Teo Becomes the Lightweight King | Teofimo Lopez vs Vasiliy Lomachenko | ON THIS DAY FREE FIGHT |

ladies and gentlemen welcome inside the MGM Grand here in beautiful Las Vegas Nevada the wait is over the winner takes all presented by Top Rank and Hall of Fame boxing promoter Mr Bob arum and brought to you by Geico our judges at ringside Tim cheetah Julie Letterman and Steve weissfeld and the Man In Charge at the sound of the Bell Mr Russell Mora and now to the Millions watching around the world on ESPN and ESPN plus this is boxing this is Top Rank and this is the main event scheduled for 12 rounds the one the only the Undisputed lightweight championship of the world introducing first out of the blue corn corner with head trainer deimo Lopez senior he weighed in at 135 lb wearing great graph fight and gold trunks he brings a perfect record 15 wins no losses 12 of those victories coming by way of knockout he is a 2016 Olympian making his first world title defense he is the reigning ibf lightweight champion of the world from Brooklyn New York the Takeover tiimo [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Lopez across the ring in the Red Corner with head trainer Anatoli lomachenko he weighed in at 135 lbs wearing black trunks with green trim he brings a record of 14 wins with only one defeat 10 victories coming by way of knockout he is a two-time Olympic gold medalist a former featherweight world champion a former Junior lightweight world champion making his fourth lightweight World title defense considered by many as the pound forp pound King he is the current WBO WBA WBC franchise and Ring magazine unified lightweight champion of the World from aan Ukraine vasili L lomachenko A fanless atmosphere for Titans like this Center ring gentlemen mouthpiece mouthpiece okay right trunks here are good look anything below the navl is a foul trunks here are good anything below this point is a foul anything below the belly button we went over the rules in the dressing room I want to remind you protect yourself at all times obey my commands God bless you both touch up boxing history has taught us that there is nothing light about the lightweight division these 135 lb titles they're like stone slabs chiseled with legendary names Roberto Duran Julio are Chavez Pernell Whitaker now we go one step further for the first time it's four belts it's Undisputed lightweight Supremacy the vibrant young knockout puncher the American against the unequal skill of the pound-for-pound king it's Lopez it's LMA it's winner take all let's do this now one thing to be noted in the the opening round as Lopez comes out with the right hand is that lomachenko has been a slow starter he lands half of what he lands in rounds 2 through 12 he throws 20 fewer punches than the lightweight average in the first round it's later that he typically picks up the pace yeah it is later that he typically picks up pace cuz what he does is is he takes a read on his guy you know L's like you know Aaron Rogers or P Payton Manning you know going up to the you know the the the line of scrimmage that pre snap Reed that's what he's doing just want to get a look at of his opponents before he executes like what Lopez is doing in this first round he's getting that jab going often times righties don't throw Jabs against lefties and that's a misnomer the jab can land Lopez hasn't really landed it but he's getting himself in position to land other shots not only is it common to not see Orthodox Fighters do that against the Southpaw it's uncommon have any productivity with the jab for Lopez that's just not who he is he looks for the right-and power punch and remember in the leadup to this fight often he discussed the fact that he felt his skill set wasn't being represented or talked about enough that's not why the world fell in love with Lopez you know he he's he's shown more power than he has IQ and skill set um but he does have the the the skill and the ability to box with L we're seeing it right now halfway through round one this is exactly what we told you about LMA about being a slow starter about downloading the information and not firing off the way we typically see he finds range he gets distance calculated I'll tell you one area where Lopez should attack and it's the body of LMA to slow down those legs one two he has a big frame you know for a small guy he has a long torso go down to that body you see how LMA keeps his hands up real high throw something up top and then drop something down to the body there it is and there is the right hand to the body from tiimo Lopez these are the rounds why LMA is download information Lopez can put in the bag right now keeping his hands working heard his father say after that right hand to the body that's what I want there's the jab again from Lopez more Jabs than we're used to see from him perfect round so far for Lopez so you see all the hand jessers but you see how Lopez how calm he is how relaxed he is tried to come across with that right hand to the body again remember there were so many who thought that tiimo would come out as the Brash young bold fighter and jump on LMA instead measured calculated utilizing the jab and went to the body with the right hand Well Done by tiimo Lopez out watch your feet watch your feet remember he has called outa for as long as we can all remember dubbing this