Teraji vs Lopez

Who won Teraji vs Lopez?

Kenshiro Teraji beat Ganigan Lopez by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, May 20th, 2017, at Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 115-113, 114-114 in favor of winner Kenshiro Teraji.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds .

This contest was for the vacant WBC championship of the world.

Teraji vs Lopez stats

Back in May 2017, Kenshiro Teraji stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 9 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 5 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Ganigan Lopez made his way to the ring with a record of 33 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws, with 18 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Teraji had a slight advantage in power over Lopez, with a 56% knockout percentage compared to Lopez's 55%.

Kenshiro Teraji was the younger man by 11 years, at 25 years old.

Lopez had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Kenshiro Teraji fought out of the orthodox stance, while Ganigan Lopez was a southpaw.

Teraji was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 30 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 10 years and 11 months later than Lopez, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 139 fewer professional rounds, totaling 185 compared to Lopez's 324.

Teraji vs Lopez form

Lopez had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beaten Jonathan Taconing on July 2, 2016, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Arena Coliseo, Mexico City, Mexico.

Prior to that, he had beaten Yu Kimura on March 4, 2016, by majority decision in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Shimazu Arena, Kyoto, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had won against Juan Luis Lopez on October 30, 2015, by technical knockout in the 4th round at Auditorio Blackberry, Mexico City, Mexico.

Before that, he had been beaten by Pedro Guevara on July 4, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Centro de Usos Multiples, Mazatlan.

He had beaten Genaro Rios on November 8, 2014, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Auditorio General Arteaga, Queretaro.

Activity check

Lopez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

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