At just 25 years old, Teofimo Lopez is hanging up his gloves. The two-time champion announced his decision to retire on Monday's edition of ESPN's 'This Just In.'
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 10: Teofimo Lopez celebrates after defeating Josh Taylor, during their WBO junior welterweight championship fight at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden on June 10, 2023 in New York City. At just 25 years old, Teofimo Lopez is hanging up his gloves. The two-time champion announced his decision to retire on Monday's edition of ESPN's"This Just In.
So why would Lopez retire now at just 25? Mere days after becoming a champion in his second weight class? Literally hours after ESPN published an article about"I have a lot of ideas," Lopez said."I have a lot of things in mind for the sport of boxing. And I really can't do that if I'm always in the gym training and preparing for another upcoming fight or bout. So I'm really just focusing on that task right now.
There's no doubt Lopez has ideas for the sport of boxing, but this may actually be about money and not all the things he could be doing instead of training. Lopez made a number of retirement-related comments leading up to Saturday's fight, and then immediately after said he needed to"take a break" from the sport. He clarified those comments Sunday on"The only way you get Teofimo back is a nine-figure contract deal.
"While all these others fights who have not even done a quarter of what I've done and accomplished are in the sport, they're getting eight, ten, twelve, fifteen million dollars. So obviously I'm the black sheep of the industry." Lopez has spent most of the last week talking about retirement, then announced his retirement on two consecutive days before doing it for a third day on ESPN. Aside from hiring a plane to write"I'M RETIRED" in the sky, he's made it abundantly clear he's retiring. Now the only question is whether he'll get what he wants from it.
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