Josecito Lopez came in a huge underdog to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, and tonight proved why–he was simply outmatched. I say that quite liteally as Alvarez is 14 pounds heavier than Lopez’s 140 pound frame. Lopez came in the 4th pick to face Canelo in what seemed like a destined matchup due to the forces that brought them together, the easy defeat via Canelo proved otherwise.
Canelo was just unmerciful on Lopez as he launched an onslaught of shots which left Lopez glued to the ropes. All match long Canelo proved to be the more dominant of the two and it didn’t take long to note that we had quite the mismatch on our hands. The official time was 2:55 in the 5th round. Give Lopez some semblance of credit for taking things even that long.