{"id":296706,"date":"2025-07-27T20:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296706\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T20:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T20:09:11","slug":"21-year-old-knockout-artist-respectfully-open-to-fight-with-former-training-partner-teofimo-lopez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/296706\/","title":{"rendered":"21-year-old knockout artist ‘respectfully’ open to fight with former training partner Teofimo Lopez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Teofimo Lopez\u2019s boxing career has seen him become a unified champion at lightweight, as well as a title holder at super lightweight. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2018The Takeover\u2019 has impressive wins on his resume such as recently retired Josh Taylor<\/a> and Vasiliy Lomachenko<\/a>, despite still being just 27 years old. <\/p>\n

Although a huge fight with Devin Haney fell through for Lopez<\/a>, there are likely still headline bouts in the future of the champion. <\/p>\n

It is currently unclear who Lopez<\/a> may face next, but there is one boxer who is open to the challenge of the champion. <\/p>\n

\"EmilianoPhoto by Steve Marcus\/Getty ImagesEmiliano Vargas open to facing former sparring partner Teofimo Lopez <\/p>\n

One of the super lightweight division\u2019s brightest rising stars is 21-year-old Emiliano Vargas. With a 15-0 record, 13 of his wins have come by way of knockout. <\/p>\n

Vargas last competed on Saturday night, as he was able to score a 42-second knockout over Alexander Espinoza in New York. <\/p>\n

The knockout was Vargas\u2019s 15th win in just three years as a professional, as he is quickly ascending the super lightweight division. However, should he want to be a world champion in the division, he may have to face former training partner Lopez. <\/p>\n

Despite having a good relationship, a fight with Lopez is not something Vargas would turn down. <\/p>\n

In an interview with Fight Hub TV after his first round knockout, Vargas was asked about a fight with Lopez. The fighter answered, \u201cAt the end of the day, Teo is an amazing fighter. I respect him a lot. Whether he stays at 140 lbs [or not], that\u2019s on him. I have a great relationship with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018El General\u2019 added, \u201cIt\u2019s just business at the end of the day, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Vargas reiterated his respect and admiration for Lopez, he believes he is a part of a new generation of stars in the sport. <\/p>\n

The 21-year-old confirmed he would \u2018never say never\u2019 to a fight with Lopez, but respects the champion \u201c120%.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Teofimo Lopez is currently riding a six-fight winning streak following shock loss<\/p>\n

Since Lopez had a shock loss to George Kambosos Jr.<\/a> in 2021, the fighter has been in impressive form. <\/p>\n

Fighting six times in the last three years, Lopez has been able to get the better of every single opponent he has faced. <\/p>\n

His only stoppage victory in this run was against Pedro Campa, in a bout where no world title was on the line. Lopez then followed this win with a split decision victory over Sandor Martin. <\/p>\n

Lopez became a two-weight world champion with a win over Taylor<\/a> in 2023, improving his record to 19-1. Then, he would successfully defend his WBO World Welterweight title against Jamaine Ortiz, Steve Claggert, and Arnold Barboza Jr. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez\u2019s boxing career has seen him become a unified champion at lightweight, as well as a title…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,79,31951,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-296706","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-teofimo-lopez","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114927013935918895","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}