In a career spanning 16 years and 8 months, Ricardo López fought 52 times with 51 wins, no losses, and 1 draw. By his last professional fight on September 29, 2001, López' boxing record stood at 51-0-1 (38 KO wins).
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Ricardo López (El Finito) is a retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico on July 25, 1966. López made his professional boxing debut at the age of 18 on January 18, 1985. He is a former 2-weight-class world champion. He is 56 years old, and will be turning 57 in 5 months and 24 days. López is a Hall of Famer.
Total Fights | 52 |
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Wins | 51 |
Losses | 0 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 38 |
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Total Title Wins | 4 |
Title Defenses | 23 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 19 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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52 | Sep 29, 2001 | 35 | Zolani Petelo | Win | KO8 |
51 | Dec 2, 2000 | 34 | Ratanapol Sor Vorapin | Win | TKO3 |
50 | Oct 2, 1999 | 33 | Will Grigsby | Win | UD |
49 | Nov 13, 1998 | 32 | Rosendo Álvarez | Win | SD |
48 | Mar 7, 1998 | 31 | Rosendo Álvarez | Draw | TD |
47 | Aug 23, 1997 | 31 | Alex Sánchez | Win | TKO5 |
46 | Mar 29, 1997 | 30 | Mongkol Charoen | Win | UD |
45 | Dec 7, 1996 | 30 | Myung-Sup Park | Win | TKO1 |
44 | Nov 9, 1996 | 30 | Morgan Ndumo | Win | TKO6 |
43 | Jun 29, 1996 | 29 | Kitichai Preecha | Win | TKO3 |
42 | Mar 16, 1996 | 29 | Edito “Ala” Villamor | Win | TKO8 |
41 | Apr 1, 1995 | 28 | Andy Tabanas | Win | TKO12 |
40 | Dec 10, 1994 | 28 | Yamil Caraballo | Win | TKO1 |
39 | Nov 12, 1994 | 28 | Javier Varguez | Win | TKO8 |
38 | Sep 17, 1994 | 28 | Surachai Saengmorakot | Win | TKO1 |
37 | May 7, 1994 | 27 | Kermin Guardia | Win | UD |
36 | Dec 18, 1993 | 27 | Manny Melchor | Win | KO11 |
35 | Sep 19, 1993 | 27 | Toto Pongsawang | Win | TKO11 |
34 | Jul 3, 1993 | 26 | Saman Sorjaturong | Win | TKO2 |
33 | Jan 31, 1993 | 26 | Kwang-Soo Oh | Win | TKO9 |
32 | Oct 11, 1992 | 26 | Rocky Lin | Win | TKO2 |
31 | Aug 22, 1992 | 26 | Singprasert Kittikasem | Win | TKO5 |
30 | Mar 16, 1992 | 25 | Pretty Boy Lucas | Win | UD |
29 | Dec 21, 1991 | 25 | Kyung-Yun Lee | Win | UD |
28 | May 19, 1991 | 24 | Kimio Hirano | Win | TKO8 |
27 | Oct 25, 1990 | 24 | Hideyuki Ohashi | Win | TKO5 |
26 | Jun 29, 1990 | 23 | Francisco Montiel | Win | UD |
25 | Mar 15, 1990 | 23 | Jorge Rivera | Win | KO8 |
24 | Nov 7, 1989 | 23 | Rey Hernandez | Win | KO12 |
23 | Aug 26, 1989 | 23 | Jose Luis Zepeda | Win | TKO7 |
22 | Aug 4, 1989 | 23 | Raymundo Ricardo Mendoza | Win | KO5 |
21 | Jul 8, 1989 | 22 | Abel Andres | Win | KO2 |
20 | May 30, 1989 | 22 | Jorge Torres | Win | KO8 |
19 | May 6, 1989 | 22 | Javier Juarez | Win | UD |
18 | Jan 27, 1989 | 22 | Ubaldo Gonzalez | Win | TKO6 |
17 | Nov 12, 1988 | 22 | Ismael Benitez | Win | UD |
16 | Aug 27, 1988 | 22 | Evaristo Morales | Win | KO5 |
15 | Jul 30, 1988 | 22 | Fermin Rivera | Win | KO3 |
14 | Aug 18, 1987 | 21 | Javier Alonso | Win | UD |
13 | Jul 31, 1987 | 21 | Alex Mollado | Win | KO1 |
12 | Apr 18, 1987 | 20 | Eduardo Ramirez | Win | UD |
11 | Dec 8, 1986 | 20 | Herminio Ramirez | Win | UD |
10 | Oct 6, 1986 | 20 | Jorge Flores | Win | KO2 |
9 | Jul 28, 1986 | 20 | Herminio Ramirez | Win | UD |
8 | May 1, 1986 | 19 | Santiago Huizar | Win | KO2 |
7 | Mar 24, 1986 | 19 | Reyes Mendez | Win | KO1 |
6 | Aug 2, 1985 | 19 | Narciso Panchi | Win | KO5 |
5 | Jun 27, 1985 | 18 | Manuel Martinez | Win | KO2 |
4 | Mar 8, 1985 | 18 | Javier Dominguez | Win | KO3 |
3 | Feb 18, 1985 | 18 | Sebastian Reyes | Win | KO2 |
2 | Feb 6, 1985 | 18 | Antonio Arciniega | Win | KO2 |
1 | Jan 18, 1985 | 18 | Rogelio Hernandez | Win | KO3 |
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Ricardo López' professional boxing career spanned more than 16 years — from 1985 to 2001.
