Undefeated lightweight Teofimo Lopez will take on former world title challenger Diego Magdaleno on February 2nd as part of the Eleider Alvarez – Sergey Kovalev card in Frisco, Texas, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
“Teofimo wanted to fight a southpaw. He says find me a southpaw if he’s going to fight Lomachenko eventually, so we started looking for a southpaw,” Top Rank Vice-President Carl Moretti said. “It’s rare when somebody asks to fight a southpaw.”
“Diego is a former world title challenger and he knows how to box very well,” Moretti said. “We expect good competitive rounds in this fight, which is what Teofimo needs. Teofimo wants to fight all styles and southpaw being a style he wants to fight. He’s thinking Lomachenko down the road, but for now it’s Diego Magdaleno.”
Diego isn’t the biggest puncher, but between who he has sparred with and who he’s been in the ring with I’m really interested to see how Teofimo handles him — or doesn’t,” Moretti said.
