Lopez Lomachenko Odds
Vasyl Lomachenko will officially fight Teofimo Lopez in Las Vegas on October 17th. With a win, Vasyl will earn the IBF lightweight title. Odds on Lomachenko vs. Lopez are now being offered online! Many fans and analysts around the world believe that Vasyl Lomachenko. The boxing odds for Lomachenko vs Lopez have been released by the big bookmakers and so we can start to analyse where the best of the value lies. In those Vasyl Lomachenko vs Teofimo Lopez Fight Odds, the bookies make the Ukrainian their favourite to win, while Lopez is a dangerous underdog. Odds for the potential fight have been posted and the Ukraine native, Lomachenko, is a -365 favorite with Lopez coming back at +275. Read Full Story Boxing Canelo Alvarez Floyd Mayweather WBC WBA WBO IBF Ukrainian Lomachenko Box Teofimo Lopez Prediction Odds Analysis Knockouts Boxer Bovada.
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- ESPN ranks Lomachenko as the top pound-for-pound boxer in the world, while The Ring places the Ukrainian second behind middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. Lopez Seeks Career Defining Win. Few dispute that Lomachenko (14-1, 10 KOs) and Lopez (15-0.
Teofimo Lopez and his father, Teofimo Lopez Sr., more affectionately referred to as “Junior” Lopez, have been lifelong underdogs. The two have faced obstacles at each step of their journey and never once been derailed through their bond and friendship, and most importantly dreams as the father-and-son duo continues to make history.
Lopez, who started training with his father, became a boxing sensation in the amateurs, Junior a proud father let the world know.
When amateur boxing superstar Karlos Balderas qualified for the Olympics via the World Series of Boxing, leaving Lopez without a spot to contender for despite winning the 2015 Olympic Trials, Lopez was undetoured and went to the Olympics representing Honduras.
It is a father-son duo, one that is unique in its own right as Teofimo is very calm, while father says with pride everything he does, while his son quietly looks to prove his father right time-after-time. Up until this point, they have yet to be wrong, hence why Junior Lopez is wearing a hat that reads “Nostradamus”, prior to this bout, stating boldly he has predicted everything that would happen.
When they moved to the professional ranks, they adopted the moniker “Against All Odds”, a slogan that stemmed back to their bitter feelings towards USA Boxing, and a feeling that they had to overcome so much to get where they were at. Essentially four years later, Lopez is now a world champion in just 15 professional fights, with 12 of those bouts ending via violent knockout, and his knockout of Richard Commey being one of the most specular of the past year.
As now, the duo has shocked the boxing world with sensational knockouts time-and-time again, going viral seemingly after every fight, they take on their biggest test on paper, Vasiliy Lomachenko, one who many boxing experts feel is one of the best boxers ever.
Lopez is one of the emerging stars of this generation, but that being said, the oddsmakers are still not showing the same respect to Lopez as the boxing world has. That’s according to the average consensus odds from SportsBettingDime, which list of which states currently have legal betting. The favorite Vasyl Lomachenko is as short as 4/1, while Teofimo Lopez’s odds range as big as a 3/1 underdog.
For one of the most talked-about fights in recent years and a potential changing of the guard at the lightweight division, not to mention that three of the four major sanctioning body belts, the IBF, WBA, and WBO, will be on the line, as Lopez holds the IBF lightweight title and Lomachenko holds the WBA and WBO lightweight title, with the only one not on the line being held by Devin Haney, the WBC lightweight world title, the odds seem to look as though Lomachenko is a healthy favorite.
So why is this?
It appears the feeling is coming from some that Vasiliy Lomachenko’s experience winning two gold medals and becoming a world champion in just three fights, making him one of the most celebrated fighters ever will be too much for Teofimo Lopez to overcome. What Lomachenko has done will probably never happen, again, or not for a great while, and it appears despite how powerful, strong, youthful and athletic, Lopez is, experience trumps all, to the oddsmakers, but is that fair to Lopez? Or furthermore, is this a dangerous place to put Lopez in, as it seems Lopez thrives at being the underdog.
