Luis Alberto Lopez squeaks by Joet Gonzalez: Full results, highlights

Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Joet Gonzalez Results and highlights

Main card

• – Luis Alberto Lopez (29-2) 🇲🇽 def. Joet Gonzalez (26-4) 🇺🇸 by unanimous decision (118-110, 117-111, 116-112); For Lopez’s IBF featherweight title

• – Xander Zayas (17-0) 🇵🇷 def. Roberto Valenzuela (21-5) 🇲🇽 via TKO, round 5 (0:42); junior middleweight

• – Emiliano Vargas (7-0) 🇺🇸 def. Alejandro Guardado (5-1) 🇪🇸 via TKO, round 3 (1:07); lightweight

Prelims

• – Julio Luna (20-1-2) 🇲🇽 def, Omar Alejandro Aguilar (25-1) 🇲🇽 via unanimous decision (77-75, 78-74, 79-73); welterweight

• – Jamaine Ortiz (17-1-1) 🇺🇸 def. Antonio Moran (29-5-1) 🇲🇽 via unanimous decision; lightweight

• – Ruben Villa (21-1) 🇺🇸 def. Brandon Valdes (15-4) 🇨🇴 via unanimous decision (78-74, 78-74, 78-74); featherweight

• – Tiger Johnson (10-0) 🇺🇸 def. Ricardo Quiroz (13-3) 🇺🇸 via majority decision (76-76, 79-73, 79-73); junior welterweight
• – John Rincon 🇺🇸 (8-0) def. Bryan Ismael Rodriguez Rivera (4-2-1) 🇵🇷; welterweight

Preview

Luis Alberto Lopez returns for the next defense of his IBF featherweight title against Joet Gonzalez tonight. After winning the title with a decision against Josh Warrington, ‘El Venado‘ retained it with a stunning (T)KO of Michael Conlan this past May. Gonzalez recently returned to the win column with a decision against Enrique Vivas. Since suffering his first professional loss to Shakur Stevenson, the former WBO International featherweight title-holder has alternated between wins and losses in his next five appearances.

Another top name featured at the event is Xander Zayas, the Puerto Rican phenom who gets a tough test in Roberto Valenzuela for his next trip to the ring.

Start date and time

Lopez vs. Gonzalez goes down tonight, live from the American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. The main card starts at 10 p.m. ET | 7 p.m. PT, with the Lopez vs. Gonzalez ringwalks scheduled for 12 a.m. ET | 9 p.m PT.

Tickets

Tickets for Lopez vs. Gonzalez are available here.

Live streams

For US viewers, you can watch Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Joet Gonzalez on ESPN+, ESPN Deportes and ESPN. A monthly subscription to ESPN+ costs $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. ESPN+ can also be included in The Disney Bundle with Hulu. The ad-supported version of that package is $13.99. The no-ads version is $19.99.

For UK and Ireland viewers, watch Lopez vs. Gonzalez on Sky Sports.

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