{"id":143465,"date":"2025-05-30T06:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T06:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/143465\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T06:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T06:58:09","slug":"jaron-boots-ennis-would-have-ended-teofimo-lopezs-career-says-trainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/143465\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis Would Have Ended Teofimo Lopez’s Career Says Trainer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trainer Greg Hackett says Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis would have ended Teofimo Lopez\u2019s career if that fight had happened recently. He feels that the beating Lopez would have taken from Ennis would have finished him. Hackett states that Teofimo wouldn\u2019t be able to get any more \u201cbig shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 140-lb champion Lopez (22-1, 13 KOs) had been pushing for a fight against IBF and WBC welterweight champion Ennis (34-0, 30 KOs), but there was no interest in that match-up at this time. Teofimo was counting on getting that fight.<\/p>\n

Impatient Teofimo Seeks Paydays<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hackett feels that Lopez has become a money \u201cWhore,<\/strong>\u201d and will do anything to get a fight at this point in his career. Teo had been trying to get fights against Terence Crawford as well, but had no luck with that one.<\/p>\n

Lopez has become impatient at this point in his career, and seemingly tired of making regular money. He wants the big paydays that fighters like Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia, and Gervonta Davis are getting.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeofimo is talking out his a** that he would beat Boots, but you had an okay fight with Barboza. You didn\u2019t finish him. Anyone else would have finished him. They would have knocked that kid out,\u201d said trainer Greg Hackett to YSM Sports Media<\/a> about Teofimo Lopez\u2019s performance against Arnold Barboza Jr. on May 2nd.<\/p>\n

Teofimo would have moved around all night against Ennis like he did against Arnold Barboza Jr, and would have survived to lose a one-sided 12-round decision. His fight against Barboza Jr. was likely a trial run for how he planned to compete against Boots. He had no reason to move as much as he did against Arnold because he was facing a weak puncher.<\/p>\n

Ennis Ends Lopez\u2019s Career<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIf Boots would have fought that kid [Teofimo], he would have ended his career,\u201d said Hackett. \u201cTeo would have got paid and made some money, but that would have been the last time. He wouldn\u2019t have been in any more big shows. He ain\u2019t really that impressive. He hasn\u2019t been since 135. Lipinets would beat Teofimo.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lopez is too charismatic for any defeat to end his career. He stands out among all the fighters at 140 and 147 as being more interesting to listen to. He could absorb a lot of losses, and fans would still want to watch him fight. No one would expect Teofimo to beat Ennis in the first place. So if he lost, it wouldn\u2019t be a big deal because he would have been showing bravery.<\/p>\n

\u201cTeo hasn\u2019t been impressive at all,\u201d said Hackett. \u201cTo me, he hasn\u2019t been impressive since the Lomachenko fight. The only reason he was impressive in that fight is because of how young he was and how he approached it. But he was a very hungry fighter at that time. He\u2019s not hungry no more. He\u2019s not hungry. And he\u2019s turned into a whore because he\u2019d do anything for money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greg brings up a good point. Teofimo hasn\u2019t been impressive since his clash against Vasily Lomachenko in 2020. Even in that fight, Lopez was only impressive in the first six rounds. When Lomachenko began applying pressure in the second half, Teofimo wilted and appeared to lose five of the last six rounds.<\/p>\n

Teofimo\u2019s Press Conference Theater<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019d even put a wig on recently and some eyeliner. I\u2019m done with him. Boots Ennis would have killed him. He would have murdered that kid. We don\u2019t want to see that. If he had fought a full-fledged Boots Ennis, he would have killed you,\u201d said Hackett.<\/p>\n

Teofimo was trying to put some theater into his press conference for his May 2nd fight against Barboza Jr. at Times Square in New York. The make-up and cowboy hat were part of his costume. Lopez was trying to liven things up because he realized there were a lot of deadbeats who had no personality to help create interest in the event.<\/p>\n

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