Teófimo Andrés López Rivera[2] (born July 30, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and Ring magazine light welterweight titles since June 2023; previously he held the unified World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), International Boxing Federation (IBF), WBO, and Ring lightweight titles between 2019 and 2021. Lopez has also held the lineal championship at lightweight and light welterweight. As an amateur, he represented Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
As of June 2023, Lopez is ranked as the world's best active light welterweight by The Ring magazine[3] and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board,[4] and second by ESPN.[5]
^ abDAZN Boxing tale of the tape prior to the George Kambosos Jr. fight.
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^"Junior Welterweight ratings". The Ring. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
^"TBRB rankings". Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
^"Divisional rankings -- The best top 10 fighters per division". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
Teófimo Andrés López Rivera (born July 30, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including...
January 2021, the IBF ordered undefeated unified lightweight champion TeófimoLópez to defend his titles against Kambosos, their number one contender and...
after losing lightweight titles to TeofimoLopez". CBSSports.com. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 2022-09-30. "TeofimoLopez again refuses to give Vasyl Lomachenko...
the ring outside of Japan when he faced fellow undefeated contender TeófimoLópez on July 19, 2019 in Oxon Hill, Maryland in an eliminator for the IBF...
October 29, 2022. On February 8, 2024 in Las Vegas, Ortiz challenged TeofimoLopez for his WBO Junior Welterweight title, but lost the fight by unanimous...
2022) George Kambosos Jr. W12 TeófimoLópez (27 November 2021) TeófimoLópez W12 Vasyl Lomachenko (17 October 2020 — López and Lomachenko were the top two...
(8), 1:17 Jul 15 2023 Teatro Maggiore, Verbania, Italy 43 Loss 40–3 TeófimoLópez SD 10 10 Dec 2022 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US...
Jr. TKO 7 Anthony Joshua 2020 – TeófimoLópez W 12 Vasiliy Lomachenko 2021 – George Kambosos Jr W 12 TeófimoLópez 2022 – Jai Opetaia W 12 Mairis Briedis...
on September 14, 2019. He is also a member of the training team of TeofimoLopez "Sometimes a loss defines a champion". Boxing record for Joey Gamache...
dehydration". On 27 November 2021, Zhang faced Craig Lewis on the undercard of TeófimoLópez vs. George Kambosos Jr. Zhang started the fight off slowly, but dropped...