 Cook felled Lopez with a spectacular falling double kick
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Teenager Aaron Cook has described his defeat of former Olympic taekwondo champion Steven Lopez on Saturday as the greatest victory of his career.
Cook, 18, from Dorset, knocked out American Lopez in the final to win the -80kg gold at the inaugural World Taekwondo Tour event in Mexico City.
His £17,880 prize is the largest ever won by a British taekwondo competitor.
"To beat the world champion makes it the greatest win in my career so far. It is amazing to take gold," said Cook.
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"Aaron has proved once again that he is more than capable of competing on the world's biggest stage"
Gary Hall - GB performance director
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"I knew that an opponent with his experience was always going to be tough but I never doubted my ability."
Lopez, 31, has won medals at the last three Olympic Games, with gold in Sydney and Athens, then bronze in Beijing, and won his fifth world title in Copenhagen last month.
But he could not reply to a spectacular, falling double kick from Cook, which left the veteran prone on the canvas.
"We are thrilled with the result, not only because he beat an all time great but also the manner of the victory," said GB performance director Gary Hall.
"Lopez is one of the sport's most successful athletes of recent times and Aaron has proved once again that he is more than capable of competing on the world's biggest stage."
Cook only failed to reach the semi-final stage of his first senior world championships in Denmark after a sudden-death defeat in the round of eight.
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