Teofimo Lopez
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Teófimo Andrés López Rivera[2] (born July 30, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the World Boxing Organization (WBO) and Ring magazine light welterweight titles since June 2023; previously he held the unified World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), International Boxing Federation (IBF), WBO, and Ring lightweight titles between 2019 and 2021. Lopez has also held the lineal championship at lightweight and light welterweight. As an amateur, he represented Honduras at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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Born | Teófimo Andrés López Rivera (1997-07-30) July 30, 1997 (age 26) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
Other names | The Takeover | |||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Reach | 68+1⁄2 in (174 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Losses | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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As of June 2023, Lopez is ranked as the world's best active light welterweight by The Ring magazine[3] and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board,[4] and second by ESPN.[5]