Teófimo López
Teófimo Andrés López Rivera is a Honduran-American professional boxer who has held the IBF lightweight title since 2019. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, representing Honduras, where he was defeated in the first round by eventual silver medalist Sofiane Oumiha. He is known for his punching power and size within the lightweight division.
Early life
Lopez was born on July 30, 1997 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Honduran immigrants and grew up in Davie, Florida. An active sportsman since a young age, boxing came to him naturally. His father, Teofimo Lopez Sr., who is also his trainer is said to have started training him since the age of 6.Amateur career
Lopez won the U.S. Olympic Trials but Carlos Balderas had already secured the United States' sole lightweight entry into the tournament as AIBA's World Series of Boxing champion, so Lopez was aware entering the trials that at best he could only qualify as an alternate for Balderas. Lopez was able to qualify for the Honduran team, where his parents are from, and reached the finals of the Olympic qualifying tournament for the Americas to earn his place in Rio. Lopez also won the 2015 National Golden Gloves. López competed in the men's lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics representing Honduras, where he was defeated in the tournament by eventual silver medalist Sofiane Oumiha.Professional career
López signed with Top Rank in October 2016, and made his debut on the undercard of the Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas fight in November of the same year. He announced himself to the world stage in December 2018, by beating veteran Mason Menard via a knockout of the year candidate.In his next fight, Lopez, already ranked #9 by the WBA, #11 by the WBC and #10 by the WBO, faced another boxing veteran in Diego Magdaleno, another fight that ended in a brutal knockout for the Honduran. He attracted some controversy after his disrespectful celebration with Magdaleno still down on the canvas.
On July 19, 2019, Lopez who was ranked #4 by the IBF at the time, fought undefeated Japanese boxer Masayoshi Nakatani, who was ranked #3 by the IBF in a final eliminator for the IBF World Lightweight title. He won the fight by unanimous decision and went on to challenge IBF titlist Richard Commey. Lopez won the IBF title in spectacular fashion after connecting on Commey with a big right hand, and finishing him with a second round TKO.
Professional boxing record
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() | TKO | 2, 1:13 | Dec 14, 2019 | ![]() | Won IBF lightweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() | UD | 12 | Jul 19, 2019 | ![]() | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() | KO | 5, 1:32 | Apr 20, 2019 | ![]() | Retained NABF lightweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() | KO | 7, 1:08 | Feb 2, 2019 | ![]() | Retained NABF lightweight title; Won vacant NABA and USBA lightweight titles |
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() | KO | 1, 0:44 | Dec 8, 2018 | ![]() | Won vacant NABF lightweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() | TKO | 6, 0:15 | Jul 14, 2018 | ![]() | Won vacant WBC Continental Americas lightweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() | KO | 1, 1:04 | May 12, 2018 | ![]() | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() | UD | 6 | Feb 3, 2018 | ![]() | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() | TKO | 2, 1:57 | Oct 13, 2017 | ![]() | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() | 6 | Jul 7, 2017 | ![]() | ||
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() | KO | 2, 2:21 | May 20, 2017 | ![]() | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() | TKO | 2, 0:48 | Apr 21, 2017 | ![]() | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() | KO | 2, 0:39 | Mar 17, 2017 | ![]() | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() | 4, 0:58 | Feb 24, 2017 | ![]() | ||
1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() | 2, 2:03 | Nov 5, 2016 | ![]() |