The Australian info Teofimo Lopez and Jamaine Ortiz squared off in the primary occasion live from Michelob ULTRA Arena in Las Vegas on Friday, February 9 (AEDT). The contest included two-division world champ of Brooklyn, New York protecting his WBO junior welterweight title versus competitor of Worcester, Massachusetts. Although both fighters assured to knock each other out, the bout went the complete range. After 12 rounds of a relatively underwhelming efficiency, one judge scored the battle 117-111 and 2 other judges had 115-113, all in favour of the champ. Nevertheless, with the triumph by consentaneous choice, Teofimo Lopez made the veryfirst effective defence of his WBO 140-pound belt. The 26-year-old previous unified light-weight champ enhanced to 20-1, 13 KOs and tape-recorded his 4th win in a row. Despite the boos from the crowd, Lopez stated he was champ and would battle Terrance Crawford, and essentially anybody else. When asked if he would face light-weight Keyshawn Davis, who beat Jose Pedraza in the co-main occasion and called him out, Lopez stated that veryfirst he required to win a title. “I attempted my finest for the individuals,” Teofimo Lopez stated. “I even attempted to box going backwards, and he didn’t desire to devote.” “Glory is next for me. None of these guys desire to battle me. I’ll battle [Terence] Crawford at a catchweight. I’m here. I’m allset. I’ve constantly been allset. I
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