Teofimo Lopez stuns Vasyl Lomachenko to win on points and unify world lightweight titles
Daily MailTeofimo Lopez dominated early and finished strong on Saturday night to win a unanimous 12-round decision over Vasyl Lomachenko to unify the lightweight titles. Lopez took advantage of a slow start by Lomachenko to build up an early lead, then finished the fight with a big 12th round that left Lomachenko bloodied and beaten on the scorecards. Teofimo Lopez dominated early and finished strong to beat Vasyl Lomachenko on Saturday The 23-year-old from Brooklyn became the unified lightweight champion after his display Lopez - who has a record of 16-0 - added the three titles held by Lomachenko, who recorded his second defeat of his career, to the belt he won last year to become the undisputed 135-champion. Lopez added the three titles held by Lomachenko following his punch-perfect performance Lomachenko - who started slowly before coming on strong at the end - trades shots with Lopez Lomachenko, ordinarily a slow starter, was too slow this time as he gave away rounds early as he tried to figure out the style of Lopez.