Warrington vs Lopez

Who won Warrington vs Lopez?

Luis Alberto Lopez beat Josh Warrington by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 10th December 2022 at First Direct Arena in Leeds.

The scorecards were announced as 114-114, 113-115, 113-115 in favor of winner Luis Alberto Lopez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

This contest was for the IBF featherweight championship of the world.

Also, on the undercard James Metcalf was victorious over Courtney Pennington, Ebanie Bridges beat Shannon O’Connell, Felix Cash defeated Celso Neves, Shannon Courtenay was victorious over Gemma Ruegg, Hopey Price beat Jonathan Santana and Rhiannon Dixon defeated Kristine Shergold.

Warrington vs Lopez stats

Back in December 2022, Josh Warrington stepped into the ring with a record of 31 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, 8 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Luis Alberto Lopez made his way to the ring with a record of 26 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, with 15 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggested Lopez had a massive power advantage over Warrington, boosting at 58% knock out percentage over Warrington's 26%.

Josh Warrington was the older man by 3 years, at 32 years old.

Warrington had a height advantage of 3 inches over Lopez. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Josh Warrington & Luis Alberto Lopez fought out of an orthodox stance.

Warrington was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 5 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 years earlier than Lopez, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 85 more professional rounds, 268 to Lopez's 183.

Luis Alberto Lopez was ranked number 1 by the IBF in the 126lb division.

Warrington vs Lopez form

Warrington had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Kiko Martinez on 26th March 2022 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Featherweight championship fight at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had drawn with Mauricio Lara on 4th September 2021 by technical draw in their 1 round contest at Emerald Headingley Stadium, Leeds.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Mauricio Lara on 13th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.

Before that, he had beat Sofiane Takoucht on 12th October 2019 by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their IBF World Featherweight championship fight at First Direct Arena, Leeds.

He had won against Kid Galahad on 15th June 2019 by majority decision in their IBF World Featherweight championship fight at First Direct Arena, Leeds.

Activity check

Warrington's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 5 months and 25 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 31 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.2 rounds on average.

Lopez's last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 7 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 37 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.3 rounds on average.

What time did Warrington vs Lopez start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:30 PM GMT at First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom, which was 5:30 PM EST or 2:30 PM PST on the West Coast of America.

Who broadcast Warrington vs Lopez?

The DAZN show is expected to begin at 1:00 PM EST / 10:00 AM PST. The DAZN Global broadcast of the card is expected to start at 9:00 PM (BTS).

What were the odds on Warrington vs Lopez?

Josh Warrington was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Luis Alberto Lopez made his way into the ring at 11/10 (+110) with oddsmakers.