#78. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
Record: 51-0-1 with 38KOs
KO pct is 75%
Career: 1985-2001
World Titles Held: WBC World Strawweight Champion (1990-98), WBA World Strawweight Champion (1998-99), and IBF World Jr Flyweight Champion (1999-2001)
Highlights: Made a strawweight division record of 22 title defenses and never lost his crown. Never lost a pro match in 52 contests, making him one of the most dominant fighters pound per pound of the 1990s decade. Won his first 47 fights. Beat 10 world champions but no hall of famers. Record versus world champions is 10-0-1, with 7KOs. Has a record of 25-0-1 with 19KOs in world championship bouts. Held strawweight crown for 8 years.
Historical Impact: The best strawweight fighter of the 1990s decade is also the division's greatest fighter ever. A technical sound and smooth fighter, is one of boxing's all-time most dominant champions at any weight class. One of 16 world champions to retire without losing a fight.
Defining Fight: W12 Rosendo Alvarez (II)...November 13, 1998..."Had to dig deep in skills and heart against his toughest rival, proving he was the better fighter"
Other Defining Fights: TD8 Rosendo Alvarez,WTKO5 Hideyuki Ohashi, WTKO2 Saman Sorjutarong , WTKO5 Alex Sanchez , W12 Will Grigsby , and WKO8 Zolani Petelo
What are Your thoughts on this great champion?
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#78. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
Record: 51-0-1 with 38KOs
KO pct is 75%
Career: 1985-2001
World Titles Held: WBC World Strawweight Champion (1990-98), WBA World Strawweight Champion (1998-99), and IBF World Jr Flyweight Champion (1999-2001)
Highlights: Made a strawweight division record of 22 title defenses and never lost his crown. Never lost a pro match in 52 contests, making him one of the most dominant fighters pound per pound of the 1990s decade. Won his first 47 fights. Beat 10 world champions but no hall of famers. Record versus world champions is 10-0-1, with 7KOs. Has a record of 25-0-1 with 19KOs in world championship bouts. Held strawweight crown for 8 years.
Historical Impact: The best strawweight fighter of the 1990s decade is also the division's greatest fighter ever. A technical sound and smooth fighter, is one of boxing's all-time most dominant champions at any weight class. One of 16 world champions to retire without losing a fight.
Defining Fight: W12 Rosendo Alvarez (II)...November 13, 1998..."Had to dig deep in skills and heart against his toughest rival, proving he was the better fighter"
Other Defining Fights: TD8 Rosendo Alvarez,
WTKO5 Hideyuki Ohashi, WTKO2 Saman Sorjutarong , WTKO5 Alex Sanchez , W12 Will Grigsby , and WKO8 Zolani Petelo
What are Your thoughts on this great champion?
Record: 51-0-1 with 38KOs
KO pct is 75%
Career: 1985-2001
World Titles Held: WBC World Strawweight Champion (1990-98), WBA World Strawweight Champion (1998-99), and IBF World Jr Flyweight Champion (1999-2001)
Highlights: Made a strawweight division record of 22 title defenses and never lost his crown. Never lost a pro match in 52 contests, making him one of the most dominant fighters pound per pound of the 1990s decade. Won his first 47 fights. Beat 10 world champions but no hall of famers. Record versus world champions is 10-0-1, with 7KOs. Has a record of 25-0-1 with 19KOs in world championship bouts. Held strawweight crown for 8 years.
Historical Impact: The best strawweight fighter of the 1990s decade is also the division's greatest fighter ever. A technical sound and smooth fighter, is one of boxing's all-time most dominant champions at any weight class. One of 16 world champions to retire without losing a fight.
Defining Fight: W12 Rosendo Alvarez (II)...November 13, 1998..."Had to dig deep in skills and heart against his toughest rival, proving he was the better fighter"
Other Defining Fights: TD8 Rosendo Alvarez,
WTKO5 Hideyuki Ohashi, WTKO2 Saman Sorjutarong , WTKO5 Alex Sanchez , W12 Will Grigsby , and WKO8 Zolani Petelo
What are Your thoughts on this great champion?
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Possibly the most overrated fighter with no losses in history. Just gets better!
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And what fight did Finito lost? Because he is undefeated.Onetimeonly wrote: ↑07 Jul 2021, 16:58No doubt, following a guy who lost to all of the best fighters he faced. Total farce.
