{"id":77765,"date":"2026-08-23T03:55:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/teofimo-lopez-outpoints-rolly-romero-to-win-title-in-third-weight-class\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T03:55:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:55:40","slug":"teofimo-lopez-outpoints-rolly-romero-to-win-title-in-third-weight-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/teofimo-lopez-outpoints-rolly-romero-to-win-title-in-third-weight-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Te\u00f3fimo L\u00f3pez outpoints Rolly Romero to win title in third weight class"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p>L\u00f3pez wins majority decision to claim WBA crown<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Romero brands judges\u2019 verdict a \u2018robbery\u2019<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>New champion adds to previous 135lb, 140lb belts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Te\u00f3fimo L\u00f3pez became a three-division world champion on Saturday night, winning a 12-round majority decision over Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero to claim the WBA welterweight title at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>L\u00f3pez prevailed by scores of 115-113 and 116-112, while the third judge saw the fight even at 114-114. Romero, making the first defense of his title <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2025\/may\/02\/ryan-garcia-upset-rolly-romero-times-square-boxing\">won against Ryan Garcia 15 months ago<\/a>, disputed the result in the immediate aftermath.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/aug\/23\/teofimo-lopez-rolly-romero-fight-result-boxing\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L\u00f3pez wins majority decision to claim WBA crown Romero brands judges\u2019 verdict a \u2018robbery\u2019 New champion adds to previous 135lb, 140lb belts Te\u00f3fimo L\u00f3pez became a three-division world champion on Saturday night, winning a 12-round majority decision over Rolando \u2018Rolly\u2019 Romero to claim the WBA welterweight title at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. L\u00f3pez prevailed &#8230; <a title=\"Te\u00f3fimo L\u00f3pez outpoints Rolly Romero to win title in third weight class\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/teofimo-lopez-outpoints-rolly-romero-to-win-title-in-third-weight-class\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Te\u00f3fimo L\u00f3pez outpoints Rolly Romero to win title in third weight class\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}