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title: "Lopez Captures IBF Title With Second Round TKO Victory Over Commey"
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author: "Navi Singh"
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published: "2019-12-15T09:15:46Z"
modified: "2019-12-15T10:04:57Z"
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# Lopez Captures IBF Title With Second Round TKO Victory Over Commey

Teofimo Lopez has captured the IBF lightweight championship with a sensational second round stoppage victory over Ghanaian defending champion Richard Commey on the Crawford-Kavaliauskas card last night.

‘The Takeover’ has long been acclaimed as one of boxing’s most prodigious talents and vindicated the hype with a sensational display that belied his pre-fight marginal favourite status, dropping the champion in the second stanza and then subsequently pummelling him into submission.

![](https://media.boxing-social.com/app/uploads/2019/12/1194011241.jpg.0-300x200.jpg)

Lopez looked assured in the early jab exchanges and notably wasn’t phased whatsoever when Commey connected with a trademark straight right hand, stabbing the Accra native with a sharp left jab and consistently alternating his angles of attack.

The Honduran-American then displayed his own offensive firepower coupled with his exquisite timing in the second round; after buckling Commey’s legs with a devastating counter left-hook, he then bowled over a venomous right hand that sent the champion crashing to the canvas.

![](https://media.boxing-social.com/app/uploads/2019/12/Richard_Commey_vs_Teofimo_Lopez_knockdown-770x538-300x210.jpg)

Never before had Commey appeared to be so vulnerable and the challenger also demonstrated violent finishing instincts, bombarding the hurt champion with a series of ruthless combinations to ultimately force a memorable stoppage victory.

*Article by: Navi Singh*

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