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Sandor Martin On Teofimo Lopez: ‘This is the moment I made history’


Via Adam Baskin: Sandor Martin is poised to make history on Saturday night by sending Teofimo Lopez on his second career defeat to put himself in a position to challenge WBC lightweight champion Regis ‘Rougarou’ Prograis.

Martin (40-2, 13 KOs) has assessed former unified lightweight champion Teofimo (17-1, 13 KOs) and believes he will beat him tomorrow night when two 140-pound boxers show up. show on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Martin, 29, says he doesn’t rate Teofimo at the same tournament as former quadruple world champion Mikey Garcia, who he retired last October after defeating the grand slam champion. era in a one-sided manner.

Teofimo, 25, appeared confused during Saturday’s battle preparations, rambling and sounding as if he were repeating psychological babbles he had read or been told. tell him.

One gets the feeling when you hear Teofimo say, he’s a boxer in deep trouble, still trying to understand what happened to him when he lost to George Kambosos Jr.

It is clear that Teofimo’s success at 135 is the result of a combination of his weak opponent and the fact that he has an advantage of scale over his opponent. Teo was able to get away with that for a while, but when his body could no longer melt down to 135 for him to bully smaller enemies, he was beaten.

“I feel good. I feel good as I prepare for the last three weeks. For me, it’s special to be fighting at Madison Square Garden,” Sandor Martin told fight before Saturday’s fight with Teofimo Lopez.

“Tomorrow I will fight for the fans. It is a special opportunity. It was my moment to make history,” Martin said. “The match against Mikey Garcia was completely different. Teofimo is at its peak and I accept the challenge.

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“I will win this war 100%. No,” Sandor said when asked if he considers Teofimo a better boxer than Mikey Garcia. “Listen, Mikey Garcia is a four-division world champion. It’s the really tough sport of boxing.

“Teofimo lost to Kambosos. You can’t compare Mikey Garcia’s career. “I’m comfortable. No problem. I enjoy the moment. It’s part of boxing. It’s part of show business.

“I am confident in my mind and heart. That is the most important thing for a boxer. My heart & mind is bigger than Teofimo’s heart & mind. I’m performing tomorrow at Madison.

“Regis Prograis is next. I won the world title; That is my dream. I will be world champion one day, but not tomorrow. Tomorrow is one step closer to being world champion,” Martin said.

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