That being said, isn’t this the fatal trope we often fall for in boxing, trying to use logic in an illogical sport.
The aging legend faces a hungry to prove himself fighter, and the unthinkable happens? It is why many of us feel in love with the sport, and it seems to happen, time and time again.
I reference Mike Tyson versus Michael Spinks often when I think of this fight as to how it could play out, as a great light heavyweight, gold medalist, Spinks, who did well at light heavyweight, moved up to heavyweight and beat Larry Holmes twice, but was stopped by Tyson quickly in their changing of the guard bout, which showed size matters. Yet, in that same breath, you could correctly remind me of Fernando Vargas vs Oscar De La Hoya, which derailed Vargas’ ascension in the sport as De La Hoya fought of the surging young fighter looking to make name for himself.
There is simply no A-to-B correlation for this bout, as both fighters are so unique and that is what makes it exciting, as it is a truly unpredictable outcome. Any hardcore boxing fan is excited for this bout, as despite pulling for a fighter, or think one will win, you have to realize, anything could happen.
A few things matter to me in this bout, but a major one being: can Lomachenko take Lopez’s punch?
Lopez will land a punch on Lomachenko and he will land a power punch, Lomachenko is slick, but he is getting hit more in recent fights, and Teofimo Lopez is too talented to not land on him. Lomachenko is essentially a featherweight, 126-pounder, fighting two weight classes above his optimum division based on his talent, whereas Teofimo Lopez will fight his last fight at lightweight, regardless of the outcome of the bout, after October 17th.
This means Lopez will be far bigger and stronger than Lomachenko come fight night as Lomachenko will have to use his whole fight IQ which is immense to win this bout as his physical gifts might fail him to the youthful, Lopez. That being said, size isn’t everything in boxing nor life.
So in short, the battle is a good big man vs a great small man. History has told us in the past if the skillsets are anything close to equal we will see the big man win, but Lomachenko is a freak of nature and tour-de-force, whereas Lopez looks like to be one of the most exciting American prospects in the last 20-years, not since Roy Jones Jr. or David Tua, has someone burst on the scene with as dramatic of knockouts, time-and-time again. So everyone wonders, can Lopez do it again, against an all-time great in Lomachenko.
In the lead-up to this bout, Junior Lopez has hinted at Lomachenko prefers to move in just one direction, which shows one thing crystal clear. The Lopez team is not intimidated by Lomachenko and they do not view him as “King Kong” like some fighters have prior. Teofimo Lopez is going in with no respect for Lomachenko and that might something Lomachenko hasn’t faced since he lost his only professional bout to Orlando Salido.
Also, this is a battle of two father-son camps, as referenced prior Teofimo Lopez is trained by his father, while Vasyl Lomachenko is trained by his father, Anatoly Lomachenko. This a battle of two father-son duos, who both think they have perfected the sweet science and think that their methodology to the sport is better, will add a personal dimension for both fighters.
Not unlike the science fair in middle school, both camps will be testing their hypothesis on Saturday, October 17th, on ESPN, with the winner proving to be right.
As we gear up to the bout, the real reason to watch is this what fighting used to be, a young fighter wanting to be great as Lopez will challenge the proven legend, Lomachenko. Lopez essentially came into boxing with a chip on his shoulder and a target on Lomachenko’s back, and Lomachenko hasn’t ascended to the stardom he probably should’ve, because he hasn’t faced a worthy foe that got the public excited like Lopez has.
This is “the moment” for both fighters.
This fight will define both fighters for better or worse, and in short, we have rarely gotten these type of fights at the highest level of the sport in the past few years.
Lopez fights Lomachenko next Saturday, October 17th, on ESPN, check local listings for the time.
