AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas – In a welterweight contest, Josesito Lopez (38-8, 21 KOs) beat down and stopped Francisco Santana (25-9-1, 12 KOs) in the tenth and final round. Santana went down four times.
Lopez landed a solid combination of punches to the head and body to send Santana down in the first round. Lopez went for the finish and was trying to finish off Santana – who landed a hard hook to the top of the head that wobbled Lopez and forced him to hold on.
In the second, Santana came out firing a jab. Lopez was shooting his jab and landed hard shots to the body. Both had moments and traded punches at the end. During the third, Lopez was firing off with heavy combinations.
After controlling the fourth, Santana was hurt bad to the body in the fifth. Lopez was working him over and digging hard as Santana was staggering. Lopez was controlling the sixth and was still doing damage during the seventh. Lopez dominated the action in the eight.
They were trading in the ninth, with Lopez still in full control. Lopez landed several hard hooks to send Santana down against the ropes. Santana was nearly stopped, but the referee allowed him to go on.
At the start of the tenth, Lopez dropped Santana for a third time with a hard hook. It was allowed to go on, with Lopez landing some more hard shot to force the stoppage as Santana was going down for a fourth time.
