Julio César Chávez vs. Tony Lopez
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| Date | December 10, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Mobil Super, Monterrey, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC super lightweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chavez wins via 10th-round technical knockout | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Julio César Chávez vs. Tony Lopez was a professional boxing match contested on December 10, 1994, for the WBC super lightweight title. The fight was the featured bout on a boxing card promoted by Don King dubbed Noches de Campeones (Night of Champions in Spanish).
Background
[edit]On October 6, 1994, promoter Don King announced that WBC super lightweight Julio César Chávez would headline the boxing card Noches de Campeones in his native Mexico against former three-time world champion Tony Lopez.[1] Along with the Chávez–Lopez main event, the card also featured IBF welterweight champion Félix Trinidad defending his title against Oba Carr, WBA middleweight John David Jackson defending against Jorge Castro, Frankie Randall vs. Rodney Moore for the WBA super lightweight title and WBC strawweight champion Ricardo López vs. Yamil Caraball. This was King's fourth super card of 1994 to be headlined by a Chávez title fight. There were tentative plans for the card to be headlined by a third Chávez–Randall fight, though talks stalled and the two appeared in separate fights on the card.[2]
In the days prior to the fight Chávez insisted that his fight against Lopez would be the beginning of a year-long farewell as he had announced his intentions to retire at the end of 1995 following a further six fights to get him to 100 professional fights. Chávez promised a rematch with Pernell Whitaker and third fight with Randall, which he planned to be his final fight, would be among the bouts he had planned for 1995.[3] However, his planned rematch with Whitaker never came to be and a third fight with Randall would not occur until 2004, while Chávez himself would hold off his retirement until a decade later in 2005.[citation needed]
The Fight
[edit]Chávez put forth a dominating effort, winning nearly every round on the judge's scorecards and battering Lopez throughout the fight.[failed verification] The turning point of the fight came in the fourth round when Chávez opened a cut above Lopez's left eye, an injury that got progressively worse as the fight went on. By the following round, the eye was almost completely shut and the cut began to bleed, causing the ringside doctor to examine Lopez after each round to make sure he could continue. After Chávez opened another cut above Lopez's right eye, Lopez was warned after the ninth round that he would only have one more round before the fight would be stopped. However, with Lopez's eye beginning to swell after constant abuse from Chávez, referee stopped the fight at 1:41 in order for the doctor to check on Lopez's condition. Against Lopez's wishes, the doctor stopped the fight, giving Chávez the victory by technical knockout.[4]
Fight card
[edit]Confirmed bouts:[5]
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Notes | ||
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| Super Lightweight | 140 lbs. | Julio César Chávez (c) | def. | Tony Lopez | TKO | 10/12 | Note 1 |
| Welterweight | 147 lbs. | Félix Trinidad (c) | def. | Oba Carr | KO | 1/12 | Note 2 |
| Middleweight | 160 lbs. | Jorge Castro | def. | John David Jackson (c) | KO | 9/12 | Note 3 |
| Super Lightweight | 140 lbs. | Frankie Randall (c) | def. | Rodney Moore | TKO | 7/12 | Note 4 |
| Strawweight | 105 lbs. | Ricardo López (c) | def. | Yamil Caraball | TKO | 1/12 | Note 5 |
| Super Flyweight | 115 lbs. | Joel Luna Zárate | def. | Alcibiades Gallegos | TKO | 4/10 | |
| Heavyweight | 200+ lbs. | Tony Tucker | def. | Dan Murphy | TKO | 3/10 | |
| Super Welterweight | 154 lbs. | Maurice Blocker | def. | Hector Lopez | TKO | 4/10 | |
| Heavyweight | 200+ lbs. | Bobby Crabtree | def. | King Ipitan | KO | 1/10 | |
| Featherweight | 126 lbs. | Jose Badillo | def. | Carlos Ramirez | TKO | 3/8 |
^Note 1 For WBC Super Lightweight title
^Note 2 For IBF Welterweight title
^Note 3 For WBA Middlewight title
^Note 4 For WBA Super Lightweight title
^Note 5 For WBC Strawweight title
Broadcasting
[edit]| Country | Broadcaster |
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 United States |
Showtime |
References
[edit]- ^ Chavez to Fight Lopez in December, NY Times article, 1994-10-07 Retrieved on 2024-10-02
- ^ Taylor Older But No Wiser As Chavez Wins Again, NY Times article, 1994-09-18 Retrieved on 2024-10-02
- ^ Chavez begins winding down career, UPI article, 1994-12-06 Retrieved on 2024-10-03
- ^ Chavez defends WBC title, UPI article, 1994-12-11 Retrieved on 2024-10-03
- ^ "BoxRec - event".