Teofimo Lopez claims Ryan Garcia wanted to fight him before his September 12 bout against Conor Benn was made, with Turki Alalshikh pushing Garcia toward the Benn fight instead.
Garcia meets Benn at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but Lopez insists that wasn’t the fight Ryan originally wanted.
“Conor and Ryan are fighting because it’s a Turki thing. Turki pushed that fight,” Teofimo said to Fighthype. “It wasn’t something that Ryan wanted. Ryan wanted to fight me, but, you know, it’s a business at the same time.”
Ryan has since named Lopez among the opponents he wants to face after Benn, along with Rolando R
