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The 25-year-old, one of boxing's brightest stars, returns to the ring Saturday to headline a Top Rank event inside Madison Square Garden in New York City.

"I'm excited," Lopez told Insider ahead of his super lightweight (hạng lông) bout (cuộc đọ sức, cuộc chiến đấu, cuộc vật lộn) against Sandor Martin. "Like the great Frank Sinatra says, if you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.

"And this is 'The Takeover' — a new version of everything we're trying to push and promote, and I can't wait to put on a show for everybody."

Lopez scored the biggest win of his career in 2020 when he defeated (đánh bại) two-time Olympic champion boxer Vasiliy Lomachenko to claim most of the world titles at lightweight, and gatecrash the pound-for-pound rankings.

Since then, though, he suffered a shock defeat to George Kambosos, rebounded with a win earlier this year, and is now looking to build some momentum (đà) so that he can repeat his championship-winning exploits in his new weight class.

"Everything has some sort of teaching," Lopez told Insider. "And I love it. I've always been a passionate kid, I've always loved boxing.

"So, what have I learned from it? I've learned that, yes, my failures are going to be [amplified] more than my successes. I embrace my failures. And my biggest failure is not loving myself enough. I've got to love me more."

One thing Lopez is loving right now is his activity. For the first time since 2019 he'll be fighting more than once per year, and he hopes to fight even more frequently next year.

"Fighting twice a year is better than intercourse (làm tình)," Lopez said. "And I haven't had that feeling since 2019 at Madison Square Garden when I won my first world title (danh hiệu)," with a knockout over Richard Commey.

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