Who could have beaten Ricardo Lopez?

[Anthony342]

Seems like he only would've lost if he moved up in weight. Or might get beat in a historic H2H matchup with someone at a higher weight.

[Archie_Leach]

Seems like he only would've lost if he moved up in weight. Or might get beat in a historic H2H matchup with someone at a higher weight.

He did move up...

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

i gotta say, Ricardo Lopez was a boxer's boxer, he was complete, i don't see anybody beating him at strawweight

[OctoberRed]

i gotta say, Ricardo Lopez was a boxer's boxer, he was complete, i don't see anybody beating him at strawweight

I thought he was in a lot of trouble in first Alvarez fight.

[Archie_Leach]

I thought he was in a lot of trouble in first Alvarez fight.

Clay had a lot of trouble in the Holmes fight...

Tyson had a lot of trouble in the Mcbride fight...

Bhop got KTFO by Joe Bloggs..........

[Zaroku]

Was there any fighter in any era of the Strawweight/Light Flyweight/Flyweight division who could have beaten Finito?

As great as he looks on video I think there's a handful of top tier fighters around his weight that could have solved his style. Lopez was not as perfect of a fighter that everyone claims.

I think Roman Gonzalez has the style to beat Lopez IMO.

I’d like to see that match up..

[Zaroku]

I thought he was in a lot of trouble in first Alvarez fight.

He was... I agree...

[Archie_Leach]

Prince Patel would knock him out.

[chrisJS]

Seems like he only would've lost if he moved up in weight. Or might get beat in a historic H2H matchup with someone at a higher weight.

Yeah, at 105 there is a small sample size. I can't see him losing at that weight. 108 he was already slightly past his best but still masterful. I love Chocolatito but I think Finito would eventually have too much for him but in a great fight. Folks can point to the Alvarez fights but Alvarez was excellent too and showed up over-weight in fight II and Lopez still turned him back.

I'd say on a p4p scale or if Lopez had gone to 112 he'd have came up short against Mark Johnson. Too Sharp was an equally incredible boxer IMO but didn't have the career his talent deserved due to boxing politics and legal problems.

[Mowglie]

At 105? Nobody. Roman Gonzalez was too green there.

At 108? Chang would've been his bane, if you ask me. Gonzalez was stronger, would've out-punched him there, and was vastly superior as an in-fighter (never a strength of Lopez), so I'd also favor him. Zapata could've beaten him, but I wouldn't favor him more often than not. Too inconsistent mentally. I'd favor him against Gushiken, Carbajal, Humberto Gonzalez, Yuh, Estaba, etc more often than not. Estrada is a close call. He seems to have more grit than Lopez did. Even then.

At 112? Plenty of guys, but he never fought there, so...

Best Strawweight of all time by far.