NEW YORK — How else can you say it? Teofimo Lopez Jr. is one of the most electric fighters in all of boxing — if not the most electric.
The 22-year-old fighter with a penchant for fireworks and social media-friendly celebrations struck again Saturday night, producing a riveting second-round TKO of Richard Commey to become the new IBF world lightweight champion at Madison Square Garden.
Lopez landed a spectacular right hand flush to Commey's face, bending the Ghanaian at the knee and sending him stumbling all over the ring. The referee registered the count, which Commey managed to beat, but the challenger smelled blood on the badly hurt champion and smothered him with repeated left and right hooks until he got the TKO.
Check out the dance moves that followed as Lopez donned the jersey of 2019 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow of LSU to complete his celebration.