LAS VEGAS — The Takeover is full.

Teofimo Lopez accomplished his rocket journey to the highest of boxing’s light-weight division with a gritty unanimous determination over Vasiliy Lomachenko that made him the undisputed champion.

Lopez now holds the WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF light-weight titles, turning into solely the fifth man within the four-belt period to be an undisputed champion. The others are Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk.

Choose Tim Cheatham had it 116-112, the identical as Yahoo Sports activities. Steve Weisfeld favored Lopez 117-111 whereas Julie Lederman had it an nearly incomprehensible 119-109 for Lopez.

“Julie Lederman, what sort of battle was she watching,” promoter Bob Arum stated. “These judges are the craziest. … Lopez gained the battle, however [Lomachenko] gained 4 of these rounds within the again finish.”

Lomachenko’s technique was baffling, to say the least. He threw only a few punches within the first half of the battle and let Lopez win by shifting ahead and throwing jabs and the occasional proper hand.

Lomachenko picked it up within the second half of the battle however he had fallen means behind. He clearly made a comeback, however her vast rating had many outraged.

“I’d advise any fighter I must ask the fee to not appoint her,” Arum stated.

Lopez’s punching energy appeared to be an element, as nicely. Whereas there have been no knockdowns, Lomachenko had bother competing with these onerous rights that Lopez was touchdown. Within the 12th spherical, with it seeming the battle may be within the steadiness, Lopez landed three or 4 bristling rights that stopped Lomachenko in his tracks.

Lopez suffered a nasty gash over his left eye after struggling a late head butt. Lomachenko lowered his head rather a lot and was warned repeatedly for it by referee Russell Mora.

The loss was Lomachenko’s second as a professional and third of his profession, after a 396-1 novice profession that included two Olympic gold medals. He’s now 14-2 as a professional.

Lopez, who gained the 2016 U.S. Olympic trials however didn’t make the workforce, represented Honduras and was eradicated within the first spherical in Rio de Janeiro. However he’s been a budding star as a professional and on Saturday, hit the highest of the mountain lastly.

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