A fine performance by Lopez against a game, but pretty basic fighter in Ohashi.
For the two first rounds, Lopez mainly uses his straight-punch arsenal to control the distance and feel Ohashi out, but by the third round, Lopez begins to mix in uppercuts and hooks to his precise combination-punching, which starts to hit the target repeatedly.
After the first knockdown with one minute left in round four, caused by an excellent left-straight right combination, Lopez stays calm and composed, continuing to pick Ohashi apart methodically with precision instead of starting to over-reach and get reckless.
In the fifth, the precision punching of Lopez starts to really take a toll on Ohashi, which goes down from another 1-2 combination that finishes off with a left-hook that barely misses.
Ohashi gets up, but is hurt and ripe for the taking. Lopez backs him up against the ropes and lands several punches before sending him down to the canvas once more, this time with a three punch combination with a left-hook as the finishing punch once again, but this time landing it with perfect accuracy.
Ohashi is able to get up once more, but is barely capable of standing straight and wobbles around the ring. The referee steps in and stops the fight with one minute remaining in the fifth round.
Overall, a classy and controlled precision punching-display by a relatively inexperienced Lopez, and the starting point for the most dominating reign that have existed in the minimumweight division history.
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