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Teofimo Lopez Makes Junior Welterweight Debut with Seventh Round Stoppage over Pedro Campa in Las Vegas PhilBoxing.com Tue, 16 Aug 2022  NEW YORK (AUGUST 15, 2022)--Former Undisputed Lightweight World Champion, Teofimo Lopez christened the 140-pound division with a seventh round stoppage over Pedro Campa at Resorts World Las Vegas. That fight capped a perfect weekend for Split-T Management. Lopez was dominant from the onset of the contest as he boxed and started to land some solid power punches as early as the second. With each ensuing round, Lopez begam to land more and more as he started to break down the Mexican warrior. As the second half of the fight commenced, Lopez stepped on the gas and started to hurt Campa in round six. In round seven, Lopez dropped Campa with a hard right that was followed by a left. Lopez started to emphatically beat Campa until the bout was stopped at 2:14. Lopez moves his impressive resume to 17-1 with 13 knockouts. Campa is 34-2-1. Lopez said, “I was at 135 pounds for nine years. It was killing my body, since I was a teenage kid, man. We want Josh Taylor. We want these guys. We want {Regis} Prograis. We want {Jose} Zepeda. We want all the belts. We want to become two-time undisputed champion.” “If Josh Taylor is too busy with his wedding and there’s nobody else around because the WBA belt is taken and the WBC is going to be fought with Zepeda and Prograis, then so fuc*ng be it," Lopez said. On the undercard, Split-T Management's Omar Rosario remained undefeated with a six-round unanimous decision over Esteban Munoz in a super lightweight bout. Rosario of Caguas, Puerto Rico won by scores of 58-56 on all cards and is now 8-0. Munoz is now 6-2. Lopez and Rosario are promoted by Top Rank. At The Bayou Event Center in Houston, Texas, three Split-T Fighters registered impressive stoppages. Highly regarded welterweight Giovanni Marquez stopped William Davis in round two of their scheduled four-round bout. Marquez was dominant as he dropped Davis three times in the second round and the bout was stopped at the 2:00 mark. Marquez, who was the 2021 National Golden Gloves Most Outstanding Boxer is now 3-0 with two knockouts. Davis of Memphis is 5-14-1. Heavy-handed Luis Acosta stopped tough Abdel Sauceda in round four of their six-round lightweight contest. It was a competitive fight for the first three-rounds. In round four, the power of Acosta was evident as he floored Sauceda three-times and then the fight was halted at 2:54. Acosta of Houston is now 13-1 with 12 knockouts. Sauceda of Mexico is now 11-2. Recent world title challenger Jessica Camara made her first knockout a memorable one as she took out four-time world title challenger Simone da Silva in the second round of their eight-round lightweight bout. Camara landed a crunching left hook to the ribs that made da Silva scream in agony as she hit the deck, and the fight was waved off at 1:32 of round two. Camara of Montreal, Canada is now 9-3 with one knockout. da Silva of Brazil is 17-22. Camara is promoted by DiBella Entertainment  |
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