Former two division world champion Carl Frampton was very impressed with the latest efficiency by Luis Alberto Lopez.
This previous Saturday evening on the SSE Area in Belfast, Lopez retained the IBF featherweight world title with a fifth spherical knockout of Irish Olympian Michael Conlan.
Lopez was coming off a powerful win over Josh Warrington, with the Mexican fighter touring to Leeds to win a twelve spherical resolution to seize the IBF crown.
Conlan was getting his second alternative at a world title. Final 12 months, he seemed to be on the verge of knocking out Leigh Wooden – however Wooden rallied within the second half of the competition and knocked Conlan out within the twelfth spherical.
In opposition to Lopez, Conlan said quick and aggressive from the opening bell. Lopez would slowly adapt and started to land damaging punches because the battle performed out.
In the course of the fifth spherical, Lopez landed a giant uppercut which knocked Conlan out chilly. The referee waved off the battle as Conlan’s nook threw within the towel.
Frampton, who within the weeks main as much as the battle had tabbed Conlan to tug it off, was ringside for the match and got here away with a better stage of respect for Lopez’s skills as a boxer.
“Lopez is an unimaginable fighter,” Frampton instructed Mirror Preventing. “Actually good, actually unorthodox coming in from completely different angles and I feel he might be somebody we’re speaking about for quite a lot of years’ time. It may be laborious to beat that child. It was all the time going to be a tough battle, it was by no means going to be straightforward however I did fancy Mick however after a spherical I stated it might be a tough evening for him.”