Originally from Brooklyn Teofimo Lopez He was born on July 30, 1997, to Teofimo Lopez Sr. and Jenny Lopez. His father, a boxing trainer, inspired his son to take up boxing. “The Takeover” is a Steve Clagett On June 29th at the James L. McKnight Center in Miami Beach, Fla. Fans know all about his boxing career, but very little is known about his family.
Ahead of defending his WBO super lightweight belt on Saturday, find out more about his dating, marriage and kids. The boxer was married to Cynthia Lopez and the two have a beautiful son together. However, their relationship came to an end when he filed for divorce last year.
Who is Teofimo Lopez's ex-wife? Do they have any children?
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Before we find out who Lopez's ex-wife is, let's take a look at how Lopez and Cynthia met and fell in love. In 2018, the boxer was spotted in Vitor Jones Freitas At Madison Square Garden, the boxer struck up a conversation with the Nicaraguan girl on a Delta flight, and that's how Lopez and Cynthia met. Teofimo describes it as love at first sight. While you might think she was a fellow passenger on the flight, Cynthia was actually a Delta flight attendant.
Just a year later, Cynthia and Teofimo, who was 22 at the time, got married on April 23, 2019. After their wedding, the couple went on a beautiful honeymoon in Greece. They became parents and soon had a beautiful son. The boxer's Instagram is filled with photos and videos of his son. Among the many photos of his son, one shows Lopez gazing warmly at his son. The caption of the photo reads: “My beautiful son, I live for you! In the name of Jesus the Merciful.” His son's name is Teofimo Lopez III and he was born on November 16, 2021.
What happened to Teofimo and his wife? Is he single now?
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“The Takeover” confirmed his separation from his wife Cynthia in 2022. However, the two have been spotted together at boxing events.The two eventually split in 2023, with Lopez revealing in an interview that Cynthia had filed for divorce. He said in the interview that his ex-wife would take half of his fortune. But he was trying to get over it, “You only learn by living.”
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Teofimo Lopez was even more upset that he would not be able to see his son. “It's hard sometimes. For her to humiliate me in front of the whole world for not passing my child, our child. That's what it really means. [takes a] Toll [on me]I do everything for my son, I do everything for the new generation of boxing, so if something like that were to happen at that time, of course it would be very disappointing, but I'm learning through everything. That's life. That's the best part of this job.”
There is hardly any significant information about Teofimo Lopez's love life other than the above. Apparently, he is not currently dating anyone. Or maybe he has not made it public yet. Meanwhile, the WBO super lightweight championship bout is scheduled to take place this Saturday, and fans couldn't ask for more.