David Lopez Pressing For Sergio Martinez Shot

By Mark Vester

Junior middelweight contender David Lopez recently came to the WBC offices to press for a shot at junior middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. Lopez (38-12, 23KOs), ranked 5 by the WBC, fought the majority of his career at middlweight and above, but recently moved down to 154-pounds. With twelve defeats on his record, Lopez is on a 14-fight win steak since May 2005 and picked up wins over Michael Walker, Billy Lyell, Ossie Duran, Danny Perez, Epifanio Mendoza [facing BJ Flores at cruiser]. He also broke the unbeaten streaks of Jerson Ravelo and Lonnie Bradley.

Lopez is under contract with Golden Boy Promotions. The contract with Golden Boy runs out in September and he wants to sign up with Erik Morales' Mexico based promotional company.

"I am still I under contract with Golden Boy, which apparently finishes in the month of September.  We want to work with Érik Morales, but my contract has to be finished. I'm looking for an opportunity for the junior middleweight title," Lopez told ESTO.

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