Ascension the Takeover that's the most essential thing that Lopez is doing right now is just sticking the jab out he's not Landing it but he's occupying LMA he's he's not allowing LMA to get comfortable or to be able to gauge his range and in the meantime he's flicking Jabs out and he's Landing that straight right to the body that's a beautiful shot right there and he got his foot outside the lead foot of LMA to land that right hand to the body but what I like about what Lopez is doing is is he is shooting the jab but he staying inside to land his jab you many don't we don't talk about this often but if you move to your right you're able to find the angle with your jab a lot easier than moving left goes to the body again and then a right hand comes in from tiimo Lopez yeah you see that power and you see LMA respecting that power he felt it already so the body work continued and then all of a sudden Lopez goes up top with a right hand already start to see redness on a rig page on the left side of LMA yes he's can touch to the body good work so far six body connects for TFO Lopez early on here it's going to take about four rounds for L to get acclimated he's been out of the ring for about a year 14 months or so longest career layoff his last fight was in London we were their ringside when he had a unanimous decision against Luke Campbell a tall fighter another guy who's more than naturally bigger man and there were moments of success that night in London from Luke Campbell yes it was and that's what I saw I saw that Campbell when he was able to establish distance outside he was able to isolate the offense of lomachenko just as you see here with Lopez he's isolating left hand from lomachenko for the first time now you see Lopez has to be concerned of crossing the threshold as the process that lomachenko goes through the range finding and he just pulled the trigger quickly with the left hand there and they got Lopez attention [Music] so Lopez had the right hand early in round two and now lomachenko with a timed left hand moments ago it's a high level of skill yes it is from both fighters on display right now you may say well how's that possible for lomachenko is because you got to watch the indirect attacks the the faints of foot the faints of hands and all of the positioning that he's doing before he even lets a shot go he makes you work even if he's not throwing punches he's so angular all the movement it can be exhausting good exchange got to him let's go back and watch that left hand from LMA about halfway through the round and then we'll show you what happened in the final 15 seconds just a slip in a straight left right down the pipe from lenko he tried to shoot another one he just missed that one but just timed him he didn't throw a punch for a round and a half so he could land a clean shot like that that's the way that L's wired he doesn't want to waste anything and then we see a straight left a swivel right hand and another left right there that also got tiimo Lopez's attention and it got the attention of Cynthia Lopez as well who is one of the co tested round round three few who gets to come in here to the Vegas bubble to watch this super fight so the last half of that second round round Bank it for vasil lomachenko round number three for the Undisputed title Lopez got real comfortable you know LMA didn't do much but then when he did strike strike like a Coba and he was pinpoint accurate he brought up how exhausting it can be with the nonp punching activity how LMA can out class his opponents mentally and for Lopez this is not just a challenge of what you're up against physically but staying focused every single second against a master Craftsman that can be so taxing Dre it's like Brady or Aaron Rogers going to the line of scrimmage and auding two or three times and as a defense you get set and then they audible again and then you get set and they audible again it's very very exhausting and Lopez knows this coming in he's watched lomachenko so I believe he's prepared for that tonight and then on the other side Tim if you're tiimo yeah you know that LMA loves to fight with rhythm he loves to conduct the orchestra of his fights at some point you have to find a way to be disruptive you have to find a way to take full control and make him uncomfortable you got to be a little bit aggressive to to offset that Rhythm but he fades in and out of range you know that's why he's so effective you know you come in see him he stepped out of range right there made Miss then he'll come back in range it looks like you can hit him and then he slightly gets out then he moves his head off to the side you have to be alert really alert when you in there against a sharpshooter like lomachenko is dipping changing levels see what L's doing is he's trying to test the young guy he's trying to see what he knows he's changing levels dropping his head down low trying to see if he can get a response and if he sees the right response then he'll attack he'll come up shooting with shots LMA found himself in the pocket for a moment there and tiimo threw the two-punch combination that body shot lifted up lomachenko tried to get away from it left hand from tiimo every time that threshold is crossed he is going to fire there he is with lomachenko against the ropes for a moment and in combination lomachenko returns