The Persom of the Negative: Rasic insults and financial disputes Teofimo Lopez, which leads to the announcement of the fight of Barboz Jr.

Theophimo Lopez violated Richardson Hitchins on social media for prices, demanding $ 2.5 million+ to unite the fight against him at a slight weight. Lopez (21-1, 13 ko) instead went with cheaper Arnold Barboz JR. as his next opponent for Turkish Alalshikh event at Times Square, New York on May 2. Teo says he offered “more than A million dollars ” to fight him.

Overrated?

$ 2.5 million+ Sounds like a huge amount of money for Hitchins, which is seen as a replica of Shakur Stevenson but with a lot More power and more fun style. However, Hitchins is still not exciting to watch, and that is why his career has not taken off even though Eddie Hearn has promoted him. Hearn does not give him great promotional pressure as he does with fighters who move the needles with the fans.

Shakur gets more attention than Hitchins because he works like a demon on X, posting non -stop, and thus gained a lot of fans, although his style of struggle is at the lower basement level in terms of fun.

Choosing his WBO mandatory Barboz Jr. (32-0, 11 ko) he could return to Lopez, because he could lose to this fighter, who is one of the best talents in the £ 140 division. WBO Light Welterweight Champion Teo obviously looks to Barboz as a walk in the park for him over Richardson, but that could be bad for him.

A villain of persona

Teofimo’s post on X was not friendly. He used racist expressions to offend and reject the dignity of IBF Light Withins Hitchins (19-0, 7 ko). Some fans see this as a calculating move of Lopez to adopt a villain person to attract fans hate. It’s like a professional wrestler who insults crowds and their opponents and cheats to win. In the case of a therapy he uses a racist conversation.

To be real, you asked for $ 2.5 million or more. @Turki_alalshikh I believed that you were not worth it. Barbozi has been offered “I mean” more than a million dollars to fight!

After that we can argue; You look like mf’er with wooden coal. #Fatalfury https://t.co/cstzs2ap2q

– Teofimo Lopez (@teophimolopez) 28 February 2025