Hector Lopez

Background

López, who was born in Mexico City, was a Mexican National Amateur Champion.

Career

Olympic results

Defeated Johny Asadoma (Indonesia) KO 3

Defeated Joe Orewa (Nigeria) points

Defeated Ndaba Dube (Zimbabwe) points

Defeated Dale Walters (Canada) points

Lost to Maurizio Stecca (Italy) points

That fight would set a bout with the undefeated Mexican Miguel Ángel González for the WBC Lightweight Championship in 1993. López lost a twelve round unanimous decision and decided on moving up to Light Welterweight, losing to a young Kostya Tszyu in 1994. He later challenged Sammy Fuentes and Randall Bailey for the WBO World Light Welterweight Title but lost both bouts.

López retired after beating veteran Jerry Rosenberg by T.K.O. in the third round.

Héctor López was born in Mexico City but was raised in Glendale, California, United States, and even played American football at Glendale Hoover High School. He grew up and trained with Mexican American Olympic gold medalist Paul Gonzales.

Achievements

• He also won an Olympic Silver medal for Mexico in the Bantamweight division. During the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the Bantamweight Silver Medal, at seventeen years old Héctor was the youngest boxer in the whole Olympics. Héctor began his professional career in 1985 as a Bantamweight but later moved up to Lightweight and defeated former champion Juan LaPorte.