Lopez Defeats Lomachenko – Scorecards & Quotes
by Kris Anthony (krisanthonyboxing@gmail.com)
Lomachenko vs Lopez Fight Card LIVE RESULTS AS THEY HAPPEN
Teofimo Lopez (16-0) W PTS 12 Vasiliy Lomachenko (14-2)
Fight Notes: Round 1 for Lopez. Round 2 closer but Lopez edged it. Round 3 Lopez throwing/landing more. Round 4 closer but Lopez again. Round 5 Lopez. 6 big round for Lopez. Chess match so far with Loma very hesitant. Shut-out so far for Lopez. Round 7 yet again for Loma…Lopez just too big and powerful with Loma too mindful of the Lopez advantage. Better and first round for Loma as now he is being aggressive. 9 a Loma round. Round 10 for Loma as Lopez looking tired. 11 even with back and forth action. Final for Lopez. Loma left all too late having given away the first half of the fight with Lopez too big and too strong.
boxen247.com had the score 117-112. Official scores were 116-112, 119-109, 117-111.
Lopez: “And each and every day, I take that in. I thank God first because I couldn’t do it without him. I’m a fighter. I gotta dig in deep. I knew he was coming. I didn’t know if they had him up on the scorecards or not, and I love to fight.
“I can bang, too. I don’t care, man. I’ll take one to give one. That’s what a true champion does. I find a way to win.”
Lomachenko: “The Ukrainian told Top Rank: “I think in the first half of the fight, he got more rounds than I did, but in the second half of the fight, I took it very and I was much better. I want to go home and review the fight. I can’t comment too much on it.
“At the moment, I think I fought and was winning the fight, but the results are the results. I’m not going to argue right now. I need to see.”
Arnold Barboza Jr. (25-0, 10 KO’s) W PTS 10 Alex Saucedo (30-2, 19 KO’s)
Fight Notes: First half of the fight is very close with the rounds hard to score. Saucedo was credited with a knockdown in round 7 that was originally ruled a slip (changed upon viewing replay). Scores were 96-93, 97-92, 97-92 for Barboza Jr.
Edgar Berlanga (15-0, 15 KO’s) W TKO 1 Lanell Bellows
Fight Notes: Bellows had never been stopped. Another first round KO with the time of the stoppage being 1:19. Berlanga’s run of first round KO’s now extends to 15.
Josue Vargas (18-1, 9 KO’s) W PTS 10 Kendo Castaneda (17-3, 8 KO’s)
Fight Notes: Castaneda down in round one, then cruised to the finish. Scores were 98-91, 100-89, 98-90 with the bout made at super lightweight.
Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas (20-1, 11 KO’s) W KO 1 John Vincent Moralde (23-4, 13 KO’s)
Fight Notes: After two knockdowns, the fight was stopped at 1:16 of the first round with the bout made at featherweight.
Quinton Randall (7-0, 2 KO’s) W PTS 6 Jan Carlos Rivera (4-1, 4 KO’s)
Fight Notes: Scores were 59-55, 58-56, 58-56 with the bout made at welterweight.
Jahi Tucker (2-0, 1 KO) W PTS 4 Charles Garner (1-1, 1 KO)
Fight Notes: Score was 40-36, 40-36, 40-36 with the bout made at welterweight.
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