Teofimo Lopez notched one other win on his file over the weekend however not within the sort of efficiency most had been hoping to see from him. Lopez credit Claggett as a sturdy fighter and says he purposely selected to face a fighter like him to arrange him for what might come down the road. Right here’s a few of what Lopez needed to say reacting to the end result under.
Lopez on his fast response to his struggle with Claggett
“What a struggle. Muhammad Ali says the need obtained to be stronger than the talents. In the present day wasn’t about expertise, right this moment was about will, will energy. I knew the kind of fighter I used to be combating. This man is a triathlon athlete for crying out loud, conditioning’s impeccable. And me with bronchial asthma, I’m grateful.
“I used to be not shocked in any respect (about his sturdiness), I do know what kind of fighter I selected…I like robust fights, robust fights carry the perfect out of me. Look, essentially the most punches I ever had and landed of my punch depend in my profession. That’s wonderful, I’m telling you, man. I’m pleased with myself only for that, I don’t care how my face look.”
On what assertion he made in going through a sturdy fighter like Claggett
“It says that I don’t care, I’m right here to struggle. Let’s make a struggle occur. I don’t care how I look, my hand goes to get raised on the finish of all of it…I wanted this so much. For everyone else, whether or not it’s ‘47, ‘40, Bob stated I did nicely — he don’t look too blissful, f—okay it. I don’t care. I’m your solely final star accessible and that’s it. So that you simply obtained to cope with it, you understand what I imply.”
On if he’s nonetheless all for a struggle towards Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz
“F—okay yeah. Hell yeah, I’m prepared for it. I’m excited, now I understand how to face fighters like that even higher, on a greater standpoint. Simply extra conditioning, extra observe work, and that’s it. I believe this offers everyone extra alternative to leap that gun. However let’s see how they do after we begin clacking them up.”
On if he nonetheless’s contemplating a transfer as much as welterweight
“Completely, although. These are the sorts of fights that I need. However like nobody’s going to struggle like Steve Claggett. There’s just one different fighter that possibly would possibly do it just a bit bit, and he’s smaller, and that’s Pitbull, Isaac Cruz. However apart from that each different fighter you may consider don’t struggle that means in any respect. All of them field.
“Crawford containers, whether or not it’s orthodox, whether or not it’s southpaw, he containers. He doesn’t actually slug in there. So for this reason I do these kind of fights for a cause.
“I like the best way it’s. Like God makes me generally look subpar, if that must be that case, so these different chumps and are available and soar within the gun.”
