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America’s boxing sensation Teofimo Lopez delivered a devastating technical knockout in the second round to defeat Ghanaian Richard Commey at the Madison Square Garden on Sunday to win the IBF Leightweight belt.
The 32-year old suffered a Round 2 technical knockout.
Commey was hit by a powerful right punch from Lopez in 1minute 14 seconds in the second round of the fight.
Commey managed to get back to his feet, but Lopez followed up with a flurry of punches; as Commey was unable to reply, the referee stepped in and stopped the fight in the second round.
Commey, 32, went into the bout as the underdog despite being the defending champion.
Lopez, 22, will face Vasiliy Lomachenko in a unification bout in April 2020