90s missed match ups (NOT the usuals)

[mikeeod]

Ricardo Lopez in against Gonzalez, Carbajal, Sorjaturong. A fight I always wanted to see was Lopez against Too Sharp.

I may be mistaken, but didn't Finito knock Sorjaturong out before he (Sorjaturong) moved up to beat Humberto?

[Alpha]

Ricardo Lopez in against Gonzalez, Carbajal, Sorjaturong. A fight I always wanted to see was Lopez against Too Sharp.

I may be mistaken, but didn't Finito knock Sorjaturong out before he (Sorjaturong) moved up to beat Humberto?

Yeah he did and it was all over in 2 rounds. I still would have liked to see a rematch at 108.

[Master]

Ricardo Lopez in against Gonzalez, Carbajal, Sorjaturong. A fight I always wanted to see was Lopez against Too Sharp.

I may be mistaken, but didn't Finito knock Sorjaturong out before he (Sorjaturong) moved up to beat Humberto?

Yeah he did and it was all over in 2 rounds. I still would have liked to see a rematch at 108.

You wanted a rematch after 2 round result? What happened?

[Alpha]

Ricardo Lopez in against Gonzalez, Carbajal, Sorjaturong. A fight I always wanted to see was Lopez against Too Sharp.

I may be mistaken, but didn't Finito knock Sorjaturong out before he (Sorjaturong) moved up to beat Humberto?

Yeah he did and it was all over in 2 rounds. I still would have liked to see a rematch at 108.

You wanted a rematch after 2 round result? What happened?

Lopez dropped Sorjaturong once in the 1st and twice in the 2nd to end the fight with the WBC minimumweight title on the line. Sorjaturong got caught with a big right at the end of the 1st that put him down on his face. I don't think he really recovered in the minute rest. He was getting hit quite a bit and he may not have ever been able to compete with Lopez but the stoppage was premature in my opinion.



Sorjaturong moved up to 108 and stopped Gonzalez in a FOTY bout in 1995 for the WBC & IBF Light Flyweight titles.

[Dark Lord Al]

Ricardo Lopez in against Gonzalez, Carbajal, Sorjaturong. A fight I always wanted to see was Lopez against Too Sharp.

I may be mistaken, but didn't Finito knock Sorjaturong out before he (Sorjaturong) moved up to beat Humberto?

Yeah he did and it was all over in 2 rounds. I still would have liked to see a rematch at 108.

You wanted a rematch after 2 round result? What happened?

Lopez dropped Sorjaturong once in the 1st and twice in the 2nd to end the fight with the WBC minimumweight title on the line. Sorjaturong got caught with a big right at the end of the 1st that put him down on his face. I don't think he really recovered in the minute rest. He was getting hit quite a bit and he may not have ever been able to compete with Lopez but the stoppage was premature in my opinion.



Sorjaturong moved up to 108 and stopped Gonzalez in a FOTY bout in 1995 for the WBC & IBF Light Flyweight titles.

We have witnessed some wonderful fighters in the 90 's and onwards , Floyd - RJJ -JCC , however its hard to argue that Ricardo FINITO Lopez wasn't the most complete boxer.
He had Floyds counterpunching / Roys speed / he could hit with big power , fight going forward or backwards , he really was that good.

[mikeeod]

Ricardo Lopez in against Gonzalez, Carbajal, Sorjaturong. A fight I always wanted to see was Lopez against Too Sharp.

I may be mistaken, but didn't Finito knock Sorjaturong out before he (Sorjaturong) moved up to beat Humberto?

Yeah he did and it was all over in 2 rounds. I still would have liked to see a rematch at 108.

You wanted a rematch after 2 round result? What happened?

Lopez dropped Sorjaturong once in the 1st and twice in the 2nd to end the fight with the WBC minimumweight title on the line. Sorjaturong got caught with a big right at the end of the 1st that put him down on his face. I don't think he really recovered in the minute rest. He was getting hit quite a bit and he may not have ever been able to compete with Lopez but the stoppage was premature in my opinion.



Sorjaturong moved up to 108 and stopped Gonzalez in a FOTY bout in 1995 for the WBC & IBF Light Flyweight titles.

We have witnessed some wonderful fighters in the 90 's and onwards , Floyd - RJJ -JCC , however its hard to argue that Ricardo FINITO Lopez wasn't the most complete boxer.
He had Floyds counterpunching / Roys speed / he could hit with big power , fight going forward or backwards , he really was that good.

He was such a phenomenal fighter. I've never seen ANYONE control every aspect of a fight like Finito did. His punch selection was masterful, his balance was perfect, his accuracy was off the charts due to his precise punches, his footwork was flawless, his stamina was limitless, and his combinations were seamless. Everyone says JCC is the greatest Mexican boxer ever, and I understand why they feel that way (record, high profile fights...etc.), but I think that if they were the same size Finito would box circles around him and stop him late (and make it look easy). I was always a HUGE fan of Finito, but I would always wonder what would happen when/if he met his "one" fighter who had his number. Would he be able to gut it out? Reach down deep and fight in the trenches? Would be wilt? He proved his greatness by out-"toughing" his "one" in Rosendo Alvarez. What a great little fighter he was...

[Alpha]

Alvarez took him the the brink. It was towards the end of Lopez' career. If anyone deserves to be claiming they are TBE it should be Lopez!