Las Vegas (April 16, 2024)—WBO Super Lightweight Champion Teofimo Lopez has confirmed that he will appear at the Seventh Annual Box Fan Expo on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Expo will also coincide with the mega fight between Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia, which will take place later that evening at the T-Mobile Arena.
Lopez will hold a Meet & Greet with his fans at his booth during the fan event held over the Cinco De Mayo weekend.
The Box Fan Expo is an annual fan event that coincides with some of the sports’ legendary, classic fights in Las Vegas, including Mayweather vs. Maidana II, Mayweather vs. Berto, Canelo vs. Chavez Jr., Canelo vs. GGG II, Canelo vs. Jacobs and Canelo vs. GGG III.
Centered in boxing’s longtime home – Las Vegas – this year’s Expo is a must-do for fight fans coming in for this legendary weekend, with dozens of professional fighters, promoters, and companies involved in the boxing industry. The Expo is the largest and only Boxing Fan Expo in the United States. http://boxfanexpo.com – @BoxFanExpoLopez will make his third appearance at this year’s Expo and will sign gloves, photos, personal items, and memorabilia. Lopez will also have merchandise to sell for fans to enjoy at his TakeOver Promotions booth. Boxing fans will also have an opportunity to take pictures with this boxing star, also known as “The TakeOver.”
Lopez joins Lennox Lewis, Devin Haney, Mia St. John, Edgar Berlanga, Franchón Crews-Dezurn, Roy Jones Jr., Erik Morales, Shawn Porter, Fernando Vargas, Juan Manuel Marquez, Michael Spinks, Claressa Shields and Marco Antonio Barrera as an early commitment to this year’s Box Fan Expo, with more Boxing stars to be announced.
About Teofimo Lopez
Lopez is an American professional boxer and a two-division world champion. He represented as an amateur in his parent’s native country of Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Lopez is the former Undisputed Lightweight world champion. He held the IBF title from December 2019 to November 2021. Lopez defeated pound-for-pound great Vasyl Lomachenko on October 17, 2020, to become the WBA (Super), WBO, WBC Franchise, and Ring magazine belt champion. This monumental victory over Lomachenko, alongside winning two lineal titles by the age of 25, propelled Lopez into a true boxing star and the youngest four-belt champion in boxing history. Lopez recently moved up in weight in the Super Lightweight division and defeated Pedro Campa on August 13th, 2022, in Las Vegas. On April 8, 2023, it was officially announced that Lopez would attempt to become a two-division world champion by challenging pound-for-pound great, undefeated WBO and The Ring Magazine Super Lightweight champion Josh Taylor. The anticipated showdown occurred on June 10 at the Hulu Theater in New York City. Lopez dominated the fight and won in spectacular fashion to become a two-division world champion. This incredible achievement was followed by Lopez retaining his world championship title versus top contender Jamaine Ortis in Las Vegas on February 8, 2024.
About Box Fan Expo
Box Fan Expo is the ultimate boxing fan experience event. It allows fans to meet the stars of boxing who represent the sport’s past, present, and future. With hosted autograph signings, meet-and-greets with current and former boxing world champions, limited edition merchandise for sale, giveaways, and more, this is the ultimate event for fans of the sport.
Past boxing stars that have participated include Floyd Mayweather, Mike Tyson, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Tommy Hearns, Roy Jones Jr, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, David Benavidez, Teofimo Lopez, Andre Ward, Ryan Garcia, Marcos Maidana, Devin Haney, Mikey Garcia, Errol Spence Jr, Fernando Vargas, Rolando Romero, Sergio Martinez, Tim Bradley, Jose Ramirez, Shawn Porter, Keith Thurman, Danny Garcia, Deontay Wilder, Amir Khan, Abner Mares, James Toney, Jessie Vargas, Floyd Mayweather sr., Claressa Shields, Vinny Paz, Mia St.John, Franchón Crews-Dezurn, Seniesa Estrada, Jorge Linares, Leo Santa Cruz, Badou Jack, Terry Norris, Riddick Bowe, Earnie Shavers, Michael & Leon Spinks, Brandon Rios, Anthony Dirrell, Danny Jacobs, and many more.
Exhibitors include boxing promoters, gear, apparel, equipment, energy drinks, supplement products, broadcasting media, sanctioning bodies, and other companies that showcase their brands to fans and the boxing industry as a whole.
Throughout the next few weeks leading up to the Event, there will be weekly updates on the many stars that will commit their appearance at the Boxing Expo.
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