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Teofimo Lopez ready to follow in his dad’s footsteps by one day training his son… despite their ‘rough’ experiences

Published on May 01, 2025 at 11:07 AM

TEOFIMO LOPEZ is ready to one day coach his son to become a boxer – despite the sport taking a toll on the relationship with his own dad.

throughout his amateur and professional career.

Portrait of Teófimo López and his father.
Teofimo Lopez with his dad
A man and a young boy pose with a boxing championship belt.
Teofimo Sr has always coached his boy
Man holding a toddler.
Lopez and his son Junior

And while the two are inseparable, boxing has caused the lines to be blurred between father and son and trainer and fighter.

But even so, if Lopez’s three-year-old son Junior wanted to enter the family business, the world champion could not bare pass his boy over.

He told SunSport: “I would train my son and I would coach him.

“I think that he’ll be in the best hands with me. I’ll definitely be there watching him, step by step.

“I’ll definitely have other trainers or other mentors that have paved the way for myself to watch him as well, to make sure that my son is in the great hands along the journey of boxing because this road is rugged, it’s rough.

“Many bumps and you gotta be a strong, you gotta be strong willed, to be able to conquer all of them.”;

Lopez will be the first to admit his volatile dad is – with boxing always coming first.

He said: “Boxing all the time. I mean, it’s not too hard though.

“It’s good to sometimes feel like you have many more things outside of boxing but everything always involves in boxing.

“This is what I know, this is my world and I love it. And I think that was the thing about my whole situation was the key of trying to find out what was my purpose what is it that I need to do?”;

Lopez, 27, returns on Friday night in a historic three-fight card

He defends his WBO super-lightweight title against rival Arnold Barboza Jr, 33, amid inconsistent performances in the ring.

Lopez has excellent wins over Vasiliy Lomachenko and Josh Taylor – but escaped with controversial decisions against Jamaine Ortiz and Sandor Martin.

Also in action on the night is Ryan Garcia against Rolando Romero and

Lopez especially has history with Garcia, Haney, both 26, and Romero, 29, dating back to their days boxing in amateur competitions.

He said: “We all know each other from like the amateurs. That’s what it feels like right now.

“It feels like we’re in a national tournament. Only thing is that the stage got bigger.

“The people know us a bit more and what else can I say? It’s a historic event.But other than that, it’s, no pressure, no rivalry, just entertainment.”;

Teofimo Lopez and Arnold Barboza Jr. facing off at a press conference.
Lopez returns to fight Arnold Barboza Jr
Devin Haney and Jose Carlos Ramirez at a Ring Magazine boxing event.
Devin Haney fights Jose Ramirez
Ryan Garcia and Rolando Romero posing at a press conference.
Ryan Garcia headlines against Rolando Romero

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