José Luis López (boxer)

José Luis López
Data
Birth Name	José Luis López
Fight name	Maestrito
Weight class	Welterweight
nationality	Mexican
birthday	May 28, 1973
place of birth	Victoria de Durango
style	Left delivery
size	1.73 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	58
Victories	51
Knockout victories	39
Defeats	5
draw	2

José Luis López (born May 28, 1973 in Victoria de Durango ) is a former Mexican professional boxer and WBO welterweight champion.

Career

He began his professional career in 1989 and won 36 out of 40 fights in his build-up phase, 28 of them prematurely, with three defeats and one draw. In April 1996 he defeated the British Eamonn Loughran (26-1, 15 prematurely) in Liverpool by tKo in the first round in the fight for the WBO world title . In his first title defense he was able to defeat Luis Ramón Campas (64-1, 56 K. o.) In October 1996 . Then he put down the title and defeated the former world champion Jorge Vaca in March 1997 by tKo in the sixth round. After a subsequent points win against Aaron Davis (43-5), he boxed for the WBA World Championship title against Ike Quartey (34-0, 30 prematurely) in October 1997 , but only reached a draw. In the course of the fight he had also managed to knock down two times.

With three subsequent victories, including a tKo victory in the second round against ex-world champion Sammy Fuentes , he received another WBA World Cup chance, but this time lost on points against James Page (22-3). However, he also had this opponent on the ground twice. After nine more fights, he ended his career in December 2010.

predecessor	Office	successor
Eamonn Loughran	Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBO ) April 13, 1996 - October 6, 1996	Michael the Lion

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