George Kambosos Jr stuns Teófimo López for unified lightweight title in seismic upset

• Unheralded Aussie wins lightweight titles by split decision
• Sydney native upsets one of boxing's biggest young stars

Australia's George Kambosos Jr won the IBF, WBA and WBO lightweight titles from Teofimo Lopez in a seismic upset on Saturday night at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.

The unheralded Sydney native, who went off as a 6-1 underdog, dropped Lopez in the opening round, then came off the floor himself in the 10th to win a split decision before a rollicking crowd of several thousand spectators almost entirely in the champion's corner. Two of the ringside judges handed down scores 115-112 and 115-111 for Kambosos while the third scored it 114-113 for Lopez. (The Guardian had it 114-112 to Kambosos.)