Me. Lopez had very good length and power. He was also a technician, a KO artists, and very relaxed and tactical in the ring.
Didn't he fight mostly at 105 lbs. I seem to remember they invented a new division around the time he was in his prime. He wasn't even a light flyweight in his prime. I know he was a great fighter, and it's a shame most of his title fights were not even televised. I have barely seen footage of him. Anyway, he was too small to fight effectively at 112 lbs.
That depends on Lopez's natural weight. Remember fighters train down for a weigh in, then re-hydrate and eat for the next 24-28 hours. Its a sham. A welter weight fight could have a guy past 160 pounds on fight night. If Lopez had to lose weight to make 105, I think he would be fine at 112. Anyone know?
Chances are that a lot of flyweights from pre light and straw weight could of done those weights, Jimmy Wilde for one.
I have seen all but one of his title fights so its not true that they werent televised sure some of them like his early title defenses and the ones in Asia might not have been televised in the US but they were televised anyway and manny of them were part of don King cards usually the first fight of the card sometimes before Christy Martin fights thats how undervalued he was back then by King and the media. Anyway you can probably find them all on youtube.
Michael Carbajal, Humberto Gonzalez, or Myung Woo Yuh vs. Ricardo Lopez at 108 (Junior or Light Flyweight) would have been great. Lopez eventually did fight at 108... he should have moved up sooner.
He would of decisioned them all, but perhaps struggle with Chiquita the most, who at one point was offered to fight a young Finito, but had little interest. I remember reading it on a Mexican newspaper yrs ago.
