Lopez, 27, who made the third defense of his WBO title, relied on his footwork to never stay around long enough for Barboza to feel comfortable timing him. "The Takeover," in fact

Teofimo Lopez defeated Arnold Barboza via unanimous decision (116-112, 116-112 and 118-110) on Friday to retain the WBO and The Ring light welterweight titles. Lopez beat Barboza on a loaded card taking place outdoors in New York City's Times Square.

Teofimo Lopez cruised to a wide unanimous decision against previously unbeaten Arnold Barboza Jr. to retain his WBO junior welterweight championship on Friday in Times Square.