fire see Lopez got to be a little bit more disciplined if he's going to do the shoulder roll he got to be a little bit more disciplined with that it's not time for that Timmy it's not time for that it's the third round it's not time for the shoulder roll the shoulder roll comes when you're comfortable and you you've taken charge of this fight and right now Lopez is not completely in control of this fight well he's in control of this round right now took the first renko's effort in the second and then a good looking round here in round number three for the hopeful undefeated American round four round in that third round tiimo Lopez has land landed 11 of 42 punches thrown lomachenko had two of 11 26% was the connect percentage in that last round for tiimo Lopez let's bring in Bernardo tiimo Senor said I told you we could get him I think he heard him in that last round and he landed a really good seven I said what's the seven that overhand looping right he said mentally we've got him where we want him he's not doing anything it's a big early statement but it's a guy who is often very confident his father his trainer who has molded him throughout his amateur career throughout his pro career whole lot of trainer whole lot of hype man Lopez is boxing good like we've said these first four rounds but it's it's way premature to say that they've got LMA where they want them it's a lot of fight less especially considering the way a typical lomachenko fight goes that nice little jab over the over Lopez's jab it's nice by lomachenko I'm looking forward to seeing the uppercut from [Music] Lopez I like the pace that Lopez is fighting at he's not wasting anything he doesn't seem to be over anxious and he's not throwing a lot of punches he's only throwing what he needs to throw so he should have plenty left in the tank as this fight progresses on it's going to be about concentration Dre he's going to have to concentrate every second every minute of this round yes both Fighters yes neither fighter can fall asleep for one [Music] second from Lopez I'm getting a little bit more work down to the body of LMA you know in these moments you got to take calculated risk L's body's there you got to step in and get ripped down to that body just miss with that right hand to the body but he has been willing to throw to the body short exchange short right hand did you see that uppercut right there that's what I'm looking forward to seeing from Lopez that right uppercut I think one thing that's giving LMA some trouble right now is he didn't realize that Lopez was that quick and as fast as he is he is Twitchy that is a big part of his success it's not just pure power god-given power he has speed that creates timing which results in power LMA talked about the IQ of Lopez he talked about the power of Lopez he talked about the timing of Lopez but he didn't mention the speed he's realizing that Lopez has speed right now end of four and things are real interesting for the underdog aren't they the ibf champion and we have noted how much he has been willing to go to the body yeah this is what Lopez got to continue to do lenko keeping those hands up high what do you do dig around the sides why not he's giving it to you you know he needs to continue to to invest in the body to slow down lomachenko you know in the later rounds lomachenko will begin to fade you need to zap some of that energy now early so that way he'll be able to keep up with the superior conditioning later on with a fighter like Lo [Music] lenko all week long we asked for the lack of big fight experience show up round five back back up so far you're getting the answer that it's no problem for Lopez staying composed staying with a plan and looking good against the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the world round number five here from the bubble at the MGM BR in Vegas look L Lopez can keep it like this he's winning these early rounds a lot of these early rounds he can keep it just like this he don't need to rush anything take his time and eventually L's going to have a he have to have a sense of urgency to win these rounds and so he's going to step to them and open himself up for a big shot from Lopez Bernardo what are they saying in the corner of Loma papko told egas look don't rush take your time be careful and be patient so this is their plan anat pachenko the nickname for the father and trainer of the three Division World Champion a driven boxing mind who taught silly how to first get into a boxing stance at 4 years old and then at 9 years old after bringing him to the gym for those 5 years he said no you're done with boxing for now you're going to learn traditional Ukrainian dance he did that until he was 13 didn't box why because Papa chenko wanted him to have the best footwork on Earth another body shot from tiimo going to that belt line with the right hand that's been the story so far in this fight lomachenko doing a lot of movement a lot of Defense but keeping that body exposed I think the key word from Pap pachenko was patience you don't hear that word thrown out there a lot as it pertains to professional prize fighting but when you're facing a guy in Lopez who's strong powerful Twitchy like we said you got to take some steam out of those punches in order to put yourself in a position where it's safer to let your offense go but