Famed commentator and trainer, Teddy Atlas, has made his pick ahead of Teofimo Lopez’s upcoming fight against champion Josh Taylor, where his WBO super-lightweight title will be on the line.
Teofimo Lopez seeks to become a two-division world champion as he takes on the undefeated ‘Tartan Tornado’, who was the undisputed champion just eighteen months ago.
Taylor had originally planned to move up to the welterweight division, but a controversial victory over Jack Catterall last year had fans calling for a rematch and led to the Scotsman sticking around in the 140lbs weight class.
Taylor vacated three of his four world titles and agreed terms for a rematch with ‘El Gato’, only to pull out due to an injury a few weeks later.
Now, he will fight for the first time in sixteen months as he travels to the States to defend his title against Lopez
Speaking on his podcast, The Fight, Atlas believes the Lopez will come out on top against the ‘overestimated’ Taylor.
“The naturally, more talented guy, as far as pure, natural talent, that would be Teofimo. That doesn’t mean that he is going to win, that doesn’t mean that you are going to be the better guy, because that talent has to be properly developed.
Part of me wants to say Taylor, he is undefeated still, even though he might not deserve to be. But it is over here, it’s not across the pond where Taylor is from, it’s over here, I’m going to say Teofimo.
I think that Taylor is a little overestimated as a fighter, I think he is. But, you could also say the same thing about Teofimo with the way things have gone, that he is overestimated.”