Josh Taylor has warned Teofimo Lopez he plans on “beating some sense” into the Brooklyn bampot when they square off in New York tonight.
The pair will go at it at Madison Square Garden with Taylor’s WBO light-welterweight and Ring magazine belts on the line. But the bad-tempered build-up has been dominated by the reaction to loudmouth Lopez’ crass death threat claim. Last week, Taylor opted to walk out of a joint interview hosted by American TV broadcasters after growing bored of his opponent’s bizarre trash-talk.
And at Thursday’s press conference, the Tartan Tornado was left rolling his eyes again as his American rival suddenly dreamt up this baffling motto: “Aim for death for that's where life begins.” Now Taylor has told Lopez he plans on putting an end to his nonsense. He said: “He’s always going off on one. 'Aim for death'? It doesn't even make sense! He’s an absolute space cadet.
