Just days away from this lightweight showdown with Ring champ Vasiliy Lomachenko, Teofimo Lopez Jr. answered questions during a zoom media conference call. Top Rank president Bob Arum, who has been in boxing since the 1960s, compared Lopez’s attitude and personality to the great Muhammad Ali.

Lomachenko and Lopez, the IBF beltholder, meet in the ultimate unification showdown on October 17, live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+, 7:30 p.m. ET.

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