“I have to beat Teofimo first, though,” Garcia remarked when questioned about being the Face of Boxing. Lopez rose from his seat and barked, “That’s too damn bad, my dude.”
Spotting the WBA welterweight titleholder, Garcia answered, “What’s up, baby? Let’s go.”
Teofimo clearly acted with intent rather than impulse. Crashing the event allowed him to latch onto the division’s headline attraction, guaranteeing his presence in every post-fight headline. Yet significant regulatory hurdles stand in his path.
Jack Catterall earned mandatory status by defeating Shakhram Giyasov on May 23 in a WBA final eliminator. Th
