Promoter Bob Aram is frustrated with what he can do for Teofimo Lopez after his latest rejection of a fight against Subriel Matias. The Top Rank boss noted that he offered WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo (21-1, 13 KOs) a fight and nothing happened.

Fall of Teofimo

Lopez lacks self-awareness and doesn't understand His stock has bottomed out Since losing to George Kambossos. He is not able to call the shots and get the fights he wants. Furthermore, Teo turned down offers to help him rebuild his brand.

Fans don't think much of Teofimo anymore, and newcomers don't understand who he is. His recent performance against the journeyman Steve Claggett There was something terrifying, which showed the level at which he was operating.

Arum isn't saying who he'll offer Lopez to next, but if he's lucky, he could get a chance to fight Ryan Garcia if he whips Devin Haney in a rematch this year. Garcia will probably win that fight easily, and he'll need Teofimo next if he doesn't price himself with some wacky demands. Lopez must realize that he is not the A-side for the fight against Haney and Ryan. They are arguably bigger names than him.

This wouldn't have been the case if Teofimo hadn't messed up his career since 2021, looking awful in almost every fight since his narrow win over Vassily Lomachenko in 2020. Things changed with Te'o after that fight and some believe that the punishment he took in that gruesome match destroyed him. He now looks clueless in the ring, and he talks nonsense during interviews.

seems It will end badly Between Arum and Teofimfo, as Brooklyn, the New York native is ruining his career by refusing to fight. Teon is now like a fast-growing cancer; There is probably no way to cut it.

So far, Lopez hasn't shown the ability to beat sophisticated opponents. He has fought against contenders, losing to Jorge Cambos Jr. and earning two controversial decisions against Jamain Ortiz and Sandor Martin. Many fans think Teofimo lost both fights, which means his true record should be 19-3, not 21-1.

The frustration of comfort

Although comfort hasn't given up on the once-promising 27-year-old Lopez, he sounds hopeless. Teofimo has underperformed in five of his last six fights since 2021 and still believes he is an elite-level fighter. He wasted no time calling out fighters above his class like Jaron 'Boots' Ennis and Terence Crawford.

Teofimo washed his hands and said, 'Good Redness', for comfort. When everything was going well for him from 2018 to 2020 many fans thought that he would not turn his career around. Again, Lomachenko is where everything changed. Teofimo is not the same fighter.

Some of that may be because he's no longer fighting at 135, and doesn't have the size advantage he regularly enjoyed when competing against smaller fighters at lightweight. If you compare Teofimo's size to Lomachenko on fight night, it's pretty clear that he competed out of his weight class.

Since moving up to 140, Lopez has looked average and should have lost twice against Jamain and Sandor. You can only imagine if talents like Jose 'Rayo' Valenzuela, Alberto Puerlo, Ryan and Haney were fighting with Teofimo by now.

Bob Aram on Teofimo Lopez: “The question is will he not deny it? Where is his head? Who does he want to fight? We gave him a whole group of warriors. And it's not like he's coming off a great performance. He (Jamain) looked terrible with Ortiz and people thought he lost… pic.twitter.com/P2JM1gG9iZ

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