Does Ricardo Lopez's Legacy Suffer?

All of the above.

 

We'll tone it down.

 

:nod

 

Anyone who saw Lopez knows he was one of the best technical punchers ever. He should right up there with the best fly's of all time.

 

Espeshely dyu 2 hiz lak of kompetishen .
2 mi it iz laik hi chalenjd Carbajal , got KOBY him , lost decijens 2 Humberto Gonzalez end Silvio Gamez end got stopt bay Melchor Cob Castro .


Dis iz haw hi shud b konsiderd .
Seim wiz ol d frauds of hiz tayp


108 woz e very strong divijen dyuring hiz taim , no nid 4 him 2 venchyur ap 2 w8 clases 2 112 , bat hiz hendlers nyu hiz tru wors end hed no nid 2 teik risx wiz him i ges

 

And he carried those three pounds well.

 

Many call George Dixon one of the best little men of all time ( Bantam ). Yet he never beat a hall of fame opponent ( But fought several of them ), and looks very poor on film.

While Dixon was certainly past his best at the time of the filming it is alarming how bad he looked.

Lopez was a great puncher, a very patient tactician, and preformed well at an advanced age for a lower weight fighter. His KO wins are very impressive.

The IBRO boxing organization, which favors old timers as much as any group, put Lopez in their top ten of all time at flyweight, even though he a straw weight.

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With all due respect...I know that many of you know who fought who on the 2nd Tuesday in july of 1934, and the records of everyone involved...But what do you actually know about boxing and how it is done? While I generally agree with most of the assessments made on this board, I wonder why it is that you cannot see that the skills lopez demonstrated consistently translate real well.
Personally, I think he beats Carbajal and gonzalez pretty easily.