Juan Antonio López: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added

Inline

Revision as of 23:08, 6 December 2005

Juan Antonio López (June 15, 1952 in Culiacán, Sinaloa - June 29, 2004 in Culiacán) was a Mexican boxer.

López was best known for fighting Wilfredo Gomez twice for the WBC Super Bantamweight title. Most importantly, he is credited with introducing Julio Cesar Chavez to the sport. He retired in 1992 with a 66-19 record (46 KO’s), and trained other fighters from his native Culiacán.

In January 2003, it was learned that López had leukemia.

Revision as of 21:58, 15 November 2005 edit Thaagenson (talk \| contribs) 869 edits m disambiguation link repair (You can help!) ← Previous edit		Revision as of 23:08, 6 December 2005 edit undo Sgt Pinback (talk \| contribs) 10,343 edits mNo edit summary Next edit →
Line 1:		Line 1:
	'''Juan Antonio López''' ([[June 15]], [[1952]] in [[Culiacán]], [[Sinaloa~~]], [[Mexico~~]] - [[June 29]], [[2004]] in Culiacán) was a ~~former~~ [[boxing\|boxer]].		'''Juan Antonio López''' ([[June 15]], [[1952]] in [[Culiacán]], [[Sinaloa]] - [[June 29]], [[2004]] in Culiacán) was a [[Mexico\|Mexican]] [[boxing\|boxer]].

	López was best known for fighting [[Wilfredo Gomez]] twice for the WBC Super Bantamweight title. Most importantly, he is credited with introducing [[Julio Cesar Chavez]] to the sport. He retired in 1992 with a 66-19 record (46 KO’s), and trained other fighters from his native Culiacán.		López was best known for fighting [[Wilfredo Gomez]] twice for the WBC Super Bantamweight title. Most importantly, he is credited with introducing [[Julio Cesar Chavez]] to the sport. He retired in 1992 with a 66-19 record (46 KO’s), and trained other fighters from his native Culiacán.