Lopez vs Magdaleno

Who won Lopez vs Magdaleno?

Teofimo Lopez beat Diego Magdaleno by knockout in the 7th round on Saturday, February 2nd, 2019, at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Eleider Alvarez losing to Sergey Kovalev for the WBO World Light heavyweight championship. Also on the undercard Richard Commey defeated Isa Chaniev for the IBF World Lightweight belt, and Oscar Valdez was victorious over Carmine Tommasone for the WBO World Featherweight title.

Lopez vs Magdaleno stats

Back in February 2019, Teofimo Lopez stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 9 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Diego Magdaleno made his way to the ring with a record of 31 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 13 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Lopez had a massive power advantage over Magdaleno, boasting a 82% knockout percentage compared to Magdaleno's 42%.

Teofimo Lopez was the younger man by 11 years, at 22 years old.

Lopez had a height advantage of 2 inches over Magdaleno. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Teofimo Lopez fought out of the orthodox stance, while Diego Magdaleno was a southpaw.

Lopez was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 22 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2016, 8 years and 10 months later than Magdaleno, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 82 fewer professional rounds, totaling 137 compared to Magdaleno's 219.

Teofimo Lopez went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBA, 11 by the WBC, and 10 by the WBO at lightweight.

Lopez vs Magdaleno form

Lopez had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Mason Menard on December 8, 2018, by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated William Silva on July 14, 2018, by technical knockout in the 6th round at Lakefront Arena, Louisiana.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Vitor Jones Freitas on May 12, 2018, by knockout in the 1st round at Madison Square Garden, New York.

Before that, he had won against Juan Pablo Sanchez on February 3, 2018, by unanimous decision in their 6 round contest at Bank of America Center, Texas.

He had beaten Josh Ross on October 13, 2017, by technical knockout in the 2nd round at A La Carte Event Pavilion, Florida.

Activity check

Lopez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 20 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3.2 rounds on average.

What time did Lopez vs Magdaleno start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas, United States, which was around 1:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Lopez vs Magdaleno?

Lopez vs Magdaleno was broadcast on ESPN in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by BoxNation.

What were the odds on Lopez vs Magdaleno?

Teofimo Lopez was a 1/25 (-2500) favorite going into the contest, while Diego Magdaleno made his way into the ring at 9/1 (+900) with oddsmakers.