If there is anything Teofimo Lopez recalls more fondly than the punch that led to his biggest win to date, it’s the fact that his victories and the aftermath continue to resonate with viewers. The 22-year old Brooklyn native continues to bask in the...
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In an anomaly among boxing broadcasts, ESPN drew its peak audience Saturday night during the first of three fights it televised from Madison Square Garden. Helped by formidable lead-in programming, ESPN’s Heisman Trophy telecast, the three-bout broad...
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A star is born. Or, at least, arrives. Another (unofficially) got off the deck and scored his seventh straight knockout across two weight classes. Overall, it was a good night for boxing on ESPN as fans were treated to a solid top to bottom show with...
At Madison Square Garden in New York City, undefeated rising contender Teofimo Lopez (15-0, 12 KOs) blitzed Richard Commey (29-3, 26 KOs) in two rounds to win the IBF lightweight world title. Lopez knocked Commey down with a right hand in the second...
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NEW YORK – Teofimo Lopez viciously delivered a message to Vasiliy Lomachenko on Saturday night. The powerful lightweight barely needed four minutes Saturday night to knock out IBF lightweight champion Richard Commey in what was supposed to be the tou...
Commey, Lopez Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Top Rank on ESPN returns to the big house at Madison Square Garden, the historic “Mecca of Boxing”, this Saturday, December 14, for a live presentation of a special tripleheader headlined by pound-for-pound...
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Richard Commey always figured to disagree with Teofimo Lopez on a number of topics in the buildup leading up to their title fight this weekend. The manner in which said matchup came about, however, has left him baffled. The defending lightweight titl...
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NEW YORK – Richard Commey’s promoter respects Teofimo Lopez. Lou DiBella still can’t see the brash, unbeaten lightweight winning the IBF 135-pound crown from his fighter Saturday night. DiBella expects experience against championship-caliber opponent...
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Teofimo Lopez’s ‘Takeover’ of the lightweight division has been a goal of his since turning pro in late 2016. As catchy, or unrealistic to his critics, as that phrase is, Lopez has spent his pro career proving doubters wrong. Lopez has decimated oppo...
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Richard Commey was a title challenger in waiting, whose view was limited to that of spectator for ESPN’s boxing telecast immediately following network coverage of the annual Heisman Award trophy presentation at this point one year ago. Ironically, th...
If there was a fighter flying under the radar after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, it was Teofimo Lopez. While fighters like Shakur Stevenson, Michael Conlan, Robson Conceicao, and Karlos Balderas were sought after finishing their amateur...
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NEW YORK – Teofimo Lopez got his harshest helping of backlash from fickle fight fans following his last win. Lopez, previously praised for several superb performances and spectacular knockouts, drew some criticism for how he defeated Masayoshi Nakata...
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For the second time in as many days, Richard Commey and Teofimo proved fit to fight at the scales. Both boxers were in compliance with the International Boxing Federation (IBF) second-day weigh-in policy, where sanctioning body participants are requi...
NEW YORK – Teofimo Lopez doesn’t think Richard Commey would make the mistake of underestimating him based on Lopez’s last performance. The undefeated Lopez even was critical of how he boxed against then-unbeaten Masayoshi Nakatani, whom Lopez soundly...
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