On March 2, 2024, Luis Alberto Lopez (29-2, 16 KOs), the featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against Japanese challenger, Reiya Abe (25-3-1, 10 KOs).
Luis Alberto Lopez is coming in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Joet Gonzalez, 5 months and 16 days ago. Reiya Abe is on a 6-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Kiko Martinez, 10 months and 23 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Luis Alberto Lopez at 99-1 winning odds. Reiya Abe really doesn't have much to present against Lopez.
Luis Alberto Lopez stopped Reiya Abe via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF featherweight title. Lopez improves his record to 30-2 (17 KOs), while Abe adds a loss to his record at 25-4-1.