Josh Warrington

Leeds native Warrington took on the stern challenge of Luis Alberto Lopez at the First Direct Arena in a bid to set up a unification clash with Leigh Wood, ...

In a champion's response, Warrington rallied in an impressive ninth round as he sensed the tide was turning, and stunned his opponent in the penultimate round with some big pummelling shots. Things picked up for the home favourite in the sixth as he landed some thumping shots flush on his rival who was beginning to box with confidence. Warrington raised his hand at the final bell, but it was Lopez who saw his hand raised in devastating fashion to end Warrington's chances of unification.

Luis Alberto Lopez inflicted only the second defeat of Josh Warrington's career with a superb display to claim the IBF featherweight title in Leeds.

We need your consent to load this Social Media content. “To be honest I had to respect him coming into his city, in front of his people. Obviously I wanted to go to the (United) States and I still want to do that. Lopez added: “I’m really happy at the moment. “I did have aspiration of doing other things. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.

Josh Warrington's second reign as world champion was a brief one as he was defeated by Luis Alberto Lopez inside a congested First Direct Arena in Leeds.

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Josh Warrington will close 2022 by defending his IBF featherweight title against dangerous Mexican Luis Alberto Lopez at Leeds Arena.

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Leeds fighter Josh Warrington is stunned on home soil as Luis Alberto Lopez wins by majority decision to take the IBF featherweight world title.

Maybe unifying is a step too far but I think I can still fight one of the other champions." "This is boxing, we're going to get hit hard and I hit her with 10 back. "It has been a long period of preparation. I'm delighted to be world champion." "He started off like a train and kept coming forward. "I wanted to go to the States and I still want to do that. There was the possibility of an all-British featherweight title fight with WBA 'Regular' champion Leigh Wood or a possible debut in the United States, with Warrington having long been keen to given his fans the chance to watch him fight overseas. It was not a good sign for Warrington after his nose was bloodied in the opening round, and Lopez continued to use his speed to evade his powerful throws. Warrington then unloaded everything he had in the final couple of rounds, hurting Lopez in the 11th and final rounds but ultimately it was not enough. Warrington won that contest despite sustaining a broken jaw during the bout and the Englishman had been out of the ring since to recuperate. This was the first time Warrington had taken to the ring since beating Spain's Kiko Martinez with a Warrington, 32, was hoping to stage a successful defence of the title he reclaimed in March.

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Warrington, a married father of twins, showed his mettle in the ninth round by forcing Lopez onto the ropes and landing a number of clean shots. Howard Foster called a draw at 114-114 as Warrington lost his belt in the ring for the first time An accidental clash of heads then left the diminutive Lopez with a cut above his left eye before a high-tempo third round saw both men continue to trade punches in brutal fashion. Judges Adam Height and Mike Fitzgerald scored the fight 115-113 to Lopez while Howard Foster called a draw at 114-114 as Warrington lost his belt in the ring for the first time. Lopez tore into the Leeds fighter again as the second round unfolded but Warrington managed to hit a few formidable shots of his own. - But judges Adam Height and Mike Fitzgerald scored the fight 115-113 to Lopez

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"To be honest I had to respect him coming into his city, in front of his people. Lopez added: "I'm really happy at the moment. "I did have aspiration of doing other things.

The challenger recovered from an early cut to his left eye to shock the home favourite after two of the judges scored the bout in favour of the Mexican, with ...

“To be honest I had to respect him coming into his city, in front of his people. Obviously I wanted to go to the (United) States and I still want to do that. “I did have aspiration of doing other things.

Defeat ends Josh Warringtons hopes of a unification fight in 2023; while one of the scorecards went with a 114-114 draw, the other two were 115-113 in ...

"To be honest I had to respect him coming into his city, in front of his people. Lopez added: "I'm really happy at the moment. "I did have aspiration of doing other things.

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In the eleventh, Warrington was getting off with very good punches to the head and body as the workrate of Lopez seemed to slow down. The fourth saw Lopez pounding away with a lot of heavy punches to nullify the workrate of Warrington. Lopez was very aggressive and taking the fight to Warrington, who was bleeding from the nose from an uppercut.

Luis Alberto Lopez inflicted only the second defeat of Josh Warrington's career with a superb display to claim the IBF featherweight title in Leeds.

"To be honest I had to respect him coming into his city, in front of his people. Lopez added: "I'm really happy at the moment. "I did have aspiration of doing other things.

Josh Warrington could square up against fellow Brit Leigh Wood at Nottingham Forest's City Ground as he attempts to get his career back on-track after ...

‘There’s another chapter to write in the Josh Warrington story. [Josh Warrington](/sport/josh-warrington/index.html) could fight Leigh Wood at [Nottingham Forest](/sport/teampages/nottingham-forest.html)’s City Ground next summer in a bid to reignite his American dream. - The 32-year-old lost his IBF featherweight title to Luis Alberto Lopez on Saturday