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Kambosos shocks Lopez, wins titles by decision

NEW YORK — Teofimo Lopez promised a first-round knockout and pushed hard to accomplish just that by unloading on George Kambosos, but the opening round ended with the champion on the canvas.

Turns out, the knockdown wasn’t a fluke but a harbinger of what was to come Saturday night at the Hulu Theater in Madison Square Garden.

Kambosos, the underdog from Australia, survived a 10th-round knockdown to score a split-decision victory over Lopez in a major upset to claim the WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC franchise lightweight championship.

One judge scored it for Lopez, 114-113, with the other two judges scoring for Kambosos, 115-112 and 115-111.

“I believed in myself, I backed myself,” said Kambosos, 28. “I thought, ‘I’m going to hit him hard and put him down’ and the fight changed off that. … I’m an unbelievable boxer; I can’t believe how good I boxed.”

Said Lopez: “I don’t care what anybody says, man. … I won this fight.”

ESPN Boxing

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