Asked why he came out firing in the 12th round after his father told him that he was well ahead on the scorecards, he says: “I’m a fighter. I gotta dig in deep. I knew he was coming. I didn’t know if they had him up on the scorecards or not, and I love to fight. I can bang, too. I don’t care, man. I’ll take one to give one. That’s what a true champion does. I find a way to win.”

He adds: “You just gotta keep pressuring him, press the gas, stick the jab and don’t really give him that opportunity to set up. Every time he did want to throw, I had something ready for him.”

Lopez becomes the youngest champion with the WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF lightweight belts.

The Takeover is complete: Teofimo Lopez dominates and defeats Vasiliy Lomachenko by unaninous points, 116-112, 119-109, 117-111 to unify all of the titles, becoming the undisputed world champion.

From Sammy Heywood Okine