George Kambosos Jnr defeats Teofimo Lopez by split decision to turn into the new unified globe lightweight champion | Boxing News

George Kambosos Jnr overcome Teofimo Lopez with a relentless onslaught to become the new unified light-weight winner by break up conclusion immediately after a spectacular battle.

The Australian floored Lopez in the opening round and was then dropped himself in the 10th, but his sustained assault gained a amazing victory with scores of 115-112 and 115-111, while a third choose scored it 114-113 to the Brooklyn fighter.

Lopez’s reign as just one of the sport’s elite champions was short lived following he defeated Vasiliy Lomachenko previous calendar year, with Kambosos Jnr pulling off a sensational win in a bout that had been rescheduled on numerous events.

A straight hand had despatched Lopez to the canvas as Kambosos Jnr claimed a knockdown in a fiery to start with round at Madison Square Yard in New York.

Lopez struggled to incorporate the established Kambosos Jnr, who fired again with flurries of punches as they traded photographs in the frenetic early rounds.

Kambosos Jnr shrugged off a string of ideal hands in the ninth, answering with a major still left hook, and he swiftly overcame a knockdown in the 10th following Lopez landed a chopping correct hand.

A reduce opened around Lopez’s left eye in the 11th, briefly halting the action, but Kambosos Jnr resumed his tireless assault right up until the last bell to gain a momentous triumph.