right now it's not safe enough for L to let his hands going that's why he's not throwing a lot well he got to throw some punches if he going to take some steam off a fighter throw some punches throw something down to the body he do me has he landed a body shot yet Tim you we know how LMA fights he doesn't throw a lot of punches early on he's trying to wear the Mind down of Lopez with the movements and all the different things that doesn't look like it's working right now but it's still a lot of fight left body workor from tiimo Lopez to that point and to support that argument because even the way few boxes telling this this is still well below what we see out of lomachenko at this point right now with a half minute to go in round number five Lopez has thrown 174 punches lomachenko has thrown 40 well go ahead go ahead and wait LMA go ahead and wait because you want to have to sooner or later you going to have to step to this young man because right now he's easily winning this fight and it's not the way he typically goes about it it's skillful it's measured has he moved on the angle yet he hasn't even moved on the angle yet no and that is what he is known for being an angular offensive aggressive counter puncher end of five shots from LMA have been few and far in between but every now and again he'll get something in like that and sort of let Lopez know don't get too Reckless but just not enough from LMA at the moment this is where Lopez wants to live he doesn't have to stand there for four and five shots but one or two shots to continue to touch the body of LMA let him feel the power and continue to slow those legs [Music] Down's go deep breath waiting for it to come in don't do that go baby feel right they ready for round six Joe tesor Tim Bradley Andre Ward with you here ringside interesting to note when it comes to the defense of lomachenko that has been Simply Sublime for most of his career in his career opponents only land 18% of their punches on him Lopez is ahead of that schedule however at 135 lbs fighting bigger than his natural weight here The champ at 135 with three belts he has been getting hit more opponents at 135 lb land 30% of their power punches against him right now tiimo Lopez is landing 36% of the power punches against lenko and he comes in with a one-w there a right hand that tries to split the guard here early in round six o just missed Off the Mark with that left hook Tess I kept asking tiimo in the leadup the fight about the power he said you don't get it his IQ is going to bring up mine and what we haven't seen is L moving to his right the way he does against everyone else he typically takes that angle Mark to the right to try to get out of that lead foot and be able to place that power left hand he gets around that left shoulder that left elbow of his opponents we are yet to see it tonight successfully you take that away he's ordinary and that's exactly what this young man is doing he's taking that go away from lomachenko the critics grossly underestimated the boxing skill of Lopez to this point but the master is opposite him we knew he would be a slow starter there's a little bit of an angle in the left hand that tried to go down the alley that's what lomachenko is going to have to do he's got to close the distance and I know it seems counterintuitive when you're facing an explosive puncher like Lopez but you got to get inside that power to be effective so you're not on the end of his punches cuz right now on the end he's getting picked apart by Lopez speed of that chb from tiimo Lopez those quick hands once again trying to go to the body with a long range right hand Southpaw jab being doubled and tripled up range finding by Lomo now he's trying to get to the inside with a short left hand that's where he's got to live right there did you see the hook from from Lopez though well that can be dangerous against the Southpaw cuz it's sitting right on top of them closest punch to be landed and that's a shot that's going to take away the jab of lomachenko that left hook it's going to make him keep his hands at home there's a right hand to the body again from tiimo counter punch by LMA Russell Mo we haven't said his name much tonight getting the assignment as the third man inside the ropes and that's a good thing see I'm starting to see the same sequence from lomachenko he steps in steps out of range and he tries to get a jab off Lopez let me see if he can pick it up there uppercut and a right hands big finish to round number six for tiimo [Music] Lopez [Music] the end of the round the uppercut by tiimo that's what you want to land he's a smaller man he's coming inside Anytime lomachenko steps foot forward you're going to see that uppercut coming from Lopez beautiful perfectly placed uppercut at the end of that last round and then he came with the straight right that's how you do it you catch him coming in and you catch him leaving Brooklyn Bourne then moved down to South Florida now lives in Jonesboro Arkansas with his wife Cynthia does the ibf lightweight champion the 23-year-old undefeated world champion halfway through our 12th round fight for Supremacy and Andre Ward's card has it 5955 Lopez and it is really tough to disagree with anything there because lomachenko has hardly put forth any offense he had the short right hand in the second he wins the second