Teofimo Lopez DOMINATES Josh Taylor at Madison Sq. Backyard to take Scottish fighter’s unbeaten report and WBO world tremendous light-weight belt
- Josh Taylor confirmed indicators of ring rust in New York after being away for 15 months
- Teofimo Lopez took the Scot’s unbeaten report with a unanimous factors victory
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Teofimo Lopez is a champion as soon as once more.
Lower than two years after surrendering his unified light-weight crown, the 25-year-old Brooklyn native reignited his profession Saturday with a near-flawless unanimous-decision win over Scotland’s Josh Taylor (19-1).
In doing so, he not solely received Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight title, however immediately extinguished the doubts that had been rising about his stalled profession over the previous couple of years.
There have been no knockdowns to talk of, however practically each side of the combat belonged to Lopez (19-1), who landed greater than 138 energy punches for the night, in comparison with simply 60 for Taylor.
The one victory for Taylor was that he managed to remain upright, at the same time as he was being throttled by Lopez within the ultimate moments.
Josh Taylor (proper) had been out of the ring for 15 months and it confirmed at MSG on Saturday
Brooklyn-born Teofimo Lopez (left) obtained previous Taylor through a unanimous factors resolution in NYC
Lopez takes the applause of the partisan house crowd after the seventh spherical of the combat
Taylor (left) tries to dam a proper hook from Lopez in the course of the pair’s championship combat
The referee watches on as Taylor (left) and Lopez alternate blows in the course of the combat in New York
UFC legend Israel Adesanya was among the many crowd at Madison Sq. Backyard’s Hulu Theater
