Luis Alberto Lopez vs Joet Gonzalez is officially confirmed for 15th September



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Luis Alberto Lopez vs Joet Gonzalez is officially confirmed for 15th September
Luis Alberto Lopez vs Joet Gonzalez is officially confirmed for 15th September

The IBF world featherweight champion Luis Alberto Lopez will be defending his belt against the highly skilled Joet Gonzalez – Mike Coppinger from ESPN confirmed the news. The match is scheduled to take place on the 15th of September.

Both are well experienced, and this is a fantastic opportunity for Joet Gonzalez to add the IBF featherweight belt to his collection. The featherweight clash is less than 2 months away. More details about the fight shall be publicly disclosed soon; since the fight is booked for September, it would be fair to assume that the kick-off press conference will take place a few weeks from today.

A must win for both fighters

Joet Gonzalez lost his WBO featherweight belt to Isaac Dogboe last year and then secured a win against Enrique Vivas; Gonzalez has a professional boxing record of 26-3 (15 knockouts); he has been on and off with winning from his last 6 bouts he won three and lost three.

It is also worth knowing that Shakur Stevenson beat Gonzalez in 2019 for the vacant WBO featherweight belt, which accounted for his first-ever career defeat; ever since then, his winning momentum has been pretty inconsistent.

On the flip side, Luis Alberto Lopez is on a terrific 11 match winning streak; he recently fought against Michael Conlan and violently defended his belt with a knockout victory. Luis Alberto Lopez has a professional record of 28-2 (15 knockouts); his only losses came against Ruben Villa and Abraham and Abhram Montaya; interestingly, both were title matches.

The 12 round bout between Luis Alberto Lopez and Joet Gonzalez promises to be entertaining and competitive, a win can positively turn things around for Gonzalez, and it will be interesting to see the intent he shows and how well he performs on 15th September.

Luis Alberto Lopez is ambitious about the future; he wants to dethrone all world champions from the featherweight division, so a win from here would definitely mean a fight with someone from the same level.