Career
The bout was televised on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s Friday Night Fights. Lopez was originally scheduled to fight Kendall Holt in a defense of his title sometime in 2012, but Holt pulled out of the fight. Lopez stepped up to face Ortiz and defeated him by technical knockout in the tenth round.
During the ninth round, Lopez connected with a punch to Ortiz"s jaw that broke it on impact and rendered him unable to continue.
López is now represented by First Rate (at Lloyd's) Haymon.
