not any of them.

Except Top Ranks favors Tyson Fury over everybody. Shakur has never headlined a ppv..lol. Haney only signed a 3 fight deal. He's not really part of Top Rank in any fashion. It was a delusional rant. Bob didn't really want to do Valdez vs Shakur but Valdez insisted because he got caught cheating and needed credibility back.

[HouseofM]

The last time I checked this country wasn't Mexico or Puerto Rico. It is like me a black person going to China and complaining that China favors Chinese people over me.

America is actually a land that belongs to Native Americans and Mexicans. If your insisting that Europeans are American by trade...you must be on that **** tip. White people are bigger immigrants than anything Mexican.

[Pigeons]

America is actually a land that belongs to Native Americans and Mexicans. If your insisting that Europeans are American by trade...you must be on that **** tip. White people are bigger immigrants than anything Mexican.

The individuals that migrated to America thousands of years ago weren't Mexican, you puny brained maggot.

There were North Asians from Siberia. Siberia is Russian. That means America belongs to the Russians, you dumb little kid.

[Bronx2245]

Teo, you WACK for that! I never seen anyone suck Lomachenko's d!ck harder than Tim Bradley! Ask Pacquiao about Tim Bradley's love affair with Jeff Horn! Ask Teddy Atlas! Fury...don't even get me started! ESPN gave Teo the HUGE push, with the post-Heisman show! Now he's mad because Tim & Dre are pointing out his recent lackluster performances!

[Bronx2245]

Teofimo Lopez Sr explains son’s frustration with ESPN and Top Rank, assures public there’s no racist intent
Teofimo Sr. provides some additional context to his son’s recent public comments.
Will Esco
April 27, 2023

“So you got all these fighters from Top Rank that are getting more recognition than my son is getting and he’s trying to fight the top dogs. So that’s just something that he had inside...that he’s not being promoted, being appreciated about what he’s doing, bro.

“Like this fight with Josh Taylor, they’re putting him in the ****ing Hulu Theater, bro. Like, for real, bro?! I mean, this is the fight that’s going to put him in the Hall of Fame. This is a big fight and nobody is even mentioning it, bro. So that’s why he’s like that. He got a lot of **** in his ****ing chest.

“A lot of people is going to try to put this **** like he’s racist. Bro...my son-in-law is black, you understand? My daughter got married to a black dude, bro. I love black people. We all love black people, we was raised with black people, bro. I lived in the projects, bro. I don’t even got to explain myself because it’s ******.

“The hate is so ****ing strong that they’re going to try to put that **** on him and I just want to emphasize to everybody that’s not what they think, it’s just what’s happening. And it just happens to be all the black fighters that are with Top Rank are the ones that they’re promoting.

“‘I’m over here trying to fight Josh Taylor, somebody that nobody wants to fight, so I’m taking all the risk. At least give me something, you know? At least give me some props.’ ‘No, you know what we’re going to do, Teofimo? We’re going to put you in the ****ing Hulu Theater.’ That’s like a smack in the face, bro.

“This is the biggest fight this year. I mean, this is for all the ****ing marbles, bro. This is the real ****ing fight and he’s doing it at only 25 years old. This is only his 20th fight...Even Max Kellerman said it on the Max Kellerman Show. And you know what? They brought that video down. That video’s private now because Max Kellerman said ‘you know what, you win this fight, you’re in the Hall of Fame.’

“(My son) understood that he was wrong with what he said. But it has nothing to do with race. It has nothing to do with that. You can’t mention the word ‘black’ nowadays because everybody gets offended. It’s a word that you cannot use. And I told him ‘you got to talk to the media, apologize and let them know that you didn’t have no (racist intent)’ — like he didn’t say it like in a racist way, bro.

“He just said it like ‘Top Rank is really just focusing on the black fighters because it’s the market. Marketing-****ing-strategy. They see that’s what people want to see. They love black fighters. I mean, they the best at what they do. You know, black people are ****ing very athletic, bro.

Nobody can beat them, and I understand that. But we get the chance to prove to the world that my son can be the best fighter in the world, and that’s all we want, bro. We want the chances, and when we get them, we go for it.”



Senior, keep Teo out of the Projects for a minute! Seriously Fam! Not a good look!