Shawn Porter Hopes Top Rank Took Advantage of Superbowl LVIII for Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz in Vegas

Las Vegas is at the center of all the attractions lately! Besides tonight’s fight between Teofimo Lopez and Jamaine Ortiz, Las Vegas will play host to the Super Bowl LVIII. Something people from across the country clamor to attend. With the fight being so close to the football event, Shawn Porter hopes Top Rank Promotions takes full advantage of it!

The Super Bowl will kick off on February 11 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, and people have already started pouring in with three days left for the event. While appearing in an interview with Fight Hub TV today, ‘Showtime’ Shawn Porter revealed his thoughts about Top Rank enticing those people to come watch the fight tonight in the meantime.

Shawn Porter thinks Top Rank needs to give people a reason to attend the fight

While speaking to FightHubTV, the reporter brought up the subject, probing Porter for his statement on the matter. In response, he said, “I truly hope that Top Rank and everyone involved took advantage of the Super Bowl being here.”

Porter emphasized that a billboard advertising the fight isn’t enough, stating, “You can’t expect people to drive past a billboard and think, ‘Oh yeah, I’ll go to that Thursday. I ain’t got nothing else going on.’”

Instead, Porter claimed Top Rank needs to put in the effort and give people a reason to attend the fight instead of surfing the city. “They going to go out and eat, they going to go out and kick it at a bar or something like that. You got to give people a reason to be here,” said Porter.

Despite that, Porter thinks the fight is a “really good fight to have during the Super Bowl.” While Porter is looking forward to tonight’s fight, Teofimo Lopez is looking beyond it!

Teofimo Lopez wants to become greater

Terence Crawford is currently the most avoided fighter and the most desired as well! So, the WBO super lightweight champion took digs at ‘Bud’ Crawford while appearing in an interview with Ariel Helwani! At first, most people thought his claims stemmed from an incentive to promote his current clash with Ortiz, but he claims they are genuine. 

Lopez said, “If you look at my track record, everything that I talk about, I walk it as well.” He further added, “And I just had to remind him I’m the biggest cat in the world, absolutely, and because of that, we face fighters, great champions, and I look forward to facing a fighter like him after this fight [against Jamaine Ortiz] however that pursues itself.”

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With mere hours left in the clash tonight, Shawn Porter is hoping Top Rank did a good job of attracting the Super Bowl crowd to the Teofimo Lopez vs. Jamaine Ortiz fight. However, only time will tell if they were successful or not! Would you tune in to watch the fight? 

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