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Teofimo Lopez spoke with Ak & Barak about his upcoming fight with George Kambosos Jr which he says is happening on May 29, likely in Miami as well as possible future fights with Gervonta “Tank” Davis and Devin Haney. For the Triller PPV event in May, Lopez said he has two slots for his TakeOver Promotions company to fill with fighters for the undercard, and mentioned that he’s heard some talk about a Logan Paul vs 50 Cent fight, but that was said briefly in passing. What might interest actual boxing fans most is Lopez’s claim that a Hall of Famer was originally meant to be in the co-feature. ....
Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank via Getty Images Teofimo Lopez is none too pleased with Top Rank after last week’s purse bid debacle, which saw the promoter come in third behind Triller and Matchroom for the rights to his clash with IBF mandatory challenger George Kambosos Jr. He tells Sirius XM’s “Ak and Barak” that he sees himself becoming a free agent “within maybe this fight or [his] next fight.” “Yeah, I see myself within maybe this fight or my next fight, I’ll be a free agent. There’s so much proof for me to get out of this Top Rank contract that they gave me the golden ticket. Todd DuBoef gave me the golden ticket by doing so. They already dug a bigger hole than they needed to. ....