How good was Ricardo Lopez?

Best mexican ever in my book, almost every fight was blood bath, almost all the time he was wearing white trunks, at the end of the fight was red with the blood of the oponent, it was amazing to see how he was tearing them apart and at the end he finished them without any risk

 

Johnson tried to fight everyone from 105 to 122. He wanted Tapia bad...Followed him around went to his fights. Tapia wanted nothing to do with Too Sharp. Johnson was a bad man, keep in mind he lost two points in a SD lost late in his career vs Marquez well over his best weight. All in all I think Johnson was a better fighter then Lopez, but Lopez was a great fighter as well. Very underrated when it comes to talk of the best fighters of his era. He is right up there.

 

Ricardo Lopez is without a doubt one of the greatest fighters i have ever seen, and is also one of my personal favourites. During his prime he was unstoppable at Minimumweight.

He had immaculate technique, speed, power, footwork, defence, timing and was extremely accurate. He was a great counter-puncher who rarely wasted a punch and threw with textbook precision. He used his great footwork and head-movement do avoid almost everything his opponent threw during his prime.

Unlike many counter-punchers, he was a very hard puncher (arguably the hardest ever at that weight) and could either wear you down or stop you with one shot. He used every punch in the book and could deliver any shot from almost any angle while remaining unscathed himself. Ricardo regularly dominated his opponents during his prime, almost never losing a round untill later in his career.

I great example of his unbelievable skills was his title winning effort against Hideyuki Ohashi in which systematically destroyed the outclassed champion in his hometown.

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Ye, one of the greatest boxer in lower weight class.Only blemish on his record
is a draw with Rosendo ALvarez.

 

H2H I agree.

Too sharp was the best flyweight of his era. Though Lopez was above average in every department he wasnt as fast as too sharp, Johnson was as skilled as him and you could argue about the rest but in the end Johnson was naturally bigger.

But p4p its closer. I know its seems silly because there is such a small gap in weight between them but Lopez was a natural 105 pounder. Imagine if he had to actually cut weight down to 112 and was natural there. I think it would be an awesome tactical battle, though Too sharp would probably still edge it.

 

The second fight with Alvarez shows his championship heart. Although he's pretty much all but won the fight; in the 12th round, he charges out, determined to get the knock out.

He's my favorite boxer. I think his knock out of Kitichai Preetcha is the most beautiful knockout ever. left right uppercut, down, and out.

 

He was the most complete Mexican Fighter I've seen.