Josh Warrington vs Luis Alberto Lopez – Outcomes & Submit-Combat Report

Josh Warrington misplaced his IBF featherweight title on the First Direct Area in Leeds, as Luis Alberto Lopez took a majority determination win in the primary occasion.

Warrington (31-2-1, KO8) had captured the IBF title for a second time in March, stopping the teak-tough Kiko Martinez within the seventh of their rematch, however the house hero suffered a damaged jaw within the course of. Lopez (27-2, KO15) was a harmful buyer, and was on a run of three straight knockout victories.

It was a breathless first few rounds, the place the pair clashed heads and had been each lower, and it was tough and hard motion, with each touchdown with physique photographs and angled punches. Lopez was a typical Mexican, refusing to take a step again, and he was actually roughing Warrington up, touchdown with vicious photographs on the within within the sixth, and the champion complained of ache from physique photographs between rounds.

Warrington was courageous as ever although, rallying within the seventh, and after a troublesome eighth, Lopez began to unravel barely after being hit within the again within the ninth, permitting Warrington to unsettle the customer with heavy punches, however the challenger regained the higher hand within the tenth. Warrington had one final effort, and the penultimate spherical noticed Lopez damage from an excellent left hook, with a robust remaining body from the Yorkshireman leaving the competition within the stability.

Two scores of 115-113 meant Lopez grew to become the brand new champion, with a 114-114 rating redundant.

The undercard featured the favored Ebanie Bridges (9-1, KO4), and he or she defended her IBF bantamweight title with an eighth spherical stoppage of Shannon O’Connell (23-7-1, KO11) in an all-Australian affair.

It was a torrid opening spherical for the champion, as O’Connell winged in heavy photographs, and after a firefight within the second, Bridges scored a knockdown within the third with a counter proper hand. The pair continued to commerce on the resumption, and the fourth noticed extra huge photographs land for Bridges, as O’Connell began to tire. Bridges had the final phrase within the exchanges, and O’Connell was treading water in spherical seven, and a spherical later after a sustained assault, the referee had seen sufficient.

Felix Money (16-0, KO10) warmed up for a 2023 assembly with Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams, however he was given a stern take a look at by Celso Neves (9-3-2, KO2) at middleweight. Money was lower throughout the contest, and finally got here by way of 77-75 on the referee’s card.

JJ Metcalfe (24-2, KO15) defended his WBA Continental tremendous welterweight title for the primary time, as he compelled Courtney Pennington (16-6-3, KO7) to retire after the sixth of their scheduled ten rounder.

Hopey Value (9-0, KO3) stayed unblemished, with the tremendous bantamweight taking all eight rounds towards Jonathan Santana (9-4-1, KO1) and at featherweight, Shannon Courtenay (8-2, KO3) was compelled to work exhausting earlier than taking a 77-75 verdict after eight towards Gemma Ruegg (5-6, KO1). Rhiannon Dixon (7-0, KO0) took an 80-73 win over eight at light-weight towards Kristine Shergold (7-7-1, KO1).

Tremendous welterweight prospect Junaid Bostan (4-0, KO4) saved his knockout streak going with a fifth spherical stoppage of Athanasios Glynos (2-2, KO1), and Cory O’Regan (9-0, KO1) scored his first early win at light-weight, halting Antonio Rodriguez (7-28-8, KO1) within the third of their six rounder.

Koby McNamara (4-0, KO0) stayed undefeated, taking a 40-37 nod at tremendous bantamweight towards Nabil Ahmed (1-13-2, KO0).