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Ricardo "Finito" Lopez takes a long journey to Japan to take the WBC World Strawweight/Minimumweight Championship from the local Hideyuki Ohashi of Yokohama.
Ohashi earlier into his career, was thrown to the wolves very quickly, losing in 2 title tries against Jr Flyweight king Jung Koo Chang of South Korea.
He became champion years later, two more times.
The fight? Well was not a hard one for the great Mexican of only 27 fights. At 23, Finito becomes world champion by TKO in round 5. In round 4, he dropped the champion Ohashi with a left hook.
Ohashi got dropped twice more in round 5 and it was over. Finito is the new world champion and his dominance at that weight class begins. The start of a legendary boxing career.
Ohashi earlier into his career, was thrown to the wolves very quickly, losing in 2 title tries against Jr Flyweight king Jung Koo Chang of South Korea.
He became champion years later, two more times.
The fight? Well was not a hard one for the great Mexican of only 27 fights. At 23, Finito becomes world champion by TKO in round 5. In round 4, he dropped the champion Ohashi with a left hook.
Ohashi got dropped twice more in round 5 and it was over. Finito is the new world champion and his dominance at that weight class begins. The start of a legendary boxing career.
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Ricardo "Finito" Lopez becomes the WBC World Strawweight Champion on October 25, 1990.
It was the same date when later on that night, the great Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield knocked out James "Buster" Douglas for the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship.
Douglas, 31, came to the fight too heavy, at 244lbs after defeating the seemingly invincible the great Mike Tyson in Tokyo, Japan months earlier. Douglas in Tokyo weigh in 231lbs.
But the night belonged to two greats: Ricardo "Finito" Lopez and Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield!
It was the same date when later on that night, the great Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield knocked out James "Buster" Douglas for the Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship.
Douglas, 31, came to the fight too heavy, at 244lbs after defeating the seemingly invincible the great Mike Tyson in Tokyo, Japan months earlier. Douglas in Tokyo weigh in 231lbs.
But the night belonged to two greats: Ricardo "Finito" Lopez and Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield!
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All anyone was talking about was Lopez. The media barely even mentioned the Holyfield -Douglas fight.
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Are mismatches necessary? Does that gives a current champ "the confidence" in his first title defense?
How can a guy with only 12 pro bouts, and only 9 wins gets to fight for a world title? I don't get it and neither do you.
Kimio Hirano, 24, a southpaw from Japan, challenged the champion Finito for the WBC crown at strawweight. How did he get that title shot?, don't ask how or why. Only in Japan!
Finito easily dominated the challenger for 8 easy rounds with smooth boxing and great counterpunching. As a matter of fact, the fight was so one-sided that it should have never been done.
The TWO THINGS that the challenger had was HEART and the HOMETOWN CROWD. That was it! Finito stops Hirano in 8 from a barrage of punches and the referee stops the fight. Hirano went down to the canvas.
The WINNER and still WBC World Strawweight Champion is Ricardo "Finito" Lopez!
After that win, Finito never went back to Japan to fight ever again.
How can a guy with only 12 pro bouts, and only 9 wins gets to fight for a world title? I don't get it and neither do you.
Kimio Hirano, 24, a southpaw from Japan, challenged the champion Finito for the WBC crown at strawweight. How did he get that title shot?, don't ask how or why. Only in Japan!
Finito easily dominated the challenger for 8 easy rounds with smooth boxing and great counterpunching. As a matter of fact, the fight was so one-sided that it should have never been done.
The TWO THINGS that the challenger had was HEART and the HOMETOWN CROWD. That was it! Finito stops Hirano in 8 from a barrage of punches and the referee stops the fight. Hirano went down to the canvas.
The WINNER and still WBC World Strawweight Champion is Ricardo "Finito" Lopez!
After that win, Finito never went back to Japan to fight ever again.
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Correction: Finito did not fight another Japanese fighter ever again, but he came back to Japan for the third time on October 11, 1992 to defend his crown against Taiwanese Rocky Lin.elmersalsa wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 23:27 Are mismatches necessary? Does that gives a current champ "the confidence" in his first title defense?
How can a guy with only 12 pro bouts, and only 9 wins gets to fight for a world title? I don't get it and neither do you.
