By: Sean Crose
Former light-weight kingpin Teofimo Lopez engaged in his second junior welterweight struggle on Saturday evening, as he confronted Sandor Martin in a scheduled ten rounder at Madison Square Garden. The Lopez-Martin bout was the principle occasion of a card aired reside by ESPN.
Lopez answered the opening bell by popping out aggressively, although not as aggressively as he had come out to face George Kambosos in the one struggle he had misplaced up till that time. Lopez went down within the opening seconds of the second spherical. He bought up shortly, however it was a shock to see Martin ship him to the mat, irrespective of how briefly. With that in thoughts, Lopez appeared to get the higher of his man for the remainder of the spherical.
The third was one thing of a chess match, with every man having his moments, with Lopez on the hunt and Martin combating in a defensive format. Martin landed effectively a number of time within the fourth, however Lopez was doing good work pot shoting his man to the physique. What’s extra, Martin started to bleed slightly profusely from a conflict of heads. Martin had a stable fifth spherical, however it was clear that Lopez was in a position to attain him whereas he tactically retreated.
Lopez started to look a bit pissed off within the sixth, as he wasn’t in a position to recurrently land clear on his man. Still each males ended up firing away at one another in shut within the ultimate seconds of the spherical. It appeared that Lopez was the sufferer of a second flash knockdown on the the highest of the seventh, although the referee dominated it a slip. The remainder of the spherical was shut sufficient to be tough to attain.
The eighth was razor shut, however Lopez’ straight photographs to the physique could have edged it for him. By the ninth it appeared that Martin’s personal persistence would possibly finally work in opposition to him. With one spherical left to go, neither man was dominating. With that being mentioned, the tenth and ultimate spherical noticed Lopez barrel alongside, whereas Martin was in a position to get some spectacular photographs in.
The judges ended up giving Lopez a break up choice win, with one rating of 95-94 for Martin, one rating for 96-93 Lopez, and one rating of 97-92 for Lopez.
