“Have you ever seen those movies like ‘2012’? Obviously, major cities like New York are always hit first. Armageddon, Independence Day, Tomorrow … ” world lightweight champion Tefimo Lpez, whose future duel with Vasyl Lomachenko (due to take place on May 30 at Madison Square Garden) is coveted by all six-string lovers.
But the fact is that the first world champion of Honduran origin, although born and raised in Brooklyn (New York), left on time as soon as he saw the panorama that began to live in the city that is the most affected by the coronavirus in U.S. Lopez, 22, explained on TMZ: “My wife and I took our three dogs and left. We were lucky because we left 2 or 3 days before this all hit hard. I have had asthma since I was six years old and I know about COVID-19, I know that it attacks the lungs. I just can’t risk it. “
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El pgil, a show about the ring, and sometimes questioned by the way he celebrates his triumphs, He went to Arkansas, where his wife’s family is. There he continues to train hard, and the fact is that the lightweight has become for the moment the most attractive category in boxing, with other fighters such as Gervonta Davis -which will debut against Gamboa-, Devin Henay or Ryan Garca, although more than one already points to a
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