Lopez Eyes Haney Showdown

Teofimo Lopez has revealed a private conversation with Devin Haney in which the pair mapped out a future undisputed welterweight showdown.

"I told Devin Haney, 'Me and you, we're going to go two different sides, but we're going to meet at the end for undisputed at once. He said, 'All right, those are your words.' I said, 'I'm keeping them. Let's get it going,” Lopez

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First things first. Lopez challenges Rolando Romero for the WBA welterweight title on August 22nd, with the September 12th Garcia-Benn card also catching his attention as a division-shaping event. Haney, meanwhile, continues building his own position at the top of the division.

Lopez is convinced he will be a better fighter by the time the two meet — including a solution to Haney's movement and back-foot style that has given others problems.

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"Absolutely. You just got to practice on all those fundamentals. I'm a pure boxer when it comes to it. Coming forward has been looked at as a flaw of mine, but flaws are meant to happen so that you can fix them,” Lopez

If both men keep winning, Lopez believes the meeting is inevitable — and that when it comes, it will be one of the biggest fights the welterweight division has ever seen.