TYSON FURY predicted Teofimo Lopez would spring a surprise on Vasyl Lomachenko – after branding the US star a ‘heavyweight on tiny legs’.
Lopez, 23, won the IBF title against Richard Commey in December 2019 with an emphatic second-round knockout setting up an undisputed decider against unified champion Lomachenko.
He then stunned Lomachenko via unanimous points decision in Las Vegas to be crowned undisputed lightweight champion.
Way back in January, heavyweight star Fury predicted the 5ft 8in heavy-hitter would have enough power to work out the unsolved puzzle of Ukrainian southpaw Lomachenko.
The Gypsy King told iFL TV: “Let me tell you; Richard Commey is a very good fighter, and I’m a big fan of him as well.
“Little Teofimo just walked right through him. He’s the biggest little tiny man I’ve seen in my life.
“And he’s the biggest little man I’ve ever seen.
“He’s the biggest heavyweight on the planet, barring nobody, and I’ve got to back what he says.
“There isn’t any 135 or 140-pounder that can beat him.
“No Lomachenkos or nobody, because he’s a heavyweight on two tiny legs with speed and power.”
Lomachenko won the vacant WBC title in August against Brit Luke Campbell to add to his WBA and WBO belts, before losing them all to Lopez.
Earlier this year, the 32-year-old revealed he would go back down in weight in order to fight opponents similar to his frame after his unification with Lopez.
At the time Fury warned the risk of fighting knockout specialist Lopez before dropping back down could cost him greatly.
He said: “He probably hits harder than me as a featherweight. I seem really high on him. I’ve got good reasons.
“He’s a good little fighter, he believes in himself, he’s got knockout power, and he’ll fight anybody.
“And he’s been calling for the Lomachenko fight for the past 4 or 5 fights, and he’s only had a few fights. He’s had all these amateur fights, and he knows what he’s doing.”
