The Honduran-American boxer Teófimo López, today passed the weigh-in for the great battle that awaits him against the Japanese Masayoshi Nakatani, which will be played this Friday at the MGM Grand Ballroom in Maryland, USA at 6:00 pm in Honduras.
Both the catracho and the Japanese boxer, weighed 134.4 pounds, despite the fact that Nakatani is considerably taller than López.
Teofimo is 1.73 meters tall and his strength is the speed of his movements and the power of his blows, while Masayoshi with his 1.82 height has greater hitting range.
According to ESPN, the television network that will broadcast the fight, (6:00 pm Honduras time), this fight is a direct elimination to aspire to the IBF lightweight title, so it has aroused great expectation among boxing fans.
Both boxers arrive with an undefeated streak and in the previous one they promised “war in the ring.” This is the opportunity that Teofimo had been waiting for to be able to aspire to go for a world belt.
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