round but all the other rounds seem to be obvious for tiimo don't hold him down don't hit let's go most senior told me look this guy can take a shot but what I'm seeing here is that we're going to run him down but he has to be patient just wait for the moment we run run him into a shot you can see some redness and just a little bit of swelling around the face of lomachenko look at that focus on tiimo Lopez hyper attentive to everything going on here as he fires off that back power hand again LMA able to get out of range can fight at this pace all night long you want to tire out the young man I don't think so right hand got around the guard there there's a right hand to the body from tiimo see now Lopez now is is throwing his punches where he thinks lenko is going to be he's moving around to the left okay I'll throw the left hook you move around to the right boom I'll hit you with a right cross but don't you think that's a big part of what it takes against the moving Target that we typically see of lomachenko to anticipate where he will be he's angular he likes the move you have to predict where you need to be and now you see more of the movement that he's known for but will it turn into offense we have yet to see much offense it's been all to a Fimo I'm going to let you know right now Tess no we're not going to see it this man right now is on fire he is focused dowed in he has the heartbeat already the rhythm of lomachenko he's already figured it out lenko now trying to close the gap as he comes forward against the young brash defeated American in look at LMA trying to be more on the front end now a little rough stuff on the inside as Russell MOA punch there he's going to say you got to protect yourself TFO he's allowed to punch on the inside nothing wrong with that shot that just landed you got a free hand you can use it that's right says the guy who often did to have pound-for-pound status Andre Ward with short body shot on theide anything it took from our partner just missing with a right hand coming to the end of round seven different disposition in the back half of that round from lomachenko fascinating fight isn't [Music] it a blow it's a blow like a CH baby I told you like a CH it's a blow up protect yourself at all times okay okay this uppercut I've been talking about L's going to have to commit sooner or later and boom just a little bit off the mark LMA recognized that got his head off the line that is experience of lomachenko here we see LMA trying to get his offense going just a straight left to the body and a swivel right jab to the Head nothing that was too serious but it's he's trying to get into a rhythm right now and he has to take more chances and I'm talking about LMA in order to do that he's got to open himself up up don't neglect defense but he's going to have to open himself up because I think he's behind a great deal on the [Music] scorecards you can hear that rough voice of his father tiimo and you heard it say it's a blowout there is supreme confidence in the corner of Lopez there always is they're just doing it in a different way more offense we saw adal lomachenko in that last round landed four power shots in that last round but overall in the fight he's only landed 11 overall Lopez has landed 38 L's going to have to close that distance he's he's closing it right now he's going to have to close that distance and be in range like that but still be as tight with his defense as possible come here you got to watch your head you're coming in Clash of heads there so now L's coming in with his head you're okay with your head watch the head butt here all right guys let's go watch your [Music] heads I mean tiimo has to understand it may have been clean for the first half of the fight but with it all on the line this will turn into a fight he's not just going to give the belts away now you see llma pressing on the gas a little bit he's fighting with more urgency because he knows he's behind and he knows he only has so many rounds to make up the ground right hand by Lopez and if you're Lopez you got to stand your ground and not lit LMA take any more ground nice step around right there from Lopez I said anytime LMA try to get on angles step around with him and you see it again he steps with him split the guard with a right hand oh and there's a left hand from Leno and now he comes into the pocket and they're exchanging lomachenko's best offensive ser of the night it comes at the halfway point of round eight things have changed and now he's stepping to TFO he's got to close the distance tiimo willing to trade he throws a right hand of his own Lopez has to continue to fight them all the fight has begun lomachenko looking to dig out of the hole Lopez trying to throw fire back with fire here it is right now lar he found the heartbeat now he found the heartbeat got the rhythm going now he's Landing his offense being very accurate at the moment and see a little bit of redness around the eyes of tiimo there's the jab from the pound-for-pound best in the [Music] world right hand behind the jab lenko back back out on the outside will he go back into the kitchen Lopez can't abandon the jab he's got to continue to use that that's what's gotten him up on the scorecards and has him in control of this fight right now straight right hand moments ago looking for that right uppercut