Again, this thread has been started before (maybe by me). Tho their careers didn't really overlap (Jorge a little older), had they been matched up in each fighter's prime I think this could be another one of those "I'm blessed to be ringside with unlimited dogs and beer for this one"! My take? Lopez comes out the aggressor, banging early, with Ahumada slipping and countering. Neither giving quarter. By the 5th, they both realize they may well have to settle in for an aggressive counter-slugging 'chess match'. Maybe hard to call this one; Yaqui could be cut, but Jorge was a slick, biding his time aggressor. Forget Jorge's wars in Argentina with Victor and forget Yaqui's 30 rounds in Italy with Victor. Who wins this intriguing matchup?
I'd pick Lopez. Ahumada drew with a badly faded Foster and beat a a pre-peak Galindez. He lost all his big fights in his prime except one win over Ray Anderson.
Gotta go with Ahumada here. Lopez was a storied tough guy who gave everyone 100%, but Ahumada was, IMO...a better all around fighter.
Agreed. I also think Lopez gets cut up from the punches this guy throws. Good fight from some of those tough hombres around back then.
I'd lean towards Ahumada in a really close, gruelling fight, I think. Yaqui had the single best weapon in his great, educated left but Ahumada was more varied and unpredictable in his approach Imo. Both fine, fine fighters though, amongst the very greatest never to win the title. The 70s really was a great age at 175: Foster, Fourie, Conteh, Ahumada, Galindez, Kates, Saad, EMM, Yaqui, Johnson, Bennett, Finnegan etc.
