On May 27, 2023, Luis Alberto Lopez (27-2, 15 KOs), the featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against Irish challenger, Michael Conlan (18-1, 9 KOs).
Luis Alberto Lopez is coming in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Josh Warrington, 5 months and 17 days ago. Michael Conlan is on a 2-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Karim Guerfi, 5 months and 17 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Luis Alberto Lopez at 99-1 winning odds. Michael Conlan really doesn't have much to present against Lopez.
Luis Alberto Lopez stopped Michael Conlan via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF featherweight title. Lopez improves his record to 28-2 (16 KOs), while Conlan adds a loss to his record at 18-2.