Bob Arum Believes Ryan Garcia-Teofimo Lopez Is A ‘Relatively Easy Fight To Make’

Bob Arum is confident he will be able to make Ryan Garcia vs. Teofimo Lopez next time out.

Lopez is moving up to 140lbs and set to face Pedro Campa on Saturday night. It’s a new venture for Lopez who is confident he will clear out the weight class, yet Garcia has talked about wanting to face him next, and for Arum who promotes Lopez, he believes that fight should be easy to make.

“With all due respect, I’ve never talked to Ryan Garcia in my entire life. And it would be inappropriate for me to talk to him,” said Arum (via BoxingScene). “Oscar and I have a long history together, and if Oscar is interested in making that fight, I certainly would entertain it, and we can sit down and talk. But I’m not going off of what any particular fighter says. If his promoter comes to me and says let’s talk business, then given our past relationships, I think it would be relatively easy to make that fight.”

Although Bob Arum believes Teofimo Lopez vs. Ryan Garcia would be an easy fight to make, Arum says he has never seen Garcia fight.

“I’ve never seen [Garcia] fight. Never any film, nothing. From what I read, he seems like a good, competent fighter. If I saw him fight, what difference would it make? The matches are made by our matchmakers … I never have even seen Gervonta Davis fight. I live a regular, normal life. It’s not just about boxing.  I would hope [Lopez vs. Garcia would be an action-packed fight]. I don’t pay that much attention to fighters who fight on other platforms just because we have so many fights on our platform, and I’ve got to live a balanced life. So I can’t spend time when I am not promoting my fights watching other fights or else I wouldn’t have any kind of life.”

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