Kimio Hirano, 24, a southpaw from Japan, challenged the champion Finito for the WBC crown at strawweight. How did he get that title shot?, don't ask how or why. Only in Japan!
Finito easily dominated the challenger for 8 easy rounds with smooth boxing and great counterpunching. As a matter of fact, the fight was so one-sided that it should have never been done.
The TWO THINGS that the challenger had was HEART and the HOMETOWN CROWD. That was it! Finito stops Hirano in 8 from a barrage of punches and the referee stops the fight. Hirano went down to the canvas.
The WINNER and still WBC World Strawweight Champion is Ricardo "Finito" Lopez!
After that win, Finito never went back to Japan to fight ever again.
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Watching the title fight between Keung Jung Lee and Ricardo "Finito" Lopez I can see that Finito clearly win the first 4 rounds without a doubt. What a fighter is this Finito! What a fighter!
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On December 22, 1991 on a Sunday, three days before Christmas, Ricardo "Finito" Lopez, the great WBC World Strawweight/Minimumweight Champion from Cuernavaca, Mexico, defends his crown against former world champion Kyung Yung Lee of South Korea.
The fight was staged at Incheon Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea.
Lopez dominated the fight with straight rights and left hooks and also with right hooks. He used the ring very well in the matter of counter-punching abilities. Yung Lee although tough, gave everything he had against the champ, but the champ Finito was too elusive. Yung Lee even tried some roughhouse tactics by hitting with his head and giving a lot of rabbit punches. Still, it was not enough against the great little champion that was composed during the fight no matter the crowd nor the circumstances.
The fight was even in the first 4 rounds. But, after round 4, it was all the great Finito Lopez that successfully defended his WBC crown by unanimous decision.
Judge Anek Hongtongkam of Thailand scored it 118-110. Judge Nicolas Hidalgo of Venezuela had it 116-112. And Judge Dalby Shirley of USA had it 120-107. All in favor of Finito in his second title defense.
The fight was staged at Incheon Gymnasium in Incheon, South Korea.
Lopez dominated the fight with straight rights and left hooks and also with right hooks. He used the ring very well in the matter of counter-punching abilities. Yung Lee although tough, gave everything he had against the champ, but the champ Finito was too elusive. Yung Lee even tried some roughhouse tactics by hitting with his head and giving a lot of rabbit punches. Still, it was not enough against the great little champion that was composed during the fight no matter the crowd nor the circumstances.
The fight was even in the first 4 rounds. But, after round 4, it was all the great Finito Lopez that successfully defended his WBC crown by unanimous decision.
Judge Anek Hongtongkam of Thailand scored it 118-110. Judge Nicolas Hidalgo of Venezuela had it 116-112. And Judge Dalby Shirley of USA had it 120-107. All in favor of Finito in his second title defense.
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Finito improves to 29-0 with 21KOs
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Next for Finito is a title defense against Domingo "Pretty Boy" Lucas of the Philippines
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In his first fight in his native Mexico since 1990, Finito defended his WBC World Minimumweight crown against Domingo "Pretty Boy" Lucas of the Philippines. It was Finito's first title defense in his home soil.
There was nothing pretty about Pretty Boy Lucas. His boxing style was not pretty at all. And by the end of the fight, his face was not pretty neither. He had a big gash in his left eyelid and lost almost all the rounds. Lucas did not win any. How can a challenger come to fight and does not give an effort? For a world title? The fight was one sided. Finito rocked the Pinoy boxer in the 6th and 9th rounds. And he did not lose a single round in my view.
He successfully defended his crown for the third time winning by unanimous decision. I scored the fight 120-111 in favor of the great Little Mexican.
Former boxing champion Billy Costello of the USA scored the fight 120-104 for Finito. The other American judges, Vince Delgado and James Jen Kin scored the fight equally 120-106 in favor of the little champion.
Finito improves to 30-0, with 21KOs.
Pretty Boy Lucas? Falls to 27-3-2 with 10KOs.
There was nothing pretty about Pretty Boy Lucas. His boxing style was not pretty at all. And by the end of the fight, his face was not pretty neither. He had a big gash in his left eyelid and lost almost all the rounds. Lucas did not win any. How can a challenger come to fight and does not give an effort? For a world title? The fight was one sided. Finito rocked the Pinoy boxer in the 6th and 9th rounds. And he did not lose a single round in my view.
