Teófimo López made a triumphant return to the ring, stopping Pedro Campa in the seventh spherical Saturday evening at Resorts World Occasions Center in Las Vegas.
López made his debut as a 140lb junior welterweight in his first combat since struggling the suitable loss of his profession.
Moments after inserting Campa on the canvas in the muse of the seventh, López (17-1, 13 KOs) obliterated his outmatched opponent with a flurry of punches, prompting referee Tony Weeks to end the combat on the 2: 14 label.
“I’m grateful for this, I delight in returned,” López said.
Campa dropped to 34-2-1.
The 25-yr-old-fashioned López looked scheme more admire the promising young fighter who captivated the realm when he beat Vasily Lomachenko to bid the unified lightweight championship in 2020.
Campa, who relies on a straightforward scheme and exhausting-firing punches, struggled to land great, as López stayed energetic true by the combat and displayed impeccable defense.
On the attack, López was great sooner and crisper along with his punches, touchdown 52% of his energy punches, per Compubox.
“I started working a little bit bit more on some things, but total it was appropriate,” López said of his efficiency. “It’s been some time. There was loads on my mind. I almost nearly died (in) the last combat, in relate that was weighing on my mind, I needed to definite it out.
“Coming into into there, I’m not worried to die, but the last sing I should carry out just will not be delight in my son delight in a father.”
It was perfect nine months previously López hit a profession low when he lost as a sizable favourite to George Kambosos Jr by rupture up decision.
However the loss to Kambosos in Unusual York Metropolis on 27 November was later overshadowed by the news he fought with a condition called pneumomediastinum and had huge air in the retropharyngeal put, per a file by ESPN, one thing he didn’t be taught about till after struggling his first-ever loss.
“That was weighing on my mind, but I needed to salvage that man out, by some means, by some means,” the Brooklyn fighter said.
Leading as much as the seventh, López was the aggressor, staying in pursuit and consistently peppering Campa’s face while engrossing photos and shaking off appa