Teofimo Lopez (18-1, 13 KOs) beat the underdog Sandor Martin (40-3, 13 KOs) by an unpopular 10 spherical cut up choice on Saturday evening at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
The judges’ scores:
- 97-92 – Teofimo
- 96-93 – Teofimo
- 95-94 – Sandor
After the combat, Teofimo blamed Martin for the combat not being attention-grabbing, saying that he was working all the time. Teofimo appeared in denial about his poor efficiency and didn’t need to admit that Sandor outboxed him.
The ringside crowd was stone quiet after the scores have been learn, and it was fairly clear that they weren’t proud of the outcomes of the combat giving Teofimo the victory.
“You was working the entire time,” mentioned Teofimo to Sandor after the combat.
Sandor regarded just like the ring normal in many of the spherical and knocked Teofimo down within the second. Within the seventh, Sandor knocked Teo down once more with a proper hook that bounced off the highest of his head as he was charging ahead.
The referee blew the decision, however even when he had gotten it proper, the scores have been so broad in favor of Teofimo that it wouldn’t have modified the end result.
Within the first spherical, Sandor suffered a damaged nostril from a conflict of heads with Teofimo. Apparently, after the combat, Teo tried to persuade Sandor that his damaged nostril resulted from his punches reasonably than from a headbutt. Everybody watching the combat noticed that Sandor’s nostril was broken after the conflict of heads with Teofimo in spherical one.
Teofimo was initially aggressive within the first spherical, however after getting dropped within the second spherical by Sandor, he grew to become cautious and unwilling to assault.
Sandor was offended in regards to the outcomes, feeling that he’d finished greater than sufficient to earn the choice. He was second-guessing himself, saying that possibly he wanted to combat with extra urgency.
In hindsight, Sandor wanted to press extra as a result of he was going through a well-liked fighter that’s certainly one of Prime Rank’s stars.
He was by no means going to be given a call over an A-side man like Teofimo except he completely dominated him, which he did not do. Though Sandor did seem to win by two or three rounds, that wasn’t sufficient to beat a well-liked man like Teofimo.
In an interview with ESPN, Sandor predicted that Teofimo will get torn aside by WBC 140-lb champion Regis Prograis if he faces him.
