Josh Taylor vs. Teofimo Lopez | ESPN - June 10, 2023

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Stats and Stakes

Josh Taylor

Age: 32
Titles: Ring Magazine Jr Welterweight (2019-Present, 3 Defenses); Lineal World/TBRB/WBO Jr. Welterweight (2021-Present, 1 Defense)
Previous Titles: IBF Jr. Welterweight (2019-22, 4 Defenses); WBA Super Lightweight (2019-Present, 3 Defenses); WBC Super Lightweight (2021-22, 1 Defense)
Height: 5’10
Weight: 139 ¾ lbs.
Stance: Southpaw
Hails from: Haddington, Scotland
Record: 19-0, 13 KO
Record in Major Title Fights: 5-0, 1 KO
Last Five Opponents: 111-0 (1.00)
Notable Outcomes, TBRB and/or Ring Rated Foes: Viktor Postol UD12; Ivan Baranchyk UD12; Regis Prograis MD12; Jose Ramirez UD12; Jack Catterall SD12
Additional Current/Former Titlists Faced: Miguel Vazquez KO9

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Teofimo Lopez

Age: 25
Title: None
Previous Titles: IBF lightweight (2019-21, 2 Defenses); Lineal World/TBRB/Ring/WBA/WBO/WBC “Franchise” Lightweight (2020-21)
Height: 5’8
Weight: 140 lbs.
Stance: Orthodox
Hails from: Brooklyn, New York
Record: 18-1, 13 KO
Press Rankings: #2 (BoxRec), #9 (Ring), #10 (TBRB, ESPN)
Record in Major Title Fights: 2-1, 1 KO
Last Five Opponents: 136-6-1 (.955)
Notable Outcomes, Ring/TBRB Rated Foes: Richard Commey TKO2; Vasyl Lomachenko UD12; George Kambosos L12; Sandor Martin SD10
Additional Current/Former Titlists Faced: None

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These Fukaz should buy tickets too

[KiwiRider]

These Fukaz should buy tickets too

What an entitled b*tch!
No one cares about woman's boxing.

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Date: Saturday June 10, 2023
Location: The Theater at Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
TV/Stream: ESPN | Sky Sports

Start Times
ESPN+: 6 pm ET | 3 pm PT | 11 pm BST (Preliminary Card)
ESPN: 10 pm ET | 7 pm PT (Main Card)
Sky Sports: 1 am BST (Main Card)

Promoted by: Top Rank Inc.

Main card

WBO, The Ring Magazine & Lineal Super Lightweight Championship
Josh Taylor vs. Teofimo Lopez

10 Round Light Middleweight Bout
Xander Zayas vs. Ronald Cruz

Undercard

10 Round Super Featherweight Bout
Henry Lebron vs. Carlos Ramos

8 Round Super Lightweight Bout
Omar Rosario vs. Jan Carlos Rivera

8 Round Featherweight Bout
Bruce Carrington vs. Luis Porozo

8 Round Heavyweight Bout
Damian Knyba vs. Helaman Olguin

10 Round Lightweight Bout
Jamaine Ortiz vs. Humberto Galindo

10 Round Super featherweight Bout
Robson Conceicao vs. Nicolas Polanco

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Main card starts soon

[Evander]

Why did they put a flag directly across the scales where Teo was weighing in ?
I don't think he made weight.
His body looks maxed out in terms of muscle and size and he was behaving strangely, look at him man, what was that.
He's moving from side to size back and forth behind the flag before the weigh in then steps on the scales and makes weight with the oddest look in his eye.
That don't look legit to me.

[adislav123]

Why did they put a flag directly across the scales where Teo was weighing in ?
I don't think he made weight.
His body looks maxed out in terms of muscle and size and he was behaving strangely, look at him man, what was that.
He's moving from side to size back and forth behind the flag before the weigh in then steps on the scales and makes weight with the oddest look in his eye.
That don't look legit to me.

cause he took his frikkin pabts off. the kid is still a?bitsy shy strolling around naked in front of the ring firls and 50 other men around him. not everybody is a nudist

[DrDuke]

Both have been unconvincng recently, but I waited more from Lopez to remain so. Yet Lopez was in a better shape, his reflexes, speed and power were too much for Taylor.

[apollo creed]

The fight was good. Teo was the better man and the stronger counter puncher. He beat the man at 140.

Leo vs Regis

Leo vs Kambosos II @ 140

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CompuBox Stats

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[ewenhay]

Classy post from Josh.

Hopefully people will get off his back a bit now.

[adislav123]

CompuBox Stats

sorry, but i'm gonna say it again!

xheck those punch stats and let it sink in that
teofimo lopez needed to win the last round of this fight to narrowly avoid a majority draw decision!

absolutely insane! those 2 judges should be thorroughly investigated.

they are either corrupt as hell or absolutely incapable of judging a boxing contest and their own scorecards are proof of it, black on white, signed by their own dirty hands!

it's mindboggling that shit like this goes on and on without consequences!

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[Evander]

Why did they put a flag directly across the scales where Teo was weighing in ?
I don't think he made weight.
His body looks maxed out in terms of muscle and size and he was behaving strangely, look at him man, what was that.
He's moving from side to size back and forth behind the flag before the weigh in then steps on the scales and makes weight with the oddest look in his eye.
That don't look legit to me.

cause he took his frikkin pabts off. the kid is still a?bitsy shy strolling around naked in front of the ring firls and 50 other men around him. not everybody is a nudist

Did look suspicious.
You can't do that at a weigh in.
They completely blocked him getting on the scales.
I have never seen that before.

