Former undisputed lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez (17-1, 13 KOs) began his “Takeover” of the junior welterweight division with a seventh round TKO against Pedro Campa (34-2-1, 23 KOs) on Saturday night at Resorts World Las Vegas. Lopez progressively broke down and busted up the game Campas, finally dropping him in round seven and getting a stoppage from referee Tony Weeks soon after. Time was 2:14.
Unbeaten 19-year-old junior middleweight sensation Xander Zayas (14-0, 10 KOs) scored an impressive fifth round TKO against Elias Espadas (22-5, 15 KOs). Zayas dropped Espadas in round one, then got a rather quick stoppage from referee Russell Mora with another knockdown in round five. Time was :23.
In a hard-fought featherweight shootout, Jose Enrique Vivas (22-2, 11 KOs) scored an eight round split decision over Edy Valencia (19-8-6, 7 KOs). Scores were 77-75 Valencia, 78-74, 77-75 Vivas.
Unbeaten junior lightweight Andres “Savage” Cortes (18-0, 10 KOs) cruised to an eight round unanimous decision against Abraham Montoya (20-4-1, 14 KOs). Scores were 79-73 3x.
U.S. Olympian middleweight Troy Isley (7-0, 4 KO) took a six round unanimous decision against Victor Toney (6-2-1, 5 KOs) by scores of 60-54, 59-55, 59-55.
U.S. Olympian featherweight Duke Ragan (7-0, 1 KO) won his sixth straight unanimous decision against previously unbeaten D’Angelo Fuentes (7-1, 4 KOs). Scores were 58-56, 58-56, 59-55.
Super lightweight Omar Rosario (8-0, 2 KOs) outworked Esteban Munoz (6-2, 4 KOs) over six rounds, 58-56 3x.
Lightweight Charlie Sheehy (3-0, 3 KOs) topped Juan Castaneda (2-0-2, 0 KOs) in a four-rounder by scores of 40-36 3x.
If Tim Bradley could just avoid the embarrassing attempts at comedy, he might become a very good commentator. His trying to be funny is painful, like an eight year-old at a birthday party that the other kids avoid. He needs to be more like Andre Ward and get serious about the game.
Ward is a liplickin tool. Tim is cool.
Bradley is still suffering trauma from the provodnikov and Pacquaio beatings he says the absolute dumbest crap at times and is a company man thats for sure but he was gifted too many fights in his career and had little punching power but i sure is a likeable guy thats why ESPN hired him
Crazy quick stoppage from Russell Mora. Espadas got straight up and looked totally fine.
Another ref looking for an excuse to stop a fight in favor of the A-side.
Your kidding right, the Mexican was getting outclassed and out punched, what the ref did was save that kid from getting brain damage. Don’t try to diminish Xander Zayas great performance.
No way. Terrible stoppage. This is boxing right?
And Xander got several warnings but no penalty for the repeated low blows.
It was a bad stoppage and that’s unfortunate because it was a good, tough fight for Zayas. He was winning with room to spare and may’ve gotten the stoppage anyway, but he was getting hit more than usual and he would have spent the rest of the fight at least mindful of where he landed his shots. A really good experience-building fight for him imo.
Teo isn’t ready for the toughest at 140. He would get busted up pretty bad and his daddy would have to invent some new excuses.
Arrogant ass, no class
Yes I agree he beat 11 ranked 140 pounder he didn’t really impress me that much
So who does he Teo need to beat in order to impress you?
So who do you think is the top 140 pounder?
Teo had a layoff..dealing with some outside the ring issues…Teo looked good though..against decent competition….liked his excellent combination of punches..always had an excellent arsenal of puches…good foot movement..
Noticed issues maybe ring rust..a few body shots bothered Teo..Campa did not throw a lot but the few Campa connected slowed Teo down…this fact. suggested a few things.future opponents watched the fight also…Teo needs
to throw more body shots…stop clowning in ring…if you use the
Philly shell be effective with it…..be
more athletic defensively….Teo is an
athletic fighter…too many defensive laspes…there are killers in this
division
Good win..Good to see Teo back…stay in Faith..stay focused..
This was one of the worst card for a while. Can`t see Lopez winning no title at this weight. He was running faster than Ben Johnson. Though he was winning the fight, i was not impressed, i also thought the stoppage was a bit early.
So if he does win a major title in this weight class, are you gonna give him credit?
mostly crap card. the only actual competetive one was a fluke where the guy just would not quit. Lopez is a front running punk, regardless of skills or talent. He sucks as a human. The entire espn card with a million stupid/weird/very strange/progressive commercials. i pay for espn+ and get ads by weird sex/insurance freaks and the “fights” are so one sided it embarrases me when my wife sees what I call “sport” .disgusting overall. Oh and the fawning over Lopez and his “takeover”…bullshit on all levels. Sickening.
Post of the night!
Do you know Teo personally?…know that this is your opinion….In this sport confidence is everything….part of the mental make up of a fighter…of course do not like the clownish antics in the ring…but fighters need to have superior mental confidence…to stay on that level… Confidence is an important element of winning …from throwing the Ko punch at the right time…to moving defensively on the inside inches away from a punch…This was a boxing match not a trial on Teo’s humanity…wrong website for that..will suggest the FOX news website though
That makes no sense. No one has to know the guy. When he or his big mouth father opens their mouth, they tell us who they are. Low class sore losers.
Bro, I just snarfed coffee while reading your comment. You pulled no punches.
TEO WON YES BUT IF HE GOES AGAINST THE BEST IN THIS DIVISION I’M THINKING HE LOSES….
Teo looked good for his first fight at 140. He needs at least 2 more fights at this weight, and get progressively better, before fighting elite fighters. He talks too much crap and not charismatic enough to pull it off.
ESPN and top rank’s efforts to put teo on top and make him a fan favorite , will be the same as to trying to make ice cream out of horse shit which will never happen.
Haha…. exactly. He isn’t taking over anything.
Zayas was clearly winning the fight, but Espadas was giving a good account of himself. He did go down but looked fine when he got up. His legs weren’t wobbly and he looked ready to continue. Mora inexplicably stopped the fight without giving him a chance to go on. Definitely a premature stoppage.
As for Lopez, it looks like the knockouts at 140 lbs will come a lot harder than they did at 135 lbs. Campa took a lot of shots but was wearing down and getting bombarded when the ref stopped it. He was walking through those shots in the early rounds. It was a good stoppage.
Lopez will have a much harder time dominating at 140 lbs. He looks a little small for the weight class. Prograis will be a good fight for him, but I believe Regis will beat him at this point. He needs a few more fights at the higher weight class to get acclimated to the bigger men. Campa was a good start, but that’s all it was. A start.
Teo doesn’t seem to carry 140 well. He will be competitive with anyone but very vulnerable at the same time.
I didn’t see the whole fight because of work. But in my opinion based on the few rounds I got to watch.. Tiofemo looked like crap. Very sloppy, easy to hit.. idk if it was rust, maybe it’s like he said he’s taking it slow before getting back in the groove. But he looked winded.. he always has power the whole fight so that’s nothing new. He should work his way up in that weight before getting into it with champions. To be he didn’t look that sharp yet.
What a clown…… Teofimo Lopez goes on and on praising God for everything….. then proceeds to drop F-bombs immediately afterwards. Can’t wait to see him get knocked out.
No take over here, he just beat somebody he was supposed to. Lopez will never be undisputed at 140.
In truth the “takeover” starts on Tuesday night in WY, and completes on November 8th.
Teo’s fight was a showcase. Not a takeover. There are guys who can destroy Teo at Jr. Welterweight. I am not impressed. Calling that a takeover is like a police organization planting evidence with an unwarranted search warrant, and calling it good police work. That is not good police work, and Teo is not taking over the Jr. Welterweight division. All Teo is doing is setting himself up to lose again Tank, Ryan Garcia, Josh Taylor, Gary Antuane Russell, Regis Prograis, Subriel Matias, and a few others.
I’m in the minority but I think Teo does decently at 140 and beats most of the guys you named. It feels to me like Teo is getting a lot of fan resistance because he is indeed impossible to listen to nowadays.
Taylor, Ramirez, Zepeda, Prograis all KO him out
Will be interesting to see. I think he beats Prograis and Ramirez. Not sure about the other two.
Russell Mora continues to show why he sucks as a referee.
He is too pro latino in there and a referee shouldn’t let his racial bias control his officiating. Russell Mora is one of the worst referees who ever existed.
The stoppage of Campa by the referee was either corrupt or another example of incompetency. Wasn’t that impressed with Lopez’s performance, he may be gifted with an alphabet title down the road but he will not be the top dog.
Teo did fine again people need to take this fight for what it was, a low risk fight at a new division. Teo does need maybe 1 more fight against a lower top 10 guy – then take on a top 5 next year whether it be for a title or not.
Would like to see Teo vs Sandor, that will now give Teo a look at a crafty veteran to see how he adjusts to a boxer first opponent.
Campa wss hard chun straight forward guy and Teo passed the test . It seemed to me once Teo felt comfortable in this fight and that he new he could take Campas shots, he starter his experiment with the new tactics that he worked on in training camp, mostly the shoulder roll,as he should there the point of training now put in inyo play in real fight and see how it works out ,he can then evaluate
His performance and the execution of the new things being learned.
He does look small at 140 but he will be fine I will not bash him for his use of language nor his antics cause we all talk smack and act out if place at times when certain moments present themselves, some people can be extreme and extra and others are just as bad but hide it well.
Totally agree…good post
Really good performance by Xander! For a 19 year old he showed tremendous poise and patience. Sharpen up the defense a tad and increase punch output and damn is the kid in his way!! As for Teo, he did well! Couldn’t believe how big Campa actually looked compared to Lopez. Teo never looked shook, but early on looked a little hesitant? Stay off the ropes! Good comeback fight!!
premature stoppages zayas and lopez look like protected fighters lopez will get beat bad by any class a fighters at 140 he has medical issues and should not fight at all its all about the money and not the fighters welfare
Teofimo Lopez, is the greatest of all time. According to Teo of course
Or his loudmouth low class father.
Lopez needs to humble himself. Stick to the basics and stop clowning in there. Stop trying to be Roy Jones. He looked unfocussed. I think he needs to ditch his dad and get a real trainer that will put him in check.
Teddy Atlas would have none of that.
Would love to see Teo vs. the undefeated Montana Love. Interesting matchup of styles
More like a, “Buyover”, with Arum as his promoter.