Was Ricardo Lopez the most technically perfect boxer you've ever seen?

Finito was a Gem to watch. Everything executed perfectly, a fighter to learn from by watching how subtle he did it. Excellent balance and timing. Can't say enough good things about Lopez one of my all time favorites. Those who critizice him never followed they weight and can't recognize some of the ppl he fought. He was naturally a small guy and I guess he never struggled to make weight. IMO at the time he should had been rated higher in the P4P list cause his style was simply that good. Most of his KO was his technic, most guys fell on the canvass as he was still finishing a combination, simply good stuff

Could you imagine a Ricardo Lopez on lightweight/welterweight/middleweight/heavyweight? Do you think a boxer with Lopez's skills on the higher weight division can actually be GOAT? Without a shadow of a doubt. If somebody made 23 title defences and never lost, dominating and knocking out nearly everyone with such finesse like Lopez did, at 147, 154, 160 or even Heavyweight. It would be absolutley huge. Especially if the guy was American... I consider Lopez, along with Mayweather Jr to be the two most skilled boxers of the last 20 years. It's a shame that neither get's their due credit from so called "boxing fans". Half of today's boxing fans probably don't even know Lopez.

Could you imagine a Ricardo Lopez on lightweight/welterweight/middleweight/heavyweight? Do you think a boxer with Lopez's skills on the higher weight division can actually be GOAT?

lopez reminds me of jmm

P.S - I have his career set on DVD and will upload it in the video section soon. I have about 21 of his fights. Anyone who is interested in boxing should check this guy out. He was an amazing boxer. Ricardo "Finito" Lopez Career Thread... http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=417569&highlight=ricardo+lopez

I love Ricardo Lopez's game. He was a great highly skilled fighter. Hes up there with Mayweather, Toney and Hopkins skillwise. I think he was more skilled than Toney and much more skilled than Hopkins. The guy had no flaws at all and the way he put his punches together was amazing. His defence, speed, reflexes and anticipation were all perfect. Ricardo Lopez was the definition of a complete fighter.

I love Ricardo Lopez's game. He was a great highly skilled fighter. Hes up there with Mayweather, Toney and Hopkins skillwise.

met him in Mexico City's airport. awesome guy!

I just watched highlights of his career and I gotta say he was simply just an awesome fighter skill wise and a pleasure to watch. I think his resume gets shitted on a lot though because he took real long to move up in weight like a lot of people claim. It looked like he did have a size advantage over some of those guys he fought, but I can just tell by his style and his tenacity that he would've beaten both Carbajal and Gonzalez if he fought them. And his son Alfonzo fights just like him from what I can tell by judging the fight I saw him take part in on FSN. He was mentioned as a couple people's most highly regarded prospects with under 10 fights in that one thread and I included him too.

how many slick boxers did ricardo fight? He beat everyone in his weight class. Slick or not. I don't know much about alot of his opponents because in Lopez weightclass, There wasnt alot of longevity. The belts were being passed on and on constantly. Wheras he defended his belt 20 times over an 8 year period. There was good fighter's but nobody to give him a real challenge until he came up against Rosendo Alvarez. Lopez basically ran over everyone before their fight's. Which say's alot about Alvarez because he pushed Ricardo all the way both times.

the reason why i asked that because in boxingscene, you got to beat a slick boxers to be considered great lol Boxing scene is retarded like that. I have no clue why they place slick boxers on a pedestal. Complete boxers are prone to dominate the sport, not slick boxers.

how many slick fighters were at his time and weight class? the reason why i asked that because in boxingscene, you got to beat a slick boxers to be considered great lol

how many slick boxers did ricardo fight?

Man, you're such a mercurial sort. Sometimes I wanna strangle you, stab your dead body repeatedly and leave you for dead in a dark alley to have your corpse be eaten alive by hungry vermin. And yet other times I wanna squeeze your ample buttocks. What gives? I'm laughing real hard right now. Mainly because this is exactly how I feel about you, without the homo stuff of course :lol1:.

JMM is a poor mans version of finito lopez. this is quite unfair amigo... considering JMM has had the better foes to test those skills against...

Lopez is definitely an ATG technician. And I don't know about the allegation that Lopez was unwilling to test himself against some of the big dogs. On a different discussion forum, I heard that Lopez supposedly in negotiations to fight Carbajal should he get past Gonzalez in their rematch, but he obviously ended up losing. So....I did a quick news archive search and came up with this info indicating that Lopez was looking for those big fights. from a Dec 1993 article "Lopez, who weighed 104 3/4, has been seeking a bout with WBC junior flyweight champion Michael Carbajal. " from a Jul 19, 1993 article after Carbajal defended his titles against Kwan Sum Kim. "Michael Carbajal] said the fight he wants first is a 108-pound unification bout with World Boxing Association champion Myung-Woo Yuh of South Korea" "After the victory, Carbajal was asked whether he wanted to fight Mexico's Ricardo Lopez, who is undefeated. If Danny (Carbajal, his brother and trainer) tells me to fight King Kong, I'll fight him," he said. Carbajal would go on to defend against Domingo Sosa before losing to Gonzalez in the rematch. "So much for the much-anticipated matchup between mighty Lilliputians Michael Carbajal and Ricardo Lopez. Carbajal, who was expected to fight the unbeaten strawweight champion this year, lost a split decision and his IBF light flyweight title to unknown Colombian Mauricio Pastrano." from a January 19, 1997 article You make good points. I agree. It's also a big feather in the cap of Lopez that Saman Sorjaturong (Who he destroyed in 2 rounds) went on to defeat Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez for the WBC/IBF 108lb belts. He also made 9 defences of the WBC belt. Gonzalez beat Carbajal twice. And it showed that Lopez opposition was better than some would like to say. It's just that he was something special and made some very capable fighters look like bad fighters.

Lopez is definitely an ATG technician. And I don't know about the allegation that Lopez was unwilling to test himself against some of the big dogs. On a different discussion forum, I heard that Lopez supposedly in negotiations to fight Carbajal should he get past Gonzalez in their rematch, but he obviously ended up losing. So....I did a quick news archive search and came up with this info indicating that Lopez was looking for those big fights. from a Dec 1993 article "Lopez, who weighed 104 3/4, has been seeking a bout with WBC junior flyweight champion Michael Carbajal. " from a Jul 19, 1993 article after Carbajal defended his titles against Kwan Sum Kim. "Michael Carbajal] said the fight he wants first is a 108-pound unification bout with World Boxing Association champion Myung-Woo Yuh of South Korea" "After the victory, Carbajal was asked whether he wanted to fight Mexico's Ricardo Lopez, who is undefeated. If Danny (Carbajal, his brother and trainer) tells me to fight King Kong, I'll fight him," he said. Carbajal would go on to defend against Domingo Sosa before losing to Gonzalez in the rematch. "So much for the much-anticipated matchup between mighty Lilliputians Michael Carbajal and Ricardo Lopez. Carbajal, who was expected to fight the unbeaten strawweight champion this year, lost a split decision and his IBF light flyweight title to unknown Colombian Mauricio Pastrano." from a January 19, 1997 article

I consider him at least a top 20 ATG. I know some people might disagree but if you go and watch his key fights then i'm sure you will change your mind.

maybe not all that the title says, BUT he is the best figher Beristain has trained.... and that says a lot

look at 1:42, sick fuken uppercut.... What an artist. He is arguably the best pure technical Boxer ever. It's a shame that in the next 10 years from now, it's gonna hard to find Boxers who can emulate that style.