Triller Fight Club has announced Teofimo Lopez (16-0, 12 KOs) will defend his four-belt, world lightweight championship in a twelve-round battle against George Kambosos, Jr. (19-0, 10 KOs) of Australia on Monday, October 4th in the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden and live on pay-per-view (8:00 p.m. ET / 5:00 p.m. PT) with a free view starting at 7:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. PT.
The eagerly awaited clash between the two undefeated warriors, at the top of the year’s boxing schedule for international boxing fans, was originally scheduled for June 19, 2021 prior to Lopez testing positive for Covid-19 of which he has made a full recovery. Known for his stunning knockout power, Lopez is world ranked #5 pound-for-pound by ESPN and #7 by RING Magazine.
The 24-year-old Lopez was the recipient of the prestigious 2020 ‘Fighter of the Year’ award by both RING Magazine and the Boxing Association of America in addition to many other international sporting platforms. On October 17, 2020, Lopez defeated unified (WBA, WBO, IBF) junior lightweight world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko in Las Vegas, NV, completing the rare four-belt staus, an honor only achieved by five other male boxers.
Truly feeling at home at Madison Square Garden Lopez has fought six previous times at Madison Square Garden including his IBF world title knockout victory over Richard Commey on December 14, 2019.
A true sporting road warrior, the 28-year-old Kambosos Jr. earned his IBF mandatory challenger status by traveling to London on October 31, 2020 and defeating hometown favorite Lee Selby over twelve rounds. Prior to that, Kambosos Jr., also fighting on December 14, 2019 at Madison Square Garden, was victorious in a dominant ten-round performance against former IBF champion Mickey Bey.
Headlining the undercard, Daniel Gonzalez (20-2-1, 7 KOs) of Woodhaven, NY clashes with Brooklyn’s Petros Ananyan (15-2-2, 7 KOs), in a scheduled ten-round junior welterweight bout... undefeated junior middleweights hit the ring in an eight-rounder as Jose Roman 11-0, 5 KOS), of Bayamon, Puerto Rico faces Cesar Francis (8-0, 6 KOs), of Brooklyn, NY... in the junior welterweight division, Will Madera (16-1-3, 9 KOs), of Albany, NY battles Jamshidbek Najmitdinov (17-1, 14 KOs) of Uzbekistan...
Popular local favorites also featured separately on the undercard include "Irish" Joe Ward (4-1, 2 KOs), in a six-round light heavyweight bout in addition to Frderic Julan (12-0, 10 KOs), in a separate six-round light heavyweight fight. Rounding out the card, newcomer Harley Mederos (1-0, 1 KO), of Brooklyn, NY will see action in a four-round lightweight clash. Further details on these three fights will be announced shortly.
Additional musical guests will also be announced for the full evening of entertainment. Boxing fans will also be able to watch the fight on both streaming and TV PPV platforms. To watch on TV, viewers can order the event through every major cable, satellite, and telco provider in North America, including: Xfinity, Spectrum, Contour, DIRECTV & U-Verse TV, Dish, Fios, and Optimum, among others (U.S.), as well as Rogers, Shaw, Sasktel, and Telus (Canada). iNDemand, the leading transactional video-on-demand and PPV programming provider in North America, will serve as the exclusive U.S. and Canadian cable, satellite, and telco distributor.
