Teofimo Lopez and Richardson Hitchins traded trash talk on social media today, going back and forth over weight. IBF light welterweight champion Hitchins (20-0, 8 KOs) commented about how he might \u201clook light\u201d to people, but he\u2019s really \u201cheavy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c170 Pounds\u201d Jab Lands Hard<\/p>\n
Lopez responded by saying that Hitchins is \u201c170+ pounds.\u201d In other words, he\u2019s a weight bully and has no business fighting at 140. That\u2019s a remark that many boxing fans have said about Richardson. He looks huge after he blows up after making weight for his fights at light welterweight. Hitchins, 28, should be fighting at 147 against fighters his own size.<\/p>\n
Richardson Hitchins: \u201cI might look light, but we\u2019re heavy though.\u201d The former Matchroom-promoted Hitchins, 28, has been pushing like mad to get a fight against WBO 140-lb champion Teofimo (22-1, 13 KOs), knowing that he\u2019s the money-man in the division. Teo has ignored him, choosing to fight whomever he pleases. He\u2019s the King of the weight class and can call the shots.<\/p>\n Lopez is in negotiations for a mega-fight against Shakur Stevenson for early 2026. It\u2019s too early to know whether the fight will happen or not, as Teo has a habit of changing his mind at the last moment. He\u2019s 100% fickle.<\/p>\n Matchroom Exit Still Haunts Hitchins<\/p>\n Hitchins shot himself in the foot career-wise, choosing to leave Matchroom after his last fight against George Kambosos Jr. on June 14, 2025. Moments after knocking out the former unified lightweight champion Kambosos Jr. in the eighth round at Madison Square Garden in New York, Hitchins announced that he was now a free agent. The move caught his promoter, Eddie Hearn, by surprise. He\u2019d hoped to re-sign him quietly.<\/p>\n Where the move backfired for Hitchins is in Turki Alalshikh\u2019s response afterward, saying he wouldn\u2019t fight in any events unless he were with Hearn\u2019s Matchroom company. Hitchins had followed the same move that Edgar Berlanga had done by leaving Hearn after he\u2019d set him up for a big payday, and Turki allowed him to headline on his July 12th event at Queens against Hamzah Sheeraz. That same strategy didn\u2019t work for Hitchins, who is now up the creek.<\/p>\n
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\nTeofimo Lopez:<\/a> \u201cYeah, like heavy 170+ pounds, heavy. Get back to work, you bum.\u201d
\nRichardson Hitchins: \u201cI bet you \u201d got way more rounds in me than you, and I bet you I\u2019m in the gym way more than you in a week, p***y hardest worker in boxing. That\u2019s why I beat the guy [George Kambosos Jr.] that owns you easily, no sweat \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02.\u201d
\nTeofimo Lopez: \u201cYour best win was against GK \u2026 okay!\u201d<\/p>\n