Josh Warrington vs Luis Alberto Lopez

Mexican Luis Alberto Lopez inflicted only the second defeat of Josh Warringtons career with a superb display to claim the IBF featherweight title in Leeds.

"To be honest I had to respect him coming into his city, in front of his people. Lopez added: "I'm really happy at the moment. "I did have aspiration of doing other things.

The Leeds featherweight lost the IBF belt to his Mexican challenger in front of a home crowd.

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Josh Warrington has lost his IBF featherweight world championship belts after falling to Luis Alberto Lopez at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.

Obviously I wanted to go to the United States and I still want to do that. "I did have aspiration of doing other things. Warrington started to find his range in the middle section of the fight and produced a big left hook in the sixth round.

The challenger recovered from an early cut to his left eye to shock the home favourite after two of the judges scored the bout in favour of the Mexican, ...

While one of the scorecards went with a 114-114 draw, the other two were 115-113 in favour of Lopez to give the 29-year-old the biggest victory of his career. Warrington started to find his range in the middle section of the fight and produced a big left hook in the sixth round. The challenger recovered from an early cut to his left eye to shock the home favourite after two of the judges scored the bout in favour of the Mexican, with the other deeming the contest a draw.

LEEDS: Leeds fighter Josh Warrington was stunned on home soil on Saturday evening as Luis Alberto Lopez won on points to take the IBF featherweight world ...

Warrington then unloaded everything he had in the final couple of rounds, hurting Lopez in the 11th and final rounds but ultimately it was not enough. It was not a good sign for Warrington after his nose was bloodied in the opening round, and Lopez continued to use his speed to evade his powerful throws. LEEDS: Leeds fighter Josh Warrington was stunned on home soil on Saturday evening as Luis Alberto Lopez won on points to take the IBF featherweight world title.