{"id":3476,"date":"2022-12-09T04:25:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T04:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/josh-warrington-v-luis-alberto-lopez-leeds-fighter-wants-win-to-set-up-dream-fights-abroad\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T04:25:51","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T04:25:51","slug":"josh-warrington-v-luis-alberto-lopez-leeds-fighter-wants-win-to-set-up-dream-fights-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/josh-warrington-v-luis-alberto-lopez-leeds-fighter-wants-win-to-set-up-dream-fights-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Warrington v Luis Alberto Lopez: Leeds fighter wants win to set up ‘dream’ fights abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Josh Warrington and Luis Alberto Lopez with promoter Eddie Hearn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n
Venue:<\/strong> Leeds Arena, Leeds <\/span>Date: <\/strong>Saturday, 10 December<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coverage: <\/strong>Listen on BBC 5 Live sports extra from 22:00 GMT and live text commentary on BBC Sport website and app.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

World champion Josh Warrington is determined to end 2022 on a high by beating Luis Alberto Lopez on Saturday before switching focus to lucrative “dream” fights abroad next year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Warrington, 32, defends his IBF featherweight world title in front of his home fans at the Leeds Arena.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It is his first fight since he regained the belt in March and Warrington says his passion for this fight and what the future could hold is as strong as ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It still burns,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Bigger pay days come after this, unification fights. I have been so close to it happening but things like the pandemic and taking your eye off the ball [happen]. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Now I am back in that position. Take care of Saturday, it is then a full year to get what we have always dreamed of, which is to fight another champion and get that away day.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Warrington was speaking during Thursday’s pre-fight news conference, where a confident Lopez told the Leeds fighter that he would not be leaving without his belt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 29-year-old Mexican earned his shot at the title by stopping stopping Isaac Lowe in an eliminator clash in London in December last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lopez has won 26 of the 28 fights in his career, 15 of those by way of knockout.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I always come here as a warrior for war and I won’t be going home without that world title,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I come here full of capabilities and confident in my preparation. I am coming for the knockout.”<\/span><\/p>\n

An animated atmosphere is expected at the Leeds Arena, where the card will be split in two so football fans can watch England versus France in the World Cup quarter-finals at 19:00 GMT.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The fight between Ebanie Bridges, left, and Shannon O’Connell, right, has been described as the biggest female fight in Australian boxing history<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The penultimate bout of the night will see Ebanie Bridges, 36, look to defend her IBF bantamweight title against Shannon O’Connell, 39, in an all-Australian clash.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leeds United fan Bridges, who won her last two fights in West Yorkshire, said: “I am taking this very seriously and not underestimating her at all. She is a great fighter. I am very confident in my skills, my mind and what I am going to do. I just know that belt will stay with me.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am all about entertainment. It is what the fans want to see. I am just looking forward to having my hands raised.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenger O’Connell has long aimed to have a shot at Bridges’ belt and fired verbal shots at her compatriot earlier this year, <\/span>calling her a “stripper”<\/span>external-link<\/title><\/svg><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the pair came face to face for the first time on Thursday, O’Connell stood by her comments: “Everything I’ve said, I’ve meant.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Everyone you see on TV – do you have to like them? She is making herself a public figure and putting herself out there to be judged. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I have everything it takes. She has nothing over me.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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