Teofimo Lopez Says He’d Put Devin Haney ‘On His Ass’ When They Fight

Teofimo Lopez is confident he will KO Devin Haney when they end up fighting.

The WBA, IBF, WBC Franchise, WBO lightweight champion in Lopez has options for his next fight as he could face Haney, Ryan Garcia, or Gervonta Davis. But, if he faces Haney, he expects it to be a very technical fight until he connects on the chin and puts Haney down.

“It would start off as a technical fight, but in the mid-rounds, toward the end of the rounds I’ll put him on his ass. Devin is the type of person, to me, that I want to knock out. I’m coming in with bad intentions the whole time. It’s been too much talk; the thing about me is when you talk too much about me, I put you on my hit list. It’d be an intriguing, interesting fight for everybody to watch — two young, hungry fighters,” Lopez said to ESPN (via boxingscene).

“I look at it like this: None of those guys fight like Loma. Loma was a true technician who knows what he’s doing in the ring. I know Devin. He tries to do a lot like Floyd [Mayweather]; he tries to compare himself to “Pretty Boy” Floyd. I know he’ll always be on the back foot and in defense mode. That I already expect. Devin isn’t the kind of fighter that presses; he’s more of the type to catch and shoot, take his time, counterpunch.

“What a lot of people don’t know is I’m very smart when I’m in there. I’m a technician. I’m like Albert Einstein, I’m just calculating everything. I’m downloading everything that you’re doing. Since me and Devin sparred in the past, things have changed; we’ve progressed and gotten better. It’ll be very nice to see that. I like challenges. I don’t think that’s a full challenge for me, but it’s definitely a fight that everybody wants to watch, and I’m all about the fans.”

If Teofimo Lopez does end up facing and knocking out Devin Haney it would be a statement win for him and cement his legacy.

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