Career
He is trained by Henry Harris, former title contender Roy Harris and Félix Ramírez. Alfonso was an all-district football player at Corpus Christi Moody and went on to play at Sam Houston State University before ever boxing in the amateurs. On November 4, 2010 Lopez fought for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Middleweight Championship in Dallas, Texas.
This bout was on Showtime"s televised portion of the Pacquiao versus
Mosley undercard. On January 6th, 2012 Lopez fought Dyah Davis (son of 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist Howard Davis Junior) for the vacant NABF Super Middleweight title. Lopez dropped a 10 round unanimous decision to Davis.
On February 18, 2012 Lopez fought against Justin Williams. Lopez had recurring elbow injuries leading up to the fight, and Lopez injured his elbow in training for the bout but continued through the fight anyway.
He dropped a unanimous decision in 6.
February 28, 2013 Lopez had surgery on his left elbow and then had another surgery on March 27 for his right elbow. Lopez took time to rest and recover from the surgeries on his elbows. "El Tigre" made his comeback on October 18, 2014 after a 2 1/2 year lay off to heal his injury.
Lopez returned to the ring on the undercard of Canelo versus
Kirkland, May 9th, 2015 in Houston, Texas at Minute Maid Park. El Tigre earned a 2nd round KO victory over Cuban slugger Lester Gonzalez.
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