How to watch Josh Warrington vs Luis Alberto Lopez
BBN have provided viewers with all the details below to tune in and watch 'Leeds Warrior' Josh Warrington (31-1-1, 8KO) make the first defence of his world title to Luis 'El Venado' Alberto Lopez (26-2, 15KO) on the 344th day of the year, just 15 days before Christmas.
Full details below:
Date: The fight takes place on Saturday, December 10, 2022.
Time: The undercard is due to start from 2:15pm with the main fight card beginning from 9pm.
Venue: It takes place at Warrington's stomping ground – the First Direct Arena in Leeds.
Ringwalks: The ring walks are expected from around 10:30pm UK time, but that will depend on the undercard results. Josh is set to be joined on his ringwalk by Leeds United winger Crysencio Summerville.
Rounds scheduled: 12 three-minute championship rounds at featherweight (126lbs).
Titles: Warrington's IBF world featherweight belt is on the line.
TV & Live Stream
The action starts on 'Before the Bell' at 2:15pm on the Matchroom Boxing YouTube channel and DAZN App.
You can watch the main card via the DAZN App from 9pm, which can be streamed via phone, tablet, PlayStation, XBox, or smart TV.
The reason the DAZN broadcast begins later is due to England's clash with France in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup.
BBN will be providing LIVE round-by-round results on fight night HERE
Price: DAZN subscription costs £7.99 per month.
Tickets: Tickets are priced from £40.
Undercard Highlights: Felix Cash always provides fireworks when he fights, so his matchup with Celso Neves should give fans a knockout performance to look forward to, but the fight, or more precisely the fighter, everyone will want to see will be unbeaten super-bantamweight Hopey Price in a eight-rounder against Jonathan Santana.
Background: The 29-year-old Mexican hasn't lost in over three-and-a-half years. He is currently on a nine-fght win streak which he will be looking to take into double figures in Leeds. He has won his last three contests by knockout, which includes the big upset against then-unbeaten Isaac Lowe in London.
This will be Warrington’s first fight against a Mexican opponent since he suffered his only career defeat to Mauricio Lara last year. He returns to the familiar venue where he regained his IBF belt with a seventh-round knockout over Spaniard Kiko Martinez earlier in March this year. His last two victories have come via knockout and he is promising another KO this Saturday night, claiming he's stronger than ever and sitting down on his shots more.
What's been said?
Josh Warrington: "Luis Alberto Lopez is full of confidence. He’s showing the champ no respect whatsoever. We know he’s got power; we know he knows how to finish people. He strongly believes that he’s going to do what his Mexican friend Mauricio Lara did and come over here and blast me out. I’ve got other ideas.
"I feel the strongest I ever have done in my career. I’m sitting down on my punches a lot more. The power has always been there. I’ve never really focused on bringing it but now I am. I like them early nights to be honest with you. It won’t go the 12. I’m fully focused on doing a job and getting the show closed early."
Luis Alberto Lopez: “It’s great to be here once again, and this time to be facing a champion. I always come here as a warrior for war and I won’t be going home without that World Title. I come full of capabilities, full of confidence in my preparation. I come to do what I always do, turn fights on their head and beat opponents when I’m not expected to do so. I’ll be winning this title. I’m coming for the knockout, that’s what I’ve come for. He shouldn’t believe what he sees on the videos. I’m a completely different proposition when I’m in the ring and that’s what I’m coming to do, I’m coming to win.”
Predictions: Tim Rickson, BBN Editor: “Warrington is looking in very good shape in the gym, and he's becoming a bit more focused on knockouts than he has before in his career. I know he's always been a bit annoyed when people have said he desn't hit hard, but he's looking more muscly than ever and claims to be sitting down on his shots more, which tells me he is working hard to develop stronger shots. Alberto Lopez has never been stopped, despite two losses over the 10-round distance. I think Josh Warrington will be looking for a statement win and to become the first person to stop this opponent. Warrington to win by knockout in rounds 7-12.”
Betting Odds (Betway)
4/5 Warrington
21/20 Lopez
14/1 Draw
Weights
Warrington: 125.3lbs
Alberto Lopez: 124.3lbs
Full weights here: Warrington-Lopez weigh-in results
Running Order
From 2:15pm
Rhiannon Dixon vs Kristine Shergold
8×2 Lightweight Contest
#2
Junaid Bostan vs Athanasions Glynos
6×3 Super-Welterweight contest
#3
Hopey Price vs Sofiane Takoucht
8×3 Super-Bantamweight contest
#4
Cory O’Regan vs Jordan Ellison
6×3 Lightweight contest
#5
8×2 Super-Bantamweight contest
Shannon Courtenay vs Gemma Ruegg
#6
Koby McNamara vs Nabil Ahmed
6×3 Super-Bantamweight contest
#7
James Metcalf vs Courtney Pennington
10×3 WBA Continental Super-Welterweight
9pm:
Felix Cash vs Celso Neves
8×3 Middleweight contest
Chief Support:
Ebanie Bridges vs Shannon O’Connell
10×2 IBF women’s world bantamweight title
Main Event:
Josh Warrington vs Luis Alberto Lopez
12×3 IBF world featherweight title
LIVE results
