Teofimo Lopez bounced off the ropes, thrusting his entire body into each side of the ring, before stopping in the center and doing a backflip. Then he lay down on the mat and added a few snow angels for good measure.
Lopez had plenty to be exuberant about on that October evening in Las Vegas. Not only did he pull off the upset to dethrone pound-for-pound stalwart Vasiliy Lomachenko; he won the fight in impressive fashion.
At that moment, the undisputed lightweight champion -- the WBO, WBA, IBF lightweight titleholder and WBC franchise champion -- looked forward to a transformative and busy 2021.