On December 10, 2022, Josh Warrington (31-1-1, 8 KOs), the featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Luis Alberto Lopez (26-2, 15 KOs).
Josh Warrington is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 24% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Kiko Martínez, 8 months and 14 days ago. Luis Alberto Lopez is on a 9-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Yeison Vargas, 3 months and 20 days ago.
The winning odds are at 94.8-5.2 in favor of Luis Alberto Lopez. It is going to be very difficult for Josh Warrington to win this fight.
Luis Alberto Lopez defeated Josh Warrington via majority decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Lopez improves his record to 27-2, while Warrington adds a loss to his record at 31-2-1.