Ricardo López (boxer)

Ricardo López
Data
Birth Name	Ricardo López Nava
Weight class	Straw weight
nationality	Mexican
birthday	July 25, 1966
place of birth	Cuernavaca
style	Left delivery
size	1.65 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	52
Victories	51
Knockout victories	38
Defeats	0
draw	1

Ricardo López Nava , nickname El Finito (born July 25, 1966 in Cuernavaca ) is a retired Mexican boxer.

In 1985 López made his debut in straw weight. This is the smallest weight class in professional boxing and traditionally it is only sparsely occupied. There are only about 250 boxers worldwide in this weight limit, who as a rule also have no amateur training, as the amateur classes only start with light flyweight. Many well-known boxing magazines therefore do not publish rankings for this class. The fight fairs are often only in the four-digit range, even for title fights, Lopez's highest wage was $ 50,000. It was an irony of López's career that, for example, the " Ring Magazine " consistently praised him in the highest tones, but only put up a ranking for the straw weight shortly before the end of his career.

López was relatively tall for this class and therefore relied on consistent counter-boxing. He hit an uppercut with his leading hand; a blow that you rarely see in professional boxing. Its promoter was Don King .

He was exceptionally powerful. In October 1990, he won the WBC world title of the Japanese Hideyuki Ohashi by knockout and defended the title 22 times against mostly unknown people. Only the Thai Saman Sor Jaturong was later known for a win against Humberto González . In 1997 he won the WBO title. However, the WBO was not yet one of the major associations at that time.

In 1998 he had the toughest fights of his career against the Nicaraguan and WBA world champion Rosendo Álvarez, whom no expert had on the bill before the fight. Álvarez, without a high KO rate, had him on the ground in the first fight and had boxing advantages. Only thanks to an unusual WBC special rule, according to which a man injured by a headbutt gets an additional point, he defended his title in the first of their fights with a technical draw. He was able to win the rematch just on points. For these fights López received $ 50,000, Álvarez was rewarded with $ 25,000.

In 1999 he rose to the light flyweight division, won the IBF title and defended it twice. He holds the statistical record of being unbeaten in 26 world championship fights. In 2001 he ended his career.

In 2007 López was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

Web links

• Match record (the KO against Reymundo Mendoza 1989 is not verifiable, it is usually not listed)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.

predecessor	Office	successor
Will Grigsby	World Light Flyweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) October 2, 1999 - 2001	vacant Victor Burgos