Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis taunted Teofimo Lopez, reacting to his skit on Friday. Teofimo played a street person on the sidewalk, holding a begging cup and trying to get money from people passing by. He wants out of his contract with Top Rank because he feels he’s not making the big money he should be getting.
Teofimo has been left out in the cold and has not made the big bucks that Gervonta has during his career. He’s bitter about it and seemingly desperate beyond words. The real problem is himself.
The New Yorker Lopez has looked awful in most of his fights in the last four years, and it’s become increasingly clear that fans and Top Rank got it wrong with him. When he had a size advantage, Teofimo looked great fighting lesser fighters at 135. Lopez was a typical weight bully when he fought at lightweight.
Since moving up to 140 and facing B-level guys, Teofimo has been shown to be an average fighter who lacks mental strength when faced with adversity. Lopez doesn’t rate the kind of dough Ryan Garcia and Tank Davis make.
Davis showed an old post from Lopez saying he would be the “most paid” lightweight fighter. That never happened. He moved out of the weight class, and he’s not made the big bucks at 140 that Tank and Ryan Garcia have.
Teofimo seems miserable. He wants to leave Top Rank because he thinks he can make more money fighting with another promoter.
Teofimo has been beaten by George Kambosos, who was involved in two controversial fights that many fans believe he should have lost, and he looks poor. Lopez is now trying to get out of his contract with Top Rank to join the fighters making massive money with other promoters, fighting in Riyadh cards.
Changing promoters probably won’t help Teofimo. His main problems are his lack of talent and mental toughness to beat the best. Losing to Kambosos proved that Lopez could not handle things under pressure.
Lopez’s fights with Jamaine Ortiz, Sandor Martin, and Steve Claggett further reinforced the belief that he was not equipped to fight at a high level. In the eyes of the fans, he should have lost to Jamaine and Sandor.
Ryan’s net worth is $50 million, yet he’s never won a world title. Tank has also made a lot of money. However, it doesn’t look like Teofimo will ever earn the money Davis and Garcia have. He hasn’t been consistent enough with his career since 2021, and his performances are worsening.
“I have a video on my phone of him saying he was going to be the most paid 135 lbs. He is just talking out his a**. Crazy how things play out, and his a** is starting to look like a light skin Squidward,” said Gervonta Davis on social media, reacting to Teofimo Lopez’s skit of him begging for money on a sidewalk with a sign and a cup.
