Teofimo Lopez Sr.the best coach of 2020, father and mentor of the former undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez, in
interview commented for the American media on the upcoming August 20 in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) rematch between the unified heavyweight champion (over 90.7 kg) from Ukraine Alexander Usik (19-0, 13 KOs) and the former holder of three titles Briton Anthony Joshua (24-2 , 22 KOs).
The odious coach also commented on the third fight between the absolute champion of the second middleweight (up to 76.2 kg) Mexican Canelo Alvarez (57-2-2, 39 KOs) and the unified middleweight champion (up to 72.6 kg) Kazakhstani Gennady Golovkin (42- 1-1, 37 KOs), which is scheduled for September 17 in the US.
– Analyze the duel Usyk – Joshua. Who will win and why?
– Usyk will win. I mean, Usyk moves better, he has better boxing style. He is a smaller fighter – yes. While small fighters don’t tend to win, the way he boxes will allow Usyk to win this fight. He’s really my favorite, but we’ll see what happens. Anything can happen. It’s probably a 50-50 fight, but I’m leaning towards Usyk winning because of his style. He is a great boxer, and this sport is about boxing.
He almost stopped Joshua in the first fight, do you think he will stop him in the rematch?
“It will be very, very difficult to stop Joshua because he is fighting a much bigger fighter than himself. Anything can happen. Yes, I think he can do it. Yes, why not? If he gets in touch with him and shows boxing skills, it could turn Joshua out of the fight. Therefore, yes, my favorite to win this fight is Usyk.
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— And give a forecast for Third fight between Canelo and Golovkin.
– It is very difficult to give a prediction for the Canelo-Golovkin fight, because the advantage in the battle is either one or the other. But I see an older Golovkin, so I have Canelo as my favorite in this fight.
– Do you think that this time there will be a more dominant performance?
— Yes, I think so. I think we haven’t seen Golovkin in action for a long time. Canelo is now after a really bad fight, but he forces himself to do things that no one else does. You can’t take that away from Canelo. For me, he is still the best fighter. I think he will do a great job against Golovkin this time around and show clearly that he is the winner.
Golovkin recently revealed how he feels about Alvarez.