He successfully defended his crown for the third time winning by unanimous decision. I scored the fight 120-111 in favor of the great Little Mexican.
Former boxing champion Billy Costello of the USA scored the fight 120-104 for Finito. The other American judges, Vince Delgado and James Jen Kin scored the fight equally 120-106 in favor of the little champion.
Finito improves to 30-0, with 21KOs.
Pretty Boy Lucas? Falls to 27-3-2 with 10KOs.
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One of the wickedest left hooks that I have ever seen in my lifetime watching boxing was on August 22, 1992. The fight was in Ciudad Madeiro in Mexico.
For the second time Finito defends his crown in the sight of his countrymen in his country.
It is the FIRST TIME that I have seen this fight, and the great little Mexican champ Finito Lopez provided a classic left hook shot to the jaw on challenger Singprasert Kittikasem. What a shot!
It wasn't a Smokin' Joe or Julian "The Hawk" Jackson or Alexis Arguello's type of left hook, but I know for certain that Finito would have made happy and proud any left hooker in the history of the sport. It was short, compact, precise.
Well, was the fight a mismatch? On paper? Yes. Seeing it happen? Another yes. Was the challenger competitive? He did the best that he could. And I will give him an A for effort. At least he was better than that Domingo "Pretty Boy" Lucas that did not provide combat but boxing survival. And for his record of 10-2-1 with 6KOs was at least fighting well even though he was losing every round.
Kittikasem was a former Thai-Boxing champion and tried his luck on boxing. He is not the first nor the last that ever did that. A lot of Thai boxers have made that transition and had become world boxing champions. The truth of the matter was that he was facing a great champion and future all-time pound per pound great in Lopez.
Finito at 26, seems to becoming much more polished and better with each fight. He improves to 31-0 with 22KOs.
For the second time Finito defends his crown in the sight of his countrymen in his country.
It is the FIRST TIME that I have seen this fight, and the great little Mexican champ Finito Lopez provided a classic left hook shot to the jaw on challenger Singprasert Kittikasem. What a shot!
It wasn't a Smokin' Joe or Julian "The Hawk" Jackson or Alexis Arguello's type of left hook, but I know for certain that Finito would have made happy and proud any left hooker in the history of the sport. It was short, compact, precise.
Well, was the fight a mismatch? On paper? Yes. Seeing it happen? Another yes. Was the challenger competitive? He did the best that he could. And I will give him an A for effort. At least he was better than that Domingo "Pretty Boy" Lucas that did not provide combat but boxing survival. And for his record of 10-2-1 with 6KOs was at least fighting well even though he was losing every round.
Kittikasem was a former Thai-Boxing champion and tried his luck on boxing. He is not the first nor the last that ever did that. A lot of Thai boxers have made that transition and had become world boxing champions. The truth of the matter was that he was facing a great champion and future all-time pound per pound great in Lopez.
Finito at 26, seems to becoming much more polished and better with each fight. He improves to 31-0 with 22KOs.
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Another display of Finito of how to throw the left hook happened again on his 5th title defense of the the WBC World Strawweight Crown.
Finito journey to Japan for the third time since winning his title there. The opponent was born in Taiwan but made his home residence in Japan. His name was 25-year old Rocky Lin.
Lin had a record of 14-0 at the time. So two undefeated guys were going at it. The PROBLEM was that Lin was not good enough and got knocked out in round 2 by another of Finito's left hooks.
Finito began to be taken seriously in the boxing world in having already the crown for 2 years in 5 title defenses.
Finito improves to 31-0, 22KOs. And now I can confidently say that that was his last trip to Japan ever for a fight.
Finito journey to Japan for the third time since winning his title there. The opponent was born in Taiwan but made his home residence in Japan. His name was 25-year old Rocky Lin.
Lin had a record of 14-0 at the time. So two undefeated guys were going at it. The PROBLEM was that Lin was not good enough and got knocked out in round 2 by another of Finito's left hooks.
Finito began to be taken seriously in the boxing world in having already the crown for 2 years in 5 title defenses.
Finito improves to 31-0, 22KOs. And now I can confidently say that that was his last trip to Japan ever for a fight.
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Finito continues his dominance at strawweight champ in these two following title defenses.
