Teofimo Lopez turned a three-division world champion when he overcame Rolando Romero final weekend to seize the WBA welterweight title, and well-regarded coach, commentator and struggle analyst Teddy Atlas has publicly declared his disapproval of the scoring within the contest.
Romero had not fought since profitable the vacant belt towards Ryan Garcia final Could and thus stepped by means of the ropes off the again of 15 months of inactivity when tasked with Lopez in Las Vegas.
That ring rust might have proved decisive on the evening, as Lopez claimed a majority-decision victory to change into a world champion in a 3rd weight class. Though most observers felt Lopez deserved a snug unanimous determination, Romero surprisingly believed he had accomplished sufficient to retain his title.
On his YouTube channel, The Combat with Teddy Atlas, the previous Mike Tyson coach dismissed any suggestion that Romero deserved the win, as a substitute praising choose Tim Cheatham, who scored the bout 116-112 in favour of the challenger.
“After I assume that one thing is improper, I name it out, even to my detriment by myself community I say, ‘we did this improper, we didn’t put struggle on, we overhyped this man or this choose was horrible,’.
“I’ve typically gone after Tim Cheatham, I’ve gone after him many occasions and, I feel, rightfully so – and this time I’m going to applaud him, I’m going to carry him up, he bought it proper. He’s my new idol!”
Persevering with, Atlas then went on to declare that, if he have been in cost, he can be having a stern phrase with choose Glenn Feldman, whose scorecard learn as a 114-114 draw, believing that Feldman ought to have his licence taken away.
“I’d name him [Feldman] in on Monday morning and say, ‘come into my workplace, we’re going to watch the struggle and you’re going to clarify [how this fight was a draw] to me, earlier than I take your licence away, earlier than I sit you down, earlier than I droop you,’.
“When you drive unhealthy, for those who crash your automotive, your licence will get taken away.”
Lopez is now eyeing up a unification conflict with WBC titleholder Ryan Garcia if he comes by means of Conor Benn unscathed in two weeks, nevertheless it stays to be seen whether or not ‘The Takeover’ will first be made to defend his title towards supposed necessary challenger, Jack Catterall.
