Luis alberto lopez will defend his 126-pound TITLE in opposition to joet gonzlaez on friday IN TEXAS.
LUIS ALBERTO LOPEZ (28-2, 16 KOs)
VS. JOET GONZALEZ (26-3, 15 KOs)
Date: Friday, Sept. 15
Time: 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT (fundamental occasion later in present)
The place: American Financial institution Middle, Corpus Christi, Texas
TV/Stream: ESPN, ESPN+
Division: Featherweight (126 kilos)
At stake: Lopez’s IBF title
Odds: Lopez 6-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Pound-for-pound: None
Additionally on the cardboard: Xander Zayas vs. Roberto Valenzuela Jr., junior middleweights; Jamaine Ortiz vs. Antonio Moran, lightweights
Prediction: Lopez UD
Background: Lopez made a splash by outpointing Josh Warrington to take the Englishman’s title final December in Leeds after which proved it was no fluke by stopping veteran Michael Conlan in 5 rounds on Could 27, his fourth knockout in his final 5 fights. The 30-year-old Mexican final misplaced in 2019, when Ruben Villa defeated him by a unanimous choice. He’s 11-0 because the setback, with eight KOs. Gonzalez is a slick, powerful technician who has failed in two makes an attempt to win a 126-pound world title, shedding a one-sided selections to Shakur Stevenson in 2019 and Emanuel Navarrete in 2021. The 29-year-old from Los Angeles is 2-1 since, together with a split-decision loss to Isaac Dogboe in July of final 12 months. He bounced again to simply outpoint Enrique Vivas on April 1.
