Arlen López, Domadores from Cuba, fights in 75 kg against Juan Diego Ortiz, Heroicos from Colombia, during the VIII Boxing World Series held at the Ciudad Deportiva Coliseum on Friday, February 2, 2018, in Havana, Cuba .

Photo: Calixto N. Llanes/JIT Newspaper

The two-time Olympic champion Arlen López celebrated for the second time in professional boxing and

Arlen did his homework in the Mexican city of Tijuana, as executioner of the local Francisco Ríos, whom he dispatched by technical knockout in the first of the eight rounds agreed for that fight, in the 175-pound division.

The outcome was added to the one enjoyed by the Antillean in May, when he surpassed the also Mexican Fernando Galván by the same route, and it is the tenth prior to the limit coined by the Island franchise.

Ríos had on his side the experience of 26 fights of this type (13 wins, 10 setbacks and 3 draws), but

Supported by the well-known solidity of his striking, he combined effectively until causing his opponent to kneel on the blackboard and the referee decreed the end of the actions after telling him of protection.

The next outing for members of that Cuban squad will be

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(With information from JIT)