“This Seems Like a Genuine Cry for Help”: After Teofimo Lopez Reveals Why He Threatened to “Kill” Josh Taylor, Undefeated World Champ Expresses His Concerns About Former’s Mental Health

The boxing world is going to witness an electrifying bout today as Teofimo Lopez and Josh Taylor are all set to face each other in Madison Square Garden, New York. The bout between the undefeated unified lightweight champion and the former Champion has filled the fans with hype as they both have exchanged a lot of heated words. Josh Taylor has also claimed he will be using ‘holes’ in Lopez’s style to defeat the Brooklyn native.

However, recently Lopez made a shocking statement claiming that he desires to kill the British boxer during their title bout. He explained the reasoning behind his statement just a day before the highly anticipated bout. However, his words have left flyweight champion Sunny Edwards sharing his concern about Lopez’s mental health.

Sunny Edwards expresses concerns about Teofimo Lopez’s mental Health

Sunny Edwards recently shared the video of Lopez giving the interview where he discussed his reasons behind the controversial statement. While talking to the interviewer, Lopez defended his comments and seemingly found nothing wrong in them. He said, “I’ll tell you like man, you know why I said I’d kill this man, because I want to die lowkey. At least if I die, I die doing what I love.”

Mark Kriegel appeared to be confused with his statement and asked him, “You want to die?”. ‘The Takeover’ replied positively and said that was indeed the case. However, he claimed he can’t die outside the ring. Moreover, his words worried the British champion, so he penned a worried statement about Lopez. He wrote, “He actually needs help, not a world title boxing fight. I know I’m one to talk but this seems like a genuine cry for help.” The British champion wrote a worrying message with concern towards the 25-year-old boxer.

Is Teofimo Lopez really okay?

Lopez has been receiving heat ever since he claimed to “kill” the Scottish boxer. As someone who has defeated the likes of Vasyl Lomachenko, Lopez appears to be very frustrated. This possibly stems from his loss against George Kambosos Jr. a year after his unanimous victory against ‘Loma’. Since then, he has been looking forward to once again holding another title. And he has finally gotten his chance, as this seems to have fueled the fire in his heart.

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Lopez claimed, “I said it like it is – I want to kill Josh Taylor.” He went further and said that Taylor is going to lose his life. Moreover, he connected boxing today with the gladiators fighting to the death. He said, “This is what we signed for”. Lopez claimed that even if he dies he plans to go out like a champ in the ring. He then talked about his bout against ‘Loma’. He claimed that he took ‘Loma’s’ heart during the 12th round as he said “Come on” and Loma “pulled back”. Lopez appears very confident in his chances of defeating the champion, moreover, he claims he is prepared to die in the ring. What do you think about Lopez’s strong words? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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