–Teofimo Lopez will make the jump to 140 pounds Saturday when he takes on Pedro Campa –Deontay Wilder receives the perfect comeback opponent on Oct. 15 SIChrisMannix goes 10 rounds with news and notes from a busy week in boxing
Ten rounds while hoping recent reports about a Terence Crawford–Errol Spence deal are accurate …
“Everything happens for a reason,” Lopez says. “God works in mysterious ways, and I love it. I'm truly grateful for the journey that I'm actually going through right now. It's great to fail because enduring those times is when you really get to know yourself more, you get to know how bad you really want it. Does it break you or does it make you? And I can't really wait to honestly showcase that to everyone.
“My father though is the one that knows me best. He’s seen me at my worst. He’s seen me at my best, and he’s going to be the one that definitely is going to tell me the things that I really need to focus on, how can I beat the guy in front of me. I trust him. I trust him with my life. I didn't even want, I didn't need or want an assistant coach for this fight. We had talks of other people that wanted to come in and maybe do some collaborations with that would have caught more eyes.
Broner has had a nice career. He’s officially a four-division titleholder, having grabbed belts between 130 and 147 pounds. But his résumé is thin. His best win was probably a knockout of Antonio DeMarco in 2012. He has fought four times at the highest level—against Marcos Maidana, Shawn Porter, Mikey Garcia and Manny Pacquiao—and lost each time.
7. Kudos to the WBA for doing the right thing and ordering what should be an excellent fight with Dmitry Bivol set to defend his 175-pound title against Gilberto Ramirez. Bivol has not had a mandatory title defense in four years. Meanwhile, Ramirez has won two eliminators to put himself in this position. This fight is far from done—Golden Boy, which represents Ramirez, and Matchroom, which works closely with Bivol, will have to find the money to satisfy both fighters.
3. Injury updates: I’m told the broken hand MJ Akhmadaliev suffered early in a knockout win over Ronny Rios is significant. Akhmadaliev, who holds two belts in the 122-pound division, is not planning on surgery but the required healing time will likely keep him out for the remainder of the year. Meanwhile, rising welterweight contender Alexis Rocha has a torn tendon in his right hand. Rocha told SI he will wear a soft cast for about a month but is expected to make a full recovery.
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