The undefeated Olympian 21-year-old Teofimo Lopez entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 12-0-0 (10 KOs=83%) and he is ranked as the No.31 lightweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over William Silva, Mason Menard and Diego Magdaleno (Teofimo Lopez vs Diego Magdaleno).
His opponent, Edis Tatli, has a record of 31-2-0 (10 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class. He lost to Francesco Patera in May 2017 (via split decision) but then he took revenge on him in December and beat Frank Urquiaga in 2018. Lopez vs Tatli is on the undercard of Terence Crawford vs Amir Khan. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2019-04-20
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, USA
Division: lightweight (135 lbs, 61.2 kg)
Lopez’s previous fight: Teofimo Lopez vs Diego Magdaleno
Lopez’s next fight: Teofimo Lopez vs Masayoshi Nakatani
Lopez vs Tatli fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube/Facebook and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-BVzF2ktCA
Official video
This fight was all Lopez, the smaller guy but the faster and stronger. In spite of being a hard puncher he also is a very good technician who knows very well how to use the jab and posses good accuracy with both hands. Edis wasn’t at all a match for him. It was funny to listen to Edis’s comments before the fight. I guess he knows now and very well who Lopez is.