Rolly Romero has hit out at the judging in his narrow defeat by Teofimo Lopez, after losing the WBA welterweight ****** le in a back-and-forth clash on Saturday.
Lopez earned scorecards of 116-112 and 115-113 at Las Vegas's T-Mobile Arena, while the other read 114-114, as Lopez dethroned his fellow American to become a three-weight champion.
For Lopez, 29, activity down the stretch was seemingly crucial, as he recovered from a fifth round in which he was cut and wobbled. Yet Romero, 30, has disputed that Lopez did enough to ****** the victory.
Rolly Romero (left) during his majority-decision loss to Teofimo Lopez (Getty)
In his post-fight press conference, Romero addressed suggestions that he needed to do more in the latter half of the fight, saying: "Why don't we ask that to every single boxer that literally just picks, moves, picks, moves, picks, moves.
#lopez #picks #arena
Lopez earned scorecards of 116-112 and 115-113 at Las Vegas's T-Mobile Arena, while the other read 114-114, as Lopez dethroned his fellow American to become a three-weight champion.
For Lopez, 29, activity down the stretch was seemingly crucial, as he recovered from a fifth round in which he was cut and wobbled. Yet Romero, 30, has disputed that Lopez did enough to ****** the victory.
Rolly Romero (left) during his majority-decision loss to Teofimo Lopez (Getty)
In his post-fight press conference, Romero addressed suggestions that he needed to do more in the latter half of the fight, saying: "Why don't we ask that to every single boxer that literally just picks, moves, picks, moves, picks, moves.
#lopez #picks #arena
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