On Sunday, January 31, 1993, in Pohang, South Korea, a local with only 6 fights, an undefeated challenger, Kwang Soo Oh, 27, was the next Finito's victim. And from the first round, Finito showed his experience and dominance against the novice.
Why did they let this fight happened? I don't know. It could be because of the local extensive amateur career that he was allowed to fight the champ.
But, in the very first round, Oh suffered a cut above the forehead. It was near the skull. But, for 9 rounds, Soo Oh was brave, bringing the fight to Finito and fought well. But, Finito was in another class. Finito won by 9th round TKO.
On his next defense, Finito went back to his country in Mexico to defend his WBC crown for the 7th time. His opponent was future jr flyweight WBC champ Saman Sorhaturong, 23, of Thailand.
At the La Junta Baseball Park in Nuevo Laredo, on Saturday, July 3, 1993, Finito stops Sorjaturong with his typical left hook 3 times in 2 rounds to win by a second round TKO.
Sorjaturong record at the time was 15-1-1 with 13KOs. Later, after winning his next 11 fights, Sorjaturong took the WBC jr flyweight crown from Finito's countryman Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez by 7th round stoppage. It was The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year of 1995. Sorjaturong made 9 title defenses in 4 years and lost the crown in October 17, 1999 against Yo Som Choi of South Korea. After losing to Finito, Sorjaturong won 25 straight bouts. Why he is not in the hall of fame? I don't know. He probably will get his just due.
With these two wins, Finito improves to 33-0, with 24KOs and 7 successful title defenses of the WBC World Strawweight belt.
On Sunday, January 31, 1993, in Pohang, South Korea, a local with only 6 fights, an undefeated challenger, Kwang Soo Oh, 27, was the next Finito's victim. And from the first round, Finito showed his experience and dominance against the novice.
Why did they let this fight happened? I don't know. It could be because of the local extensive amateur career that he was allowed to fight the champ.
But, in the very first round, Oh suffered a cut above the forehead. It was near the skull. But, for 9 rounds, Soo Oh was brave, bringing the fight to Finito and fought well. But, Finito was in another class. Finito won by 9th round TKO.
On his next defense, Finito went back to his country in Mexico to defend his WBC crown for the 7th time. His opponent was future jr flyweight WBC champ Saman Sorhaturong, 23, of Thailand.
At the La Junta Baseball Park in Nuevo Laredo, on Saturday, July 3, 1993, Finito stops Sorjaturong with his typical left hook 3 times in 2 rounds to win by a second round TKO.
Sorjaturong record at the time was 15-1-1 with 13KOs. Later, after winning his next 11 fights, Sorjaturong took the WBC jr flyweight crown from Finito's countryman Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez by 7th round stoppage. It was The Ring Magazine Fight of the Year of 1995. Sorjaturong made 9 title defenses in 4 years and lost the crown in October 17, 1999 against Yo Som Choi of South Korea. After losing to Finito, Sorjaturong won 25 straight bouts. Why he is not in the hall of fame? I don't know. He probably will get his just due.
With these two wins, Finito improves to 33-0, with 24KOs and 7 successful title defenses of the WBC World Strawweight belt.
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He wasn't that great enough. Thanks
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Toto Ponsawang became Finito's 35th victim of his 8th title defense of his WBC World strawweight crown.
The fight was at the Capital City Discotheque in Bangkok, Thailand on a Sunday of September 19, 1993.
And again, Finito received another challenger with less than 10 fights. This time, the challenger was 4-0, with 3 knockouts. The challenger was a southpaw.
Even though the local boy fought well, he was not in Finito's class. Finito used lots of left and right uppercuts. In round 11th, Ponsawang received a deadly left hook from Finito and went down. He got up but Finito finished him and the legendary American referee, Arthur Mercante, Sr, stopped the bout.
Finito improves to 35-0 with 25KOs.
The fight was at the Capital City Discotheque in Bangkok, Thailand on a Sunday of September 19, 1993.
And again, Finito received another challenger with less than 10 fights. This time, the challenger was 4-0, with 3 knockouts. The challenger was a southpaw.
Even though the local boy fought well, he was not in Finito's class. Finito used lots of left and right uppercuts. In round 11th, Ponsawang received a deadly left hook from Finito and went down. He got up but Finito finished him and the legendary American referee, Arthur Mercante, Sr, stopped the bout.
Finito improves to 35-0 with 25KOs.