López made his debut against Rogelio Hernandez at the age of 18 on January 18, 1985, defeating Hernandez via 3rd round KO. He went on to win 46 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 35 wins via stoppage.
López had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on October 25, 1990 after 26 professional fights, against Hideyuki Ohashi for the strawweight WBC title. He defeated Ohashi via 5th round TKO to become the strawweight champion of the world.
He was a two-time unified strawweight world champion, and has won four world titles at 2 weight classes. For all the details about López' world title wins and defenses refer to "Ricardo López World Titles".
Some of López' best fights and notable victories include wins over Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, Rosendo Álvarez, Alex Sánchez, Myung-Sup Park, Kitichai Preecha, Yamil Caraballo, and Surachai Saengmorakot.
Ricardo López has never lost a fight in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a light-flyweight title defense bout against South African boxer Zolani Petelo on September 29, 2001. López won the fight via 8th round KO and defended his IBF title. It's been 21 years, 4 months, and 3 days since this fight.
López retired from professional boxing with an undefeated record of 51-0-1, which included 38 knockout wins, and 4 title wins. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2007.
Ricardo López fought a total of 52 times during his professional career. He put on some incredible fights and is a highly under-rated boxer. These 10 fights are the highlight of his career.
A 24-year old Ricardo López (26-0, 19 KO) had his first world title fight against Hideyuki Ohashi for Ohashi's WBC strawweight belt.
López defeated Ohashi via 5th round TKO to win the WBC strawweight title.A 26-year old Ricardo López (33-0, 24 KO) faced Saman Sorjaturong in a strawweight title defense fight.
López defeated Sorjaturong via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBC strawweight title.A 28-year old Ricardo López (37-0, 27 KO) faced Surachai Saengmorakot in a strawweight title defense fight.
López defeated Saengmorakot via 1st round TKO to retain the WBC strawweight title.A 28-year old Ricardo López (39-0, 29 KO) faced Yamil Caraballo in a strawweight title defense fight.
López defeated Caraballo via 1st round TKO to retain the WBC strawweight title.A 29-year old Ricardo López (42-0, 32 KO) faced Kitichai Preecha in a strawweight title defense fight.
López defeated Preecha via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBC strawweight title.A 30-year old Ricardo López (44-0, 34 KO) faced Myung-Sup Park in a strawweight title defense fight.
López defeated Park via 1st round TKO to retain the WBC strawweight title.A 31-year old Ricardo López (46-0, 35 KO) faced Alex Sánchez in a strawweight unification fight.
López defeated Sánchez via 5th round TKO to win the WBO strawweight title and retain the WBC strawweight title.In an immediate rematch, a 32-year old Ricardo López (47-0-1, 36 KO) faced an undefeated Rosendo Álvarez, who was now 28 years old with a record of 24-0-1 in a strawweight unification fight. Their last fight had ended in a draw. Both the boxers were of the same height and same reach.
López defeated Alvarez via 12 round split-decision to win the vacant WBA strawweight title and retain the WBC strawweight title. He handed Alvarez the first loss of his career.
A 34-year old Ricardo López (49-0-1, 36 KO) faced Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, who was 26 years old with a record of 38-5-1 in a light-flyweight title defense fight. Vorapin was on a one-fight losing streak. López was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage.
López defeated Vorapin via 3rd round TKO to retain the IBF light-flyweight title.
A 35-year old Ricardo López (50-0-1, 37 KO) faced Zolani Petelo, who was 26 years old with a record of 17-2-2 in a light-flyweight title defense fight. Petelo was on a eight-fight win streak with 9 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 8 cm reach advantage over López.
López defeated Petelo via 8th round KO to retain the IBF light-flyweight title.
Some of López' best wins were against Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, Rosendo Álvarez, Alex Sánchez, Myung-Sup Park, Kitichai Preecha, Yamil Caraballo, and Surachai Saengmorakot.
López knocked out 38 of his 52 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 73.1%. Of his total 51 wins, 38 of them were via KO (74.5%).
Ricardo López was undefeated in his professional boxing career. He didn't lose a single fight and retired with a record of 52 fights — all wins, no losses.