Light-weight contender, Keyshawn Davis took to social media to trash Teofimo Lopez for hand-picking unknown fringe contender Steve Claggett to face subsequent as an alternative of combating him.
Teofimo (20-1, 13 KOs) shall be defending his WBO mild welterweight title towards Claggett (38-7-2, 26 KOs), a borderline journeyman, on June twenty ninth on ESPN on the James L. Knight Heart in Miami Seashore, Florida.
Davis’ Frustration
Keyshawn is upset becaue he’s been asking Teofimo for a combat, and he stated he was instructed by Teo that he wants to maneuver as much as 140 and seize an interim title earlier than he’ll think about combating him.
Davis isn’t the one man Teofimo has turned down lately. He reportedly rejected the thought of combating these three:
– Elvis Rodriguez
– Kenneth Sims Jr.
– Raymond Muratalla
The 34-year-old Claggett doesn’t have an interim title, and he’s ranked low at #13 WBO, which means that Teofimo has misplaced curiosity in taking dangerous fights after the robust time he had in his earlier combating, struggling to a controversial 12 spherical resolution win over Jamaine Ortiz final February.
Keyshawn (10-0, 7 KOs) is combating Miguel Madeuno subsequent on July sixth on the Prudential Heart in Newark, New Jersey.
Keyshawn’s Social Media Outburst
“Teo is scared as hell. He instructed me to get an interim belt at 140. Why am I going to get an interim belt at 140 for?” stated Keyshawn Davis on social media about WBO mild welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez giving him the comb off by telling him he must go as much as 140 and seize an interim belt earlier than he’d think about combating him.
Yeah, I feel Teofimo’s confidence is gone after his unhealthy experiences towards Jamaine Ortiz, Sandor Martin, Pedro Campa and George Kambosos Jr. It’s protected to say that Teofimo is beginning to suspect that he’s not so good as he initially thought he was after his win over Vasily Lomachenko in 2020, and he’s now simply enjoying it protected, taking simple paydays at ESPN and High Rank’s expense, ready for a cash-out the place it received’t matter if he loses once more.
“That’s the way you inform I’m able to combat you by getting an interim belt? I received three interim belts already at 135. So, he’s saying go as much as 140 to go get one other belt that I have already got? After which he’s saying that he don’t know these promotions be giving out belts. He’s a b***h,” stated Keyshawn about Teofimo.
“He’s scared, he don’t wish to combat me. Then he retains taking about I didn’t deserve it. All y’all followers are going together with it, but when his combat will get introduced and he’s combating Steve Claggett, y’all wish to say, ‘Who the f*** is he? Why the f*** is he combating Claggett? When is he going to have a step-up?’ However get mad at me for calling the person [Teofimo] out.”
The combat towards Jamaine Ortiz took the final little bit of Teofimo’s confidence, leaving him the timid fighter who rejected 4 high quality opponents in favor of combating the journeyman Claggett on June twenty ninth.
“Y’all know me. Y’all don’t know Claggett. That don’t even make sense. Y’all say I haven’t achieved something to deserve a title shot towards Teo, however y’all get mad at Teo for Claggett. Don’t get mad at me or Teo for Claggett. Get made at your rattling self. Y’all don’t know what y’all need,” stated Keyshawn.
It’s a waste of Keyshawn’s time to proceed to push for a combat towards Teofimo as a result of the writing is on the wall. He doesn’t wish to combat Keyshawn or any dangerous opponents and is simply going to proceed to take simple paydays from ESPN and High Rank till a cash-out falls into his lap towards somebody like Ryan Garcia or Devin Haney. If these fights don’t occur, Teofimo will take simple ones for so long as High Rank is prepared to pay him to combat fodder-level opposition.
In the event that they put Teofimo’s toes to the fireplace to demand hs combat high quality opposition, he’ll seemingly balk and High Rank might want to wash their fingers of him, and he’ll go away similar to Edgar Berlanga did.
“I don’t know who Claggett is. I didn’t know who Claggett was till they introduced he’s combating Teo. If that they had given me Claggett, y’all would have stated the identical factor. ‘When is Keyshawn going to step up his competitors?’ As a result of y’all don’t know him,” stated Keyshawn.
