The 114-114 scorecard in Teofimo Lopez vs Rolly Romero sparked outrage. Rightly so in many regards. No one likes that happening in professional boxing, but look, it does sometimes. Human error can happen. Lopez got a close majority points decision in the end on Saturday night but some notes on the bizarre scoring on the […]

Rolly Romero’s power was his only path to victory, but he couldn’t find the finishing shot against a hurt Teofimo Lopez. Pulling the trigger not enough had been a major story for Rolly on Saturday night. He did land at times, and big shots, but needed to land more on Lopez. Some notes on this

Rolly Romero’s lack of activity and reluctance to engage cost him his welterweight title against Teofimo Lopez. That surely had been the main contributing factor to his defeat in Las Vegas on Saturday night. He could have been victorious if he had just landed more and done more, and finished better. Some thoughts on this

Teofimo Lopez used some solid footwork and a career-high 62 jabs to neutralize Rolly Romero’s power, controlled distance and won a welterweight title by majority decision in the end. He became a three division champion and proved elusive at times to scrape the victory, at other times he displayed heart. He got the victory just

The judges’ scorecards in the Teofimo Lopez vs Rolly Romero fight sparked immediate backlash, with a baffling 114-114 draw card leaving fans and fighters alike crying foul. The fight had been an entertaining fight but Romero did not look like he had been in a fight after compared to Lopez. Lopez got a majority points

Teofimo Lopez got his hand raised against Rolly Romero, but his busted-up face told a different tale. The cut and visible damage paint a picture of a fight that was far closer than the controversial scorecards suggest. Look at his face above. He is clearly the one that looks like he had been in a

The full extent of Teofimo Lopez’s injuries from the Rolly Romero fight revealed—a deep cut over his right eye that may require a medical extension and delay his mandatory title defense. Mandatory defenses are out of fashion these days at any rate, champions are vacating the old belts all the time to take bigger fights.