VIDEO: Josh Taylor & Teofimo Lopez Get Heated During Weigh-Ins
Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez had to be separated for their weigh-ins staredown.
Taylor and Lopez will collide this Saturday night (June 10). Taylor's WBO and The Ring junior welterweight gold will be on the line. The action emanates from the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
A lot has been made about this matchup and the pre-fight build. Some have become worried about the mental state of Lopez after the former undisputed lightweight champion said he planned to take "The Tartan Tornado's" life on fight night.
(via Mikey Williams/Top Rank Boxing)
Lopez's comments appear to have irked Taylor, who even walked out of one of his remote sitdown interviews with Top Rank while "The Takeover" was talking. Taylor certainly kept that fire during the weigh-ins.
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Taylor tipped the scales at 139.8 pounds. Lopez had to strip down, but he ultimately made the 140-pound limit. This makes their junior welterweight title clash official.
After the two were done weighing in, they got into a fiery verbal exchange (skip to 1:24 for Taylor and Lopez).
Here's a look at the weigh-in results for the Josh Taylor vs. Teofimo Lopez card:
- Josh Taylor (c) (139.8) vs. Teofimo Lopez (140) - for the WBO and The Ring junior lightweight titles
- Xander Zayas (152.8) vs. Ronald Cruz (152.4) - junior middleweight
Jamaine Ortiz vs. Humberto Galindo - lightweight- Robson Conceicao (130.6) vs. Nicolas Polanco (130) - super featherweight
- Henry Lebron (129.2) vs. Carlos Ramos (129.6) - super featherweight
- Omar Rosario (139.2) vs. Jan Carlos Rivera (138.4) - junior middleweight
- Bruce Carrington (126.8) vs. Luis Porozo (126.4) - featherweight
- Damian Knyba (261.4) vs. Helaman Olguin (256.8) - heavyweight
Keep it locked on our homepage this Saturday for video highlights of Taylor vs. Lopez as soon as the fight is over.
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