Michael Conlan challenged Luis Alberto Lopez for the IBF world featherweight title.
Luis Alberto βEl Venadoβ Lopez was making the first defense of his IBF featherweight world title that he won defeating Josh Warrington last December in enemy territory in Leeds.
In front of his home crowd and he is fired up! π₯
Michael Conlan makes his way to the ring π₯#LopezConlan pic.twitter.com/vPCsZiUhKE
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This time he travelled to Belfast where the atmosphere was electric.
Both fighters came out swinging and Lopez had Conlan badly hurt in the third round.
Lopez would soon finish the fight with a brutal KO in the fifth round.
BUILT DIFFERENT π²π½
Luis Alberto Lopez with a sensational display in Belfast π#LopezConlan pic.twitter.com/ILZWkPWrnm
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Lopez just put a beating on Conlan pic.twitter.com/EVdY9zHsrr
β jb π₯ (@BoxingJb) May 27, 2023
Luis Alberto Lopez knocks out Michael Conlan! #boxing pic.twitter.com/j5SytG8l3B
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