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Total Fights | 59 |
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Wins | 50 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 6 |
Title-Fight KOs | 3 |
KO Wins | 34 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 15 years and nine months, Tony Lopez fought 59 times with 50 wins, 8 losses, and 1 draw.
Lopez retired from professional boxing with a record of 50-8-1, which included three world-title wins and six successful title defense fights at two weight classes — super-featherweight and lightweight. He had a 57.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 34 of his total 59 fights being knockout wins, three of which were in title fights. Lopez suffered four knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 1st round TKO defeat to Hector Quiroz on February 20, 1999.
Some of Lopez' best fights and notable victories include wins over Rocky Lockridge, John John Molina, Jorge Paez, Dingaan Thobela, Greg Haugen, and Tony Pep.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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59 | Feb 20, 1999 | 35 | Hector Quiroz | Loss | TKO1 |
58 | Sep 26, 1998 | 35 | Jaime Ocegueda | Win | TKO3 |
57 | May 21, 1998 | 35 | Horatio Garcia | Win | UD |
56 | Mar 27, 1998 | 35 | Agustin Caballero | Win | UD |
55 | Aug 9, 1997 | 34 | Juan Yoani Cervantes | Win | UD |
54 | May 30, 1997 | 34 | Wilberforce Kiggundu | Win | TKO9 |
53 | Mar 26, 1996 | 33 | Charles Murray | Loss | UD |
52 | Aug 12, 1995 | 32 | Freddie Pendleton | Loss | TKO8 |
51 | Dec 10, 1994 | 31 | Julio Cesar Chavez | Loss * | TKO10 |
50 | Jun 25, 1994 | 31 | Greg Haugen | Win | TKO10 |
49 | Dec 18, 1993 | 30 | Amancio Castro | Win | TKO2 |
48 | Oct 16, 1993 | 30 | Larry LaCoursiere | Win | TKO5 |
47 | Jun 26, 1993 | 30 | Dingaan Thobela | Loss * | UD |
46 | Feb 12, 1993 | 29 | Dingaan Thobela | Win * | UD |
45 | Oct 24, 1992 | 29 | Joey Gamache | Win * | TKO11 |
44 | Jun 30, 1992 | 29 | Andres Sandoval | Win | TKO2 |
43 | Apr 24, 1992 | 29 | Narciso Valenzuela Romo | Win | KO2 |
42 | Nov 15, 1991 | 28 | Ditau Molefyane | Win | TKO8 |
41 | Sep 13, 1991 | 28 | Brian Mitchell | Loss * | UD |
40 | Jul 12, 1991 | 28 | Lupe Gutierrez | Win * | TKO6 |
39 | Mar 15, 1991 | 28 | Brian Mitchell | Draw * | SD |
38 | Sep 22, 1990 | 27 | Jorge Paez | Win * | UD |
37 | May 20, 1990 | 27 | John John Molina | Win * | SD |
36 | Mar 30, 1990 | 27 | Sylvester Kennon | Win | TKO2 |
35 | Oct 7, 1989 | 26 | John John Molina | Loss * | TKO10 |
34 | Jun 18, 1989 | 26 | Tyrone Jackson | Win * | TKO8 |
33 | Mar 5, 1989 | 26 | Rocky Lockridge | Win * | UD |
32 | Oct 27, 1988 | 25 | John John Molina | Win * | UD |
31 | Jul 23, 1988 | 25 | Rocky Lockridge | Win * | UD |
30 | Mar 25, 1988 | 25 | Tony Pep | Win | TKO3 |
29 | Dec 16, 1987 | 24 | Gerardo Velasquez | Win | TKO3 |
28 | Sep 25, 1987 | 24 | Ramon Rico | Win | KO3 |
27 | Sep 1, 1987 | 24 | Ramon Rico | Loss | DQ |
26 | Jul 1, 1987 | 24 | Pedro Nolasco | Win | TKO8 |
25 | May 21, 1987 | 24 | Pedro Nolasco | Win | TKO10 |
24 | Feb 15, 1987 | 23 | Tommy Cordova | Win | UD |
23 | Dec 5, 1986 | 23 | Heriberto Chavez | Win | TKO2 |
22 | Nov 7, 1986 | 23 | Roberto Cantu | Win | TKO3 |
21 | Sep 27, 1986 | 23 | Rigoberto Garcia | Win | TKO4 |
20 | Aug 26, 1986 | 23 | Cesar Zepeda | Win | TKO3 |
19 | Jul 20, 1986 | 23 | Tim Brooks | Win | UD |
18 | Jun 5, 1986 | 23 | Arnel Arrozal | Win | KO2 |
17 | Mar 3, 1986 | 23 | Roberto Cantu | Win | UD |
16 | Dec 18, 1985 | 22 | Adam Garcia | Win | PTS |
15 | Oct 4, 1985 | 22 | Roman Almaguer | Win | TKO3 |
14 | Aug 15, 1985 | 22 | Dave De La Rosa | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Jun 18, 1985 | 22 | J T Walker | Win | TKO4 |
12 | Apr 2, 1985 | 22 | Mariano Bautista | Win | TKO4 |
11 | Aug 3, 1984 | 21 | Tim Brooks | Win | UD |
10 | Apr 3, 1984 | 21 | Sam Espinosa | Win | TKO4 |
9 | Mar 6, 1984 | 21 | Guillermo Rojas | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Nov 29, 1983 | 20 | Juan Torres | Win | RTD3 |
7 | Nov 15, 1983 | 20 | Ruben Perales | Win | KO1 |
6 | Nov 1, 1983 | 20 | Juan Rivera | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Aug 9, 1983 | 20 | Leo Benitez | Win | UD |
