Browsing Tag Ricardo Lopez

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  Top 12 All-Time Greatest Mexican Boxers

  A while back your preferred independent combat sports website had a special week on Mexican pugilists called “Mexican Style” and part of it was a spirited debate regarding ...

  On May 5, 2021 / By Michael Carbert
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  Pernell Whitaker: Best Of A Decade

  Yesterday the late, great Pernell Whitaker would have turned 57, but he was taken from us in 2019, far too soon, but boxing will never forget his talent and ...

  On January 3, 2021 / By Neil Crane
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  McCluskey’s Dozen: Thirty Years Of Talent

  Talent is an almost indefinable quality. You can spot it in a prodigious young athlete, but at the same time it’s difficult to define precisely what it is. ...

  On January 23, 2020 / By Ronnie McCluskey
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  Oct. 11, 1992: Lopez vs Lin

  Ricardo Lopez’s nickname in Spanish was ‘El Finito,’ which translates as ‘The Fine One.’ Sometimes a boxer’s nickname does not aptly reflect the nature of its bearer, but ...

  On October 11, 2019 / By Rafael García
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  Top 12 All-Time Best Flyweights

  We started with the middleweights, then the bantamweights, followed by the light heavyweights. Continuing our rankings of the greatest boxers in each of the original eight weight classes, ...

  On July 28, 2019 / By Robert Portis
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  Adios, Dinamita

  Greatness has a soft spot for grit. In the ring, Juan Manuel Marquez had grit in spades. He showed it practically every time he stepped between the ropes. ...

  On August 11, 2017 / By Rafael García
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  August 23, 1997: Lopez vs Sanchez

  “Before each round Ricardo looks up at the heavens, then goes out to kill, kill, kill. It’s like he’s asking permission from God to annihilate the other guy.” ...

  On August 24, 2016 / By Patrick Connor