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Lopez-Taylor Peaked At 980,000 Viewers On ESPN; Biggest Boxing Audience On U.S. TV In 2023

Teofimo Lopez-Josh Taylor was the most-watched boxing main event on network or cable television in the United States in 2023.

Nielsen Media Research revealed figures Tuesday that indicated ESPN’s viewership for Lopez-Taylor peaked at 980,000 on Saturday night from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their 12-round, 140-pound championship match, which Lopez won by unanimous decision, was watched by an average audience of 945,000.

ESPN’s two-bout broadcast, which lasted two hours and 23 minutes, drew an average viewership of 781,000. It began with unbeaten junior middleweight Xander Zayas’ eight-round, unanimous-decision victory over Ronald Cruz.

Nielsen’s viewership numbers include only those who watched Lopez-Taylor on linear television because Nielsen doesn’t track streaming audiences. ESPN also doesn’t disclose how many viewers watch programming on ESPN+, the network’s $9.99-per-month streaming service.

Prior to Saturday night, the Shakur Stevenson-Shuichiro Yoshino fight drew the biggest boxing audience this year on U.S. television. Stevenson’s sixth-round stoppage of Japan’s Yoshino in a WBC lightweight eliminator attracted a peak audience of 871,000 and an average audience of 827,000 on April 8 from Prudential Center in Stevenson’s hometown of Newark, New Jersey.

Two months later, the Brooklyn-born Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) rejuvenated his career by beating Taylor convincingly to win the WBO junior welterweight title.

The former unified lightweight champion became the first fighter to defeat Scotland’s Taylor (19-1, 13 KOs), a southpaw who was the undisputed 140-pound champion before he gave up the IBF, WBA and WBC titles last year. Judges Steve Gray (115-113) and Joe Pasquale (115-113) scored Lopez-Taylor closer than Benoit Roussel (117-111), yet even Taylor acknowledged that Lopez’s win is indisputable.

Taylor was an approximate 2-1 favorite over Lopez before their fight Saturday night, in part because Lopez struggled at times during a 10-round, split-decision defeat of Spanish southpaw Sandor Martin in his previous fight December 10 at Madison Square Garden. Lopez’s hand speed, intelligence and athleticism troubled Taylor, however, particularly during the second half of their fight.

The 25-year-old Lopez punctuated his superb performance by dominating Taylor during the completely one-sided 11th and 12th rounds.

[adislav123]

Lopez-Taylor Peaked At 980,000 Viewers On ESPN; Biggest Boxing Audience On U.S. TV In 2023

Teofimo Lopez-Josh Taylor was the most-watched boxing main event on network or cable television in the United States in 2023.

Nielsen Media Research revealed figures Tuesday that indicated ESPN’s viewership for Lopez-Taylor peaked at 980,000 on Saturday night from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their 12-round, 140-pound championship match, which Lopez won by unanimous decision, was watched by an average audience of 945,000.

ESPN’s two-bout broadcast, which lasted two hours and 23 minutes, drew an average viewership of 781,000. It began with unbeaten junior middleweight Xander Zayas’ eight-round, unanimous-decision victory over Ronald Cruz.

Nielsen’s viewership numbers include only those who watched Lopez-Taylor on linear television because Nielsen doesn’t track streaming audiences. ESPN also doesn’t disclose how many viewers watch programming on ESPN+, the network’s $9.99-per-month streaming service.

Prior to Saturday night, the Shakur Stevenson-Shuichiro Yoshino fight drew the biggest boxing audience this year on U.S. television. Stevenson’s sixth-round stoppage of Japan’s Yoshino in a WBC lightweight eliminator attracted a peak audience of 871,000 and an average audience of 827,000 on April 8 from Prudential Center in Stevenson’s hometown of Newark, New Jersey.

Two months later, the Brooklyn-born Lopez (19-1, 13 KOs) rejuvenated his career by beating Taylor convincingly to win the WBO junior welterweight title.

The former unified lightweight champion became the first fighter to defeat Scotland’s Taylor (19-1, 13 KOs), a southpaw who was the undisputed 140-pound champion before he gave up the IBF, WBA and WBC titles last year. Judges Steve Gray (115-113) and Joe Pasquale (115-113) scored Lopez-Taylor closer than Benoit Roussel (117-111), yet even Taylor acknowledged that Lopez’s win is indisputable.

Taylor was an approximate 2-1 favorite over Lopez before their fight Saturday night, in part because Lopez struggled at times during a 10-round, split-decision defeat of Spanish southpaw Sandor Martin in his previous fight December 10 at Madison Square Garden. Lopez’s hand speed, intelligence and athleticism troubled Taylor, however, particularly during the second half of their fight.

The 25-year-old Lopez punctuated his superb performance by dominating Taylor during the completely one-sided 11th and 12th rounds.

... and narrowly escaped an attempted blatantly obvious robbery attempt executed by the 2 either absolutely incompetent or simply paid off judges steve gray and joe pasquale on who's fantasy scorecards he needed the 12th to avoid a majority decision draw.

[KiwiRider]

that's some excellent numbers.
For a non heavyweight, non legacy fight its a great result.

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that's some excellent numbers.
For a non heavyweight, non legacy fight its a great result.

Can't tell if your being sarcastic

[KiwiRider]

that's some excellent numbers.
For a non heavyweight, non legacy fight its a great result.

Can't tell if your being sarcastic

No, it's pretty decent.
Taylor’s not really a big draw outside the UK, and if I read the vibe- less popular there too.
So yes the number is decent.

[Evander]

They both made mistakes.
Look at Taylor coming into the ring and the first half of the bout.
He's wired, look at him.
Josh Taylor got so wound up it probably cost him the fight.
He looked like he lost half a pound during his ring walk.