4 | Jul 12, 1983 | 20 | Gerald Issack | Win | UD |
3 | Jun 28, 1983 | 20 | Joe Cruz | Win | KO4 |
2 | Jun 21, 1983 | 20 | Edgar Acosta | Win | KO1 |
1 | May 3, 1983 | 20 | Juan Rodriguez | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
Tony Lopez (The Tiger) is a 61-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Sacramento, California, U.S. on February 24, 1963. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 15 years — from 1983 to 1999.
Lopez made his professional boxing debut against Juan Rodriguez at the age of 20 on May 3, 1983, defeating Rodriguez via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 25 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 18 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on July 23, 1988 after 30 professional fights, against Rocky Lockridge for the super-featherweight IBF title. He defeated Lockridge via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-featherweight champion of the world.
Lopez has won three world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Lopez' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Lopez had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Hector Quiroz on February 20, 1999. Lopez lost the fight via 1st round TKO. It's been 25 years and 2 months since this fight.
Lopez had a total of 14 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and seven successful title defenses. He won nine of these fights, lost four, and drew in one.
Tony Lopez fought for world titles in five fights and won three of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won three belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 24, 1992 | Joey Gamache | Lightweight | WBA | TKO |
May 20, 1990 | John John Molina | Super-featherweight | IBF | SD |
Jul 23, 1988 | Rocky Lockridge | Super-featherweight | IBF | UD |
Tony Lopez had 10 world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-featherweight (x8) and lightweight (x2). He won seven of them and lost three times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 12, 1993 | Dingaan Thobela | Lightweight | WBA | UD |
Jul 12, 1991 | Lupe Gutierrez | Super-featherweight | IBF | TKO |
Mar 15, 1991 | Brian Mitchell | Super-featherweight | IBF | SD (draw) |
Sep 22, 1990 | Jorge Paez | Super-featherweight | IBF | UD |
Jun 18, 1989 | Tyrone Jackson | Super-featherweight | IBF | TKO |
Mar 5, 1989 | Rocky Lockridge | Super-featherweight | IBF | UD |
Oct 27, 1988 | John John Molina | Super-featherweight | IBF | UD |
Tony Lopez lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of three titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 26, 1993 | Dingaan Thobela | Lightweight | WBA | UD |
Sep 13, 1991 | Brian Mitchell | Super-featherweight | IBF | UD |
Oct 7, 1989 | John John Molina | Super-featherweight | IBF | TKO |
Lopez fought a total of 59 times during his professional career, which includes 14 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These six fights are the highlight of his career.
July 23, 1988: Lopez wins his first world title by defeating Rocky Lockridge via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the IBF super-featherweight world champion.
March 5, 1989: Lopez successfully defends the IBF super-featherweight title against Rocky Lockridge, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
May 20, 1990: Lopez wins the IBF super-featherweight title from John John Molina, by beating Molina via 12 round split decision.
September 22, 1990: Lopez successfully defends the IBF super-featherweight title against Jorge Paez, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
February 12, 1993: Lopez successfully defends the WBA lightweight title against Dingaan Thobela, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
June 25, 1994: Tony Lopez beats Greg Haugen via 10th round TKO.
Lopez knocked out 34 of his 59 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 57.6%. Of his total 50 wins, 34 of them were via KO (68%).
Lopez' first world-title win was the IBF belt at super-featherweight. He defeated Rocky Lockridge via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Lopez won three world titles at two weight classes.
Lopez had a total of 10 title defense fights. He was successful seven times and lost three times.