Jose (Toluco) Lopez

ferocity · Post by **ferocity** » 04 Jun 2005, 15:21

Was he a contendar, champion or just fought a lot of fights?

His record is 99-21-3 (63ko's) He fought in the 50's to early 60's. But Im not familar with this fighter he's from Mexico.

He held the Mexican Batamweight title it seem for a long time. Also it outlines his bout with Boots Monroe, im assuming Monroe was a well known fighter and Lopez beat him.

Can anyone give me some info about Jose (Toluco) Lopez and tell me what type of fighter he was and what stage he was at in boxing when he was in his prime - I found his record while looking for Jose Luis Lopez record. Thanks.

http://boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=034189

ferocity · Post by **ferocity** » 05 Jun 2005, 17:36

Sombodys got to know what level this guy was fighting at when he was boxing.

barry · Post by **barry** » 07 Jun 2005, 07:46

Dan Cuoco of the IBRO wrote a good article on some 50s Mexican boxers including Lopez, which you can read about at the link:

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/wail900_cuoco.htm

ferocity · Post by **ferocity** » 07 Jun 2005, 23:18

Thanks.

ferocity · Post by **ferocity** » 08 Jun 2005, 00:31

Thanks again barry, it says Jose "Tuloca" Lopez was a one time NBA champion, a top contender and an exciting fan favorite fighter for many years.

barry · Post by **barry** » 08 Jun 2005, 06:34

I haven't read a lot of Lopez unfortunately Ring and other magazines of the time did not cover south of the border as well as some might have liked during the 50s, but if anyone could get their hands on some old Box y Lucha/Arena, or even better some old El Ring magazines they could read a lot about Lopez and many of the early Mexican greats! Occasionally, Ebay will have a couple of issues up for bid, but not very often!

barry · Post by **barry** » 08 Jun 2005, 10:11

Also the 50s Mexican K.O. Magazine was very good, the last two of that magazine that I saw on ebay both had Lopez on the cover.

ferocity · Post by **ferocity** » 08 Jun 2005, 16:01

Thanks barry I'll check it out.

The article actually said Lopez fought many times in the Olympic Auditorium in l.a, and crowds of 13,000 or more. And that goes for the other boxers mentioned. It's alot of info, some of the article is a better read then the other but you get to know where these fighters stood in the bantamweight division and that is near the top for a lot of years and some like Lopez became world champion NBA, which the writer said is now the WBA.

barry · Post by **barry** » 08 Jun 2005, 22:25

The 40s & 50s are Dan's specialty and I enjoy reading anything that he writes on the time! Ricardo Moreno is another earlier Mexican fighter that I would like to learn more about. He was without a doubt one of the most brutal punchers ever.