Who won Taylor vs Lopez?
Teofimo Lopez beat Josh Taylor by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 10th June 2023 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The scorecards were announced as 113-115, 113-115, 111-117 in favor of winner Teofimo Lopez.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 140 pounds (10 stone or 63.5 KG).
This contest was for the unified super lightweight championship of the world, with the WBO & The Ring belts on the line.
Also, on the undercard Xander Zayas beat Ronald Cruz and Robson Conceicao defeated Nicolas Polanco.
Taylor vs Lopez stats
Back in June 2023, Josh Taylor stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 19 wins, zero loses and 0 draws.
Teofimo Lopez made his way to the ring with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.
Josh Taylor was the older man by 6 years, at 32 years old.
Taylor had a height advantage of 2 inches over Lopez. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Josh Taylor fought out of the southpaw stance, while Teofimo Lopez was an orthodox fighter.
Taylor was the more experienced professional fighter, having had the same amount of fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 3 months earlier than Lopez, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 14 more professional rounds, 127 to Lopez's 113.
Teofimo Lopez was ranked number 1 by the WBO in the 140lb division.
Taylor vs Lopez form
Taylor had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Jack Catterall on 26th February 2022 by split decision in their WBC World Super Lightweight, WBA Super World Super Lightweight, IBF World Junior Welterweight and WBO World Junior Welterweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, he had defeated Jose Carlos Ramirez on 22nd May 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Lightweight, WBA Super World Super Lightweight, IBF World Junior Welterweight and WBO World Junior Welterweight championship fight at Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas, United States.
Going into that contest, he had beat Apinan Kongsong on 26th September 2020 by knockout in the 1st round in their WBA Super World Super Lightweight and IBF World Junior Welterweight championship fight at BT Sport Studio, London, United Kingdom.
Before that, he had won against Regis Prograis on 26th October 2019 by majority decision in their WBA Super World Super Lightweight, IBF World Junior Welterweight and The Ring Junior Welterweight championship fight at O2 Arena, London.
He had beat Ivan Baranchyk on 18th May 2019 by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Welterweight championship fight at The SSE Hydro, Scotland.
Lopez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Sandor Martin on 10th December 2022 by split decision in their WBC World Super Lightweight eliminator fight at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States.
Previous to that, he had defeated Pedro Campa on 13th August 2022 by technical knockout in the 7th round at Resorts World Las Vegas, Las Vegas.
Going into that contest, he had been beaten by George Kambosos on 27th November 2021 by split decision in their WBA Super World Lightweight and IBF World Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden Theater, New York.
Before that, he had won against Vasyl Lomachenko on 17th October 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Lightweight, IBF World Lightweight and WBO World Lightweight championship fight at The Bubble, MGM Grand, Nevada.
He had defeated Richard Commey on 14th December 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their IBF World Lightweight championship fight at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Activity check
In terms of activity leading into the fight, Teofimo Lopez had been fighting more than Josh Taylor.
Going to this contest, Josh Taylor had last fought 1 year, 3 months and 15 days ago, while Teofimo Lopez's last outing had been 6 months ago.
Taylor's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 49 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.8 rounds on average.
Lopez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.
What time did Taylor vs Lopez start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at Madison Square Garden, New York, United States, which was around 5:00 AM BST in the UK.
Who broadcast Taylor vs Lopez?
The ESPN show is expected to begin at 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST. The Sky Sports Action broadcast of the card is expected to start at 1:00 AM (GTM).
What were the odds on Taylor vs Lopez?
Josh Taylor was a 4/9 (-230) favourite going into the contest, while Teofimo Lopez made his way into the ring at 7/4 (+180) with oddsmakers.
Josh was a bum in the Catterall Fight and Teo my boy has alot to prove.Should be a great fight with my prediction of a TKO/KO round 10 to 12!
Wont disappoint! Enjoy my Boy!!
Go Teo GO!
Pretty good fight. If the guy who beat loma showed up this could be a great fight but if the delusional mental trouble teo shows up than this is a boring one sided stoppage or blowout on the score cards type of fight.