Last November in Las Vegas (USA), Australian lightweight George Kambosos Jr. (20-1, 10 KOs) produced one of the most sensational results of the year – he dropped, took away the title of the absolute division champion from American Teofimo Lopez (16-1, 12 KOs). ).
The loser did not reconcile with the defeat: he speaks of judicial lawlessness and that he should not have entered the ring at all due to health problems.
From the last from the former champion and his coach father Teofimo Lopez Sr.
Lopez: Any doctor who looks at my medical record will say, “How did you not die at all?”
How did it all start? I drank some water and felt some discomfort in my neck. Then my voice changed. I began to feel my neck – it was swollen. I realized that something had happened.
Lopez Sr. I offered to go to the ambulance, but he refused.
Lopez: The fight had already been postponed so many times that I simply could not let the fans down again. I made a decision. I went out to fight. This means that all responsibility lies with me.
Lopez Sr. I didn’t need to let him enter the ring. It was impossible to let others dictate their terms. I even offered to stop during the fight. Yes, I could throw in the towel, but that would separate us forever. He would never forgive me for this.
Lopez: In the 7th round, I looked up, looked at the spotlights and turned to God. I told him: “Help me! I feel that I need to do something that I am not ready to do – I need to give up.” And after a couple of rounds, I dropped this bitch to her knees (sent Kambosos to a knockdown).
Was this fight a mistake? No, it was the greatest decision I have ever made in my life. I almost died, but I needed it to understand how deep I was willing to go to win. I did win. Even the referee raised my hand first. The champion must be defeated confidently. He didn’t.
Only I can beat myself. This is my sport. I have something that no one else has. It’s a “factor”. That is why God made it so that I return to the ring again. And I’ll entertain the crowd again.
Kambosos listened to all this and wrote on social networks, adding confirmation to the text of the video: “As for me, in this video you look very healthy. It was recorded an hour before I kicked your ass and sent you to intensive care. What is the problem with accepting defeat the way a real man should, and not making up 1.5 thousand excuses? I then lost all the titles to Devin Haney, but I’m not going to make excuses. And it’s time for you to accept defeat and not play like a bitch. One more thing, good luck. After all, you will soon enter the ring against journiman … “
Looked great to me an hr before I beat your ass and sent you to ICU. Take it like a man Teo instead of the 1500 excuses. No excuses from me when Haney beat me, take it like a man and bounce back and stop being a bitch! PS Good luck in a few weeks against your journey man https://t.co/clp63ka2xV pic.twitter.com/9NzImebzQG
— George “Ferocious” Kambosos Jr (@georgekambosos) July 24, 2022
Lopez will return to the ring on August 13 – he will make his debut in the super lightweight limit against the Mexican middle peasant Pedro Campa. Kambosos will try to regain all the belts he lost in May against Haney in October.
At the beginning of the month, Teofimo Lopez made a statement on the occasion of his return to the ring. And his father said: “Lomachenko is now number one, no one will beat him!”
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