again remember he had success a couple rounds ago with it by far the most entertaining round of the fight markdown round number eight things changed time you got to watch your head okay okay how many rounds is that was eight it's going into going thank you I got it thank you so close bro yeah we get carried away when he does that [ __ ] push him this [ __ ] Tire yeah bro fuing exactly beautiful combination right here lomachenko has finally found his Mark I believe that he found the key the key is pressure he must pressure Lopez get him on his back foot don't allow him to extend with those arms he needs to take chances now get aggressive like he's doing but that is the reason why he was able to land these combinations right here because he got aggressive and he didn't allow Lopez to think and to set him up here's how things have changed with that eighth round prior to that lomachenko didn't have a single round where he had double digigit connects he was 19 of 38 net eight rounds he was 10 of 20 in power punches let's see if he stays a little aggressive here round number nine winner take all all four belts and Lopez comes out with a hook if your L you got to continue to use your jab just like that sometimes you'll land it sometimes you won't but it'll get you in range stay tight and let your hands go get out of range and then reset and do it again he can't lay on the outside like that Joe Lopez having banked all the early rounds but now it is on the line and toally lomachenko said I need him to establish that jab get inside behind that jab but throw combinations not single shots he just pushed back against lomachenko that is exactly what his father wanted him to do after that eighth round he said he did it again he said when he comes in like that don't allow for it push him back up watch your legs watch your legs let's go See's in range sometimes and he won't let his shots go he's got body shots and he's got short uppercuts and right hooks but he's not throwing the punches when he's in range why is that Dre is it because of the danger that exists opposite him knowing what could be coming back that's exactly what it is trust me if LMA felt like he was in control and he could take the power he would throw more shots he's not comfortable yet short left hand oh there's a good jab it in combination from lenko and Lopez comes right back Lama's gonna have to sell out to get the kind of shots that he wants it's some nights it's just like that you got to back up your reputation you got to back up your name and you got to put yourself In Harm's Way to get the job done and let me tell you something if he has to sell out offensively this is going to be an incredibly entertaining stretch Run for the Undisputed status tonight we going to see what Lopez has inside tonight L's going to test HIM lead left uppercut from TFO Lopez tiimo is not going to give way he is looking to pull the trigger on these uppercuts lomachenko has to close the gap he has to step in and that is dangerous against a power puncher who by the way is showing very good boxing skill tonight if your Lopez this is not the time to mentally go to sleep he's got to stay alert punches touch him there from L this is not the fight that most thought we would have most felt ttho Lopez's only chance was to have that dynamite in the right hand and be able to deliver it they didn't think about this the athleticism the quickness the boxing IQ looking for that right uppercut again fun to see lomachenko with a little more oh nice body shot right there offensive desire and it's because of what tiimo Lopez put forth early [Applause] on LMA starting to begin to get in his rhythm right here and it all starts with that lead jab blinding getting Lopez out of position with that shot that lead shot nice followup here by lomachenko this is the signature shot that Lopez loves to land typically with the right hand this time he switched up and went with the left not a big shot but certainly got L's attention and I think it has to be getting the attention the judges their combinations over and over again don't try to go hard just keep repeating your combinations over and over again round the stoic father the stoic trainer keeps it simple with the instructions just keep with the combinations over and over again since he started doing that in the seventh round he has found success and you can make a strong argument that he has banked the last three rounds remember early on we were all in agreement he only had the second round in the first half of the fight but the last three rounds you could mark down The Ledger for lomachenko not that Lopez has tailed off lomachenko has had to come on round number 10 no no no stop let go no you know Joe this is why you don't see a lot of unifications in the Sporter at least as many as we should and a lot of Undisputed championships because it's hard it's not easy you're risking everything you could get knocked out you could get beat you might get embarrassed and often times guys don't want to risk all that but give credit for these two because during the Floyd Mayweather era when it was about managing the business of boxing this is about the boxing of boxing Well Done by both men for taking this fight one area where Lopez is neglecting is the body of lomachenko I told you guys earlier if you got a guy that's coming in being