WBO and WBA lightweight world titleholder and WBC “franchise” champion Vasiliy Lomachenko faces IBF world champ Teofimo Lopez Jr. for a unification fight at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Saturday. Here’s a complete preview, including updated boxing odds and our betting pick.
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Teofimo Lopez
Saturday, October 17, 2020 – 08:05 PM EDT at MGM Grand Conference Center
Why This Is a Grudge Match
As reported by Greg Bishop of Sports Illustrated, the feud between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Teofimo Lopez stems from an incident in which Lopez’s father and trainer, Teofimo Lopez Sr., confronted Lomachenko last year.
Teofimo Lopez was fighting on the undercard of Lomachenko’s headline bout against Jose Pedraza and his father and him were not thrilled with their “secondary” positioning in relation to Lomachenko.
Lopez Sr. even confronted Lomachenko that day and told him that his son would steal the show in the event and that one day he would steal his titles. Lomachenko recently shared his thoughts about what happened.
“Back home, if you said something or insult somebody, you can get hit and get into a fistfight right in the street and nothing is going to happen. Here in the States, it's a completely different law. Back home, people don't run their mouth like this because they know they'll have to answer for it somehow,” Lomachenko said during a Zoom media call last week.
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Vasiliy Lomachenko
Lomachenko had almost 400 fights as an amateur and he has 14 wins in his first 15 bouts as a professional. The Ukrainian is a former featherweight and super featherweight and he became the fastest three-weight world champion in history after beating Jorge Linares on May 12th, 2018 at Madison Square Garden, as a lightweight.
The 32-year old won gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing as a Featherweight and at the 2012 Olympic Games in London as a Lightweight and he added the WBO World Light Title by defeating Jose Pedraza on December 8th, 2018 at Madison Square Garden. He then defended his titles easily in a fourth-round knockout of Anthony Crolla on April 12th in Los Angeles and winning a unanimous decision against Luke Campbell on August 31st, 2019 at the O2 Arena in London.
“I've heard this a lot of times from a lot of boxers,” Lomachenko said. “Then you come in the ring and you forgot about your words and your promise. You try boxing, you try fighting (but it doesn't work). For me, it's just trash talk, it's just words. We'll see what happens in the ring.”
- Born: February 17th, 1988
- Age: 32
- Country: Ukraine
- Division: Lightweight
- Stance: Southpaw
- Height: 5’7″
- Reach: 65½″
- Bouts: 15
- Rounds: 131
- Record: 14-1 (10 KOs)
- 66.67 KO percentage
Teofimo Lopez
Teofimo Lopez has a chance to cement his status as an elite boxer. Right now he is an exciting, young champion, coming off a TKO win in the second round against Richard Commey in just his 15th pro fight. Dethroning Commey for the IBF strap in two rounds was impressive, considering how durable his opponent usually was.
Lopez has been calling for a showdown with Lomachenko for a while and he believes he can defeat him. The 23-year-old is a gifted performer that has it all: technique, speed, size
“I'm not trying to get under his skin, I'm just being outspoken. Come that night, if he wants to take it out on me, great, I'm trying to take it out on him too,” said Lopez. “I can't wait to put hands on this man. I'm sorry Bob (Arum), I know that's your guy, but he ain't gonna be your guy after this.”
- Born: July 30th, 1997
- Age: 23
- Country: United States
- Division: Lightweight
- Stance: Orthodox
- Height: 5’8″
Reach: 68½″- Bouts: 15
- Rounds: 60
- Record: 15-0 (12 KOs)
- 80.0 KO percentage
Prediction
Lomachenko has the same number of bouts as Lopez but, at a much higher level, with nine of his opponents being former, current
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This is the fight of the year. We have two of the best lightweights in the world: a proven champion and a young challenger looking for more gold. The play I like is the Over. Both fighters will be tested and this will be a war from start to finish. I see it going the distance.
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My Pick:Over 10.5 Rounds (-188) at Bookmaker (visit our Bookmaker Review)