Famous Boxing Coach Compares ‘Lomachenko Conqueror’ Teofimo Lopez to Legend Roberto Duran

Famous boxing trainer Abel Sanchez has had his say on Teofimo Lopez beating Vasyl Lomachenko. The prominent coach who has trained the likes of Gennady Golovkin, Lupe Aquino, Terry Norris, and Murat Gassiev spoke about it in an interview with Fight Hub TV on YouTube. He had some high praise for Lopez and spoke about the respect Lomachenko deserves.

Speaking about Teofimo Lopez, he said, “I did a couple of interviews before the fight. I think I was in Orlando when I did it on Thursday or Friday. And one comment that I made was, Teofimo is the closest that we’ve come in the last 30-35 years, to a Roberto Duran.”  This is high praise for a young fighter, from a respected coach in the boxing world.

“He has that meanness, he has that bravado, he has the skill… He still has a lot to learn, he still has a long way to go to be compared to Roberto Duran. But he is as close as we’ve come in a long, long time.”

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Sanchez acknowledges the respect that Vasyl Lomachenko deserves. He said, “You’ve also got to give Lomachenko a lot of credit for going up from ‘26 to ‘35 too. I mean, you’re talking about a smaller guy that moved up and the bigger guy won this time.”

Abel Sanchez gave his opinion on the rematch too. “But I think, in the rematch, the strategy and the game plan would be a lot different. If Lomachenko starts earlier, is he able to do what he did so convincingly in some of the later rounds? Who knows? But it wasn’t because Lomachenko grew old, it was because he had a hell of a fighter ahead of him.”

Thus, confirming that Lomachenko’s game plan cost him the fight. However, he also suggested that the Ukrainian is not slowing down, but Teofimo Lopez is a very good fighter. And this could also answer the question: Is Vasyl Lomachenko done with boxing?