Rolly Romero pushes Teofimo Lopez to the limit in a razor-thin majority decision loss in Las Vegas. One judge scores it a draw, and many believe Rolly did enough to retain his title.
Lopez displayed a lot of toughness to rally from bad moments in the fight and just about edged a majority decision.
Some thought it could have gone the other way though. Rolly disputed the defeat after.
Some notes on tonight’s live boxing results and action in Vegas a short time ago;
- Teofimo Lopez won a majority decision over Rolly Romero in a controversially close Vegas scrap
- Scorecards: 116-112, 115-113 for Lopez, and 114-114 even—proof of how tight it was
- Rolly hurt Lopez badly in the 5th with a left hook that opened a gash over his eye
- Lopez survived the scare and recovered to outwork Rolly down the stretch
- Rolly landed the cleaner, harder shots but threw far fewer punches
- Lopez outlanded Rolly 124 to 78, but many felt Rolly’s shots had more impact
- Rolly’s patient counter-punching style made Lopez miss often and look ordinary
- The crowd buzzed after Rolly’s 5th-round surge but booed the lack of sustained action
- Rolly slammed the decision post-fight, insisting he was never in real trouble
- Many fans and pundits felt Rolly did enough to retain his title, calling the decision a gift
It had been a fight that proved again that Lopez is in decline and that the fight had not been an easy fight like he said it would be.
The victory proved Lopez to be a three division champion at this point but it also proved to display his continued decline as a fighter.
Teofimo Lopez years ago would have outboxed someone like Rolly Romero easily.
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