Former unified lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez appears to have been offered a chance to unify the super-lightweight division next.
The 28-year-old from Brooklyn, New York currently holds the WBO super-lightweight title, making several successful defences of his crown since he dethroned former undisputed champion Josh Taylor back in June of 2023.
He made his most recent ring appearance at Times Square in New York on May 2, defeating mandatory challenger and fellow countryman Arnold Barboza Jr via unanimous decision to retain his WBO crown for the third time.
As ‘The Takeover’ prepares to make his return to the ring, which could come before the end of the year, the 28-year-old appears to have been offered to chance to unify the 140lb division against an unbeaten world champion next.
Posting on social media, reigning IBF super-lightweight champion Richardson Hitchins expressed an interest in facing Lopez next, claiming his fellow countryman would be ‘easy work’.
“I want Teofimo Lopez after that I want Devin Haney, easy work, drops the f***ing mic. Send the contract!”
Hitchins captured the IBF crown at 140lbs last December, defeating Australia’s Liam Paro via split decision at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in Puerto Rico to become a world champion for the very first time.
The 27-year-old returned to the ring to make the first defence of his title on June 14, stopping former unified world lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr with a thunderous body shot in the eighth round of their clash at the Madison Square Garden Theatre in New York City.
Hitchins isn’t the only world champion that Lopez has been linked with, with a fight against Shakur Stevenson supposedly ‘agreed’ for January.