Tony Lopez (The Tiger) is a 61-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 15 years, 9 months, and 17 days, Lopez amassed a record of 50-8-1, which includes 34 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.
Tony Lopez was born in Sacramento, California, U.S. on February 24, 1963. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on May 3, 1983 against Juan Rodriguez. Lopez defeated Rodriguez via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Lopez became a world champion at the age of 25 after 30 professional fights. He challenged Rocky Lockridge for the IBF super-featherweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the lightweight (WBA) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Lopez' last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Hector Quiroz at age 35, on February 20, 1999.
Some of Tony Lopez' best fights have been against Jorge Páez, John John Molina, Rick Lockridge, Dingaan Thobela, Greg Haugen, and Tony Pep. For a complete list of Lopez' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Tony Lopez".
Lopez has 8 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Tony Lopez Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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59 | Feb 20, 1999 | 35 | Hector Quiroz | loss | TKO 1 |
58 | Sep 26, 1998 | 35 | Jaime Ocegueda | win | TKO 3 |
57 | May 21, 1998 | 35 | Horatio Garcia | win | UD 10 |
56 | Mar 27, 1998 | 35 | Agustin Caballero | win | UD 8 |
55 | Aug 09, 1997 | 34 | Juan Yoani Cervantes | win | UD 10 |
54 | May 30, 1997 | 34 | Wilberforce Kiggundu | win | TKO 9 |
53 | Mar 26, 1996 | 33 | Charles Murray | loss | UD 12 |
52 | Aug 12, 1995 | 32 | Freddie Pendleton | loss | TKO 8 |
51 | Dec 10, 1994 | 31 | Julio Cesar Chavez 32 91-1-1 | loss | TKO 10 |
50 | Jun 25, 1994 | 31 | Greg Haugen 33 34-5 | win | TKO 10 |
49 | Dec 18, 1993 | 30 | Amancio Castro | win | TKO 2 |
48 | Oct 16, 1993 | 30 | Larry LaCoursiere | win | TKO 5 |
47 | Jun 26, 1993 | 30 | Dingaan Thobela 26 8-1 | loss | UD 12 |
46 | Feb 12, 1993 | 29 | Dingaan Thobela 26 8-0 | win | UD 12 |
45 | Oct 24, 1992 | 29 | Joey Gamache | win | TKO 11 |
44 | Jun 30, 1992 | 29 | Andres Sandoval | win | TKO 2 |
43 | Apr 24, 1992 | 29 | Narciso Valenzuela Romo | win | KO 2 |
42 | Nov 15, 1991 | 28 | Ditau Molefyane | win | TKO 8 |
41 | Sep 13, 1991 | 28 | Brian Mitchell | loss | UD 12 |
40 | Jul 12, 1991 | 28 | Lupe Gutierrez | win | TKO 6 |
39 | Mar 15, 1991 | 28 | Brian Mitchell | draw | SD 12 |
38 | Sep 22, 1990 | 27 | Jorge Paez 24 35-2-3 | win | UD 12 |
37 | May 20, 1990 | 27 | John John Molina 25 21-2 | win | SD 12 |
36 | Mar 30, 1990 | 27 | Sylvester Kennon | win | TKO 2 |
35 | Oct 07, 1989 | 26 | John John Molina 24 19-2 | loss | TKO 10 |
34 | Jun 18, 1989 | 26 | Tyrone Jackson | win | TKO 8 |
33 | Mar 05, 1989 | 26 | Rocky Lockridge 30 43-6 | win | UD 12 |
32 | Oct 27, 1988 | 25 | John John Molina 23 18-1 | win | UD 12 |
31 | Jul 23, 1988 | 25 | Rocky Lockridge 29 43-5 | win | UD 12 |
30 | Mar 25, 1988 | 25 | Tony Pep 23 17-2 | win | TKO 3 |
29 | Dec 16, 1987 | 24 | Gerardo Velasquez | win | TKO 3 |
28 | Sep 25, 1987 | 24 | Ramon Rico | win | KO 3 |
27 | Sep 01, 1987 | 24 | Ramon Rico | loss | DQ 7 |
26 | Jul 01, 1987 | 24 | Pedro Nolasco | win | TKO 8 |
25 | May 21, 1987 | 24 | Pedro Nolasco | win | TKO 10 |
24 | Feb 15, 1987 | 23 | Tommy Cordova | win | UD 10 |
23 | Dec 05, 1986 | 23 | Heriberto Chavez | win | TKO 2 |
22 | Nov 07, 1986 | 23 | Roberto Cantu | win | TKO 3 |
21 | Sep 27, 1986 | 23 | Rigoberto Garcia | win | TKO 4 |
20 | Aug 26, 1986 | 23 | Cesar Zepeda | win | TKO 3 |
19 | Jul 20, 1986 | 23 | Tim Brooks | win | UD 10 |
18 | Jun 05, 1986 | 23 | Arnel Arrozal | win | KO 2 |
17 | Mar 03, 1986 | 23 | Roberto Cantu | win | UD 10 |
16 | Dec 18, 1985 | 22 | Adam Garcia | win | PTS 10 |
15 | Oct