{"id":7510,"date":"2018-12-07T17:34:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/teofimo-lopez-se-enfrentara-a-mason-menard-este-sabado\/"},"modified":"2018-12-07T17:47:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T17:47:40","slug":"teofimo-lopez-takes-on-mason-menard-this-saturday-at-the-hulu-theater-at-madison-square-garden-and-live-on-esp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/teofimo-lopez-takes-on-mason-menard-this-saturday-at-the-hulu-theater-at-madison-square-garden-and-live-on-esp\/","title":{"rendered":"Teofimo Lopez takes on Mason Menard This Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Boxing’s top prospect and world ranked lightweight, Teofimo Lopez will be back in the spotlight when he takes on the battle-tested Mason Menard at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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The scheduled 10-round bout will be seen\u00a0live on ESPN as a support bout to the lightweight unification battle between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jose Pedraza.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lopez and Menard will vie for the coveted and vacant NABF title.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lopez, who now resides in Las Vegas, returns to to his birth city as the 21 year-old was born in Brooklyn, will look to continue the momentum that he started to gather after taking out William Silva on July 14th on ESPN.<\/span><\/p>\n

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That win upped his mark to 10-0 with eight knockouts, and made him a world-ranked fighter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In Menard, he will be facing an opponent who has a terrific mark of 34-3 with 24 knockouts.\u00a0 Menard is no stranger to taking out prospects as he has wins over Bahodir Mamadjonov (19-2) and Eudy Bernardo (21-0).<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I am more than ready for this fight and super excited that I’m back in my hometown fighting for this belt. It’s #TheTakeover come Saturday night! The celebration after the win will be one to talk about,” said Lopez.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“He’s the most exciting prospect in boxing, and he loves to turn it up at the garden- I’m expecting quite a show,” said David McWater of Split-T Management.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lopez is promoted by Top Rank.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For More information, Contact:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joe Quiambao at\u00a0917-627-6559<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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