Emmanuel Rodriguez (22-2, 13 KOs) won Melvin Lopez (29-2, 19 KOs) by unanimous decision in the main event of the evening in Oxon Hill and won the vacant IBF world bantamweight title.
On August 12, Oxon Hill will host Premier Boxing Champions, the main event of which will be a fight for the vacant IBF world bantamweight title between Emmanuel Rodriguez (21-2, 13 KOs) and Melvin Lopez (29-1, 19 KOs).
Emmanuel Rodriguez (21-2, 13 KOs) and Melvin Lopez (29-1, 19 KOs) will fight for the vacant IBF world bantamweight title. The promotion organization TGB Promotions won the tender to organize this fight, offering a bet of only 25,000 dollars.
In the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series tournament bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (18-0, 16 KOs) won by TKO in the second round over Emmanuel Rodriguez (19-1, 12 KOs).
A live webcast of the boxing evening from SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, in the main event of which there will be the semi-finals of the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS). The light welterweight silver WBC champion Josh Taylor (14-0, 12 KOs) will meet IBF champion Ivan Baranchyk (19-0, 12 KOs), while IBF bantamweight champion Emmanuel Rodriguez (19-0, 12 KOs) will face the regular WBA champion Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KOs).