aggressive you start hitting him down to the body he's going to start protecting that rib cage oh trying to work his way in with the jab and a good offensive surge from tiimo Tao getting hit with some big shots right now from LMA L's starting to play some shots and they start to get heavy I'm seeing the wearing tear right now in Fr you see from LMA is just the heart of a a winner you see a guy who is not used to to losing and he's not going to lose easily he's going to try to bite down what you see him doing right now to try to get his respect and win some more rounds not used to losing a guy who goes 396 and one in his amateur career and wins two goals and then becomes the fastest ever to be a three Division champion he lands the left hand on the face of tiimo Lopez there if your Lopez this is where you earn your money as well you got to bite down and maintain the respect that you've earned in the earlier rounds can't give it up right now just because LMA decides he wants to come forward that's what championship boxing is all about that's right moments like this how bad you want it that's what it boils down to you can see he he belongs in the ring with lomachenko he's doing very well but now he got to bite down on that mouth piece he's got to close it and close the show left hand right to the midsection right hand to the body from tiimo both guys trading both guys willing to get there LMA gets into the pocket fires off a combination poor discipline by Lopez you know he keeps his hands real low he can easily block those shots if he brings his hands up o nice oh no that's a body shot Russell MOA is going to say low blow tell me when you're ready he jumping up in the air you're okay you all right okay give me your gloves you be the judge let's see okay okay stay right here Belt Line stay right here near the Belt Line a little bit low don't let it happen again all right but when you got LMA pulling away like that Russell Moore the referee has refereed 570 professional bouts he was the referee for one lenko fight his Pro debut the bucket Andre lift it last three rounds we have seen an offensive uptick Andre for vasil lenko take us through it see llma coming with that right jab that's what he needs to do okay okay to keep Lopez off of him Lopez just missed that uppercut but then you see LMA coming for it with his signature punches leading with that left coming back with the swivel right here we see the jab again and Lopez is trying to block those shots but they're coming fast and they're coming at at awkward angles and that's just a mental lapse right there from Lopez you know I talked about him not falling asleep right now he's got to maintain his mental focus until the fight is over he can't give up these round listen tiimo Lopez came out and did exactly what he wanted to do early on and we think it was pretty easy to score but you could make the same argument for the back half of this fight as we arrive at the championship rounds six minutes to decide it so Dre your scorecard reads exactly the way that I just described it it's now five rounds a piece according to Andre Ward of course what matters is what is said with Tim chadum Julie Letterman and Steve weissfeld the three judges here everything is riding on these next two rounds for both fights watch your head and as you can see the experience of lomachenko is now starting to pay good dividends he's been here before Lopez don't know look at these exchanges here in round number 11 you think they want it will they step to each other again vlma gets right to him Lopez of course can fire off that right hand that can change anything at any moment LMA can't forget the body when Lopez is on the ropes like that the midsection is wide open Lopez is exhausted right now LMA stepping on that gas and you can see he's Landing those straight punches he said I want to take him to the deep water where he hasn't been I want to drown him there these are the championship rounds where the veteran does that that body shot hurt Lopez right there you see him holding on trying to get himself together you can see more pronounced swelling around the eye of Lopez as well look at lenko right into him immediately closing that Gap a short left hand and overhand right as well and then an up jab listen to me you can rest tomorrow Lopez need to bite down right now lomachenko's putting it on him lomachenko's looking for a knockout gentlemen he's looking to stop Lopez big 11th round here for lenko right hand to the body for Lopez yeah Lopez is still throwing and he's still dangerous make no mistake about it but he's not throwing enough Dre and then that big Miss right there took a lot of steam out of Lopez lenko with that Southpaw jab there's a body shot left hand to the body from lomachenko and now the break from Russell Mo we we said in the first couple rounds that this is what LMA had to do to have success is close the distance take more risk he's getting hit but he's willing to get hit so he can get his offense off well low pantes a little bit tired that's fair Lopez is tired so a lot of steam off his punches now so LMA doesn't feel that threatened remember we talked about how exhausting it is to just be in there thinking about every moment the hyper focus and attentiveness to every second against lenko now you see what it looks like but the body shots still have effect don't they he has committed to that from the start it was a good 11th round from lomachenko good but a good finish to it from Lopez as he stalking forward here we have one round to go in a razor thin close fight to see who will be the Undisputed champion this is for to win bro okay play it smart already won don't you let this mother watch out Belt Line you don't need a point deduction okay last round clean round these last four rounds from LMA have been sheer wheel and you just see him pressing the issue doing what he has to do to land shots like that last round he's in the line of fire right now he's in the danger zone but he's still letting his shots go he's getting there first he's starting the combinations and he's ending the combinations and Lopez is landing combinations or excuse me shots but they're far and few in between according to Compu box it was the best round that lomachenko had he was 29 of 62 he landed 19 power punches those are highs for lomachenko in the night gloves 12th and Final Round Winner Takes first half was tiimo Lopez second half has been vasil lomachenko this will decide it 3 minutes for history dream about moments like this as a young kid coming up a fight basically being even going into the last round and you envision yourself finding a way to pull it out I want to see who finds a way to pull it out in this 12th round go and Tim can you imagine this fight would typically be in front of 20,000 next door in the big arena or Madison Square Garden or Staples the roar to start a 12th round but it's just them and it's just 100 people here in a CO protected bubble the Chamber Of Truth and this is the way they're going to do it Bernardo what do they think and what are they saying in the corner of Lopez tiimo Lopez father said look you're winning this fight just go out there and box but it looks like the sun is not trusting that and he's going out to win this fight just as Andre and timwood there's reason to believe that you just saw Andre's car good right hand work from Lopez he is biting down he wants it oh omanenko steps to him and fires off one single moment in this 12th round could sway things this 12th round could be the decider we could be sitting on a draw we could be sitting on something where a body shot swings it just landed Again by Lopez and he digs down with a left hand comes up top with the left hook fires the straight right body language can be everything in this in this round body language who wants him more sometimes that that persuades a judge well Lopez is definitely won the first half of that round put on a great exhibition of power speed skill let's see if he can close the show or if LMA is going to step on the gas you know LMA stepping on the gas think about everything they put forth their whole lives and now 60 seconds to see if you can become an Undisputed the first four belt lightweight champion it balls down to these moments right here right hand tried to time it oh left hand comes in oh and Lopez with success here he heard him T aimo Lopez best punch of the back half of the fight right there oh he's got him hurt look at this T aimo Lopez on the go against lomachenko there is no doubt about this 12th round right now is there gentlemen the young man wants it over what is he doing what is he come here it's the cut on the right eye accidental head he had complete momentum before that accidental you got to be kidding me Clen 10 seconds considering what he did in this 12th round just Coast it and it's banked for TFO I'm lost for words I don't even know what to say you didn't hear the Clack he didn't hear the clack clack clack you have to watch your head too all right both you guys got to watch your head Clash your heads opens up the cut final 10 seconds to take it home power surge by tiimo Lopez in the 12th round of a very very close fight that will head to the scorecards to decide it Well [Applause] Done ladies and gentlemen here inside MGM Grand after 12 rounds we go to the judges scorecards for the official decision Tim cheum scores the bout 116 112 Julie Letterman scores the belt 119 109 Steve weissfeld scores the about 117 111 for your winner by unanimous decision and now the Undisputed lightweight champion of the world the Takeover tiimo Lopez A Star is Born tonight tiimo Lopez just beat vasil lomachenko back flip as he always does he is the Undisputed lightweight champion of the world an American fighter a 23-year-old is King of the sport a unanimous decision he said he would his father said he would give us LMA for years it boiled up and tonight it boiled over with Supreme boxing and then digging down in the 12th round and taking it to LMA lomachenko has lost four belts now listen it was widespread scoring Julie Letterman's 119 109 will be talked about but there is no doubt the early half was all tiimo Lopez even some of those middle rounds you could still make a strong argument that Lopez met him punch for punch even though the great lomachenko came out there is no doubt how the fight finished that 12th round was all tiimo but tiimo Lopez wins it 23 years old he's 16 and0 and he just beat the best fighter in the world we will hear from the new Undisputed Champion Brooklyn Zone when we come back how about that

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Length: 53min 20sec (3200 seconds)

Published: Tue Oct 17 2023