Ricardo “El Finito” López Nava (born July 25, 1966) is a boxer from Mexico. As a professional, he defended the WBC Strawweight Championship a record 21 times. He also won the WBA and WBO championship of the same weight class. Lopez also won the IBF Light Flyweight Championship and defended it twice before retiring.
On October 10, 1990, López defeated WBC minimumweight champion Hideyuki Ohashi of Japan via a fourth knockout to win his first world ...
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Ricardo “El Finito” López Nava (born July 25, 1966) is a boxer from Mexico. As a professional, he defended the WBC Strawweight Championship a record 21 times. He also won the WBA and WBO championship of the same weight class. Lopez also won the IBF Light Flyweight Championship and defended it twice before retiring.
On October 10, 1990, López defeated WBC minimumweight champion Hideyuki Ohashi of Japan via a fourth knockout to win his first world title. In 1991, he defeated Korean former champion Kyung-Yun Lee (20-1-0). In 1992, he defended his title against Pretty Boy Lucas (22-2-2) of the Philippines and Rocky Lin (14-0) of Taiwan. In 1993, López defeated future two time champion Saman Sorjaturong of Thailand. Sorjaturong was knocked down once in the 1st round and twice in the 2nd round when the referee stopped the bout.
Later that year, he knocked out Filipino former champion Manny Melchor in the 11th round. In his tenth title defense, López defeated future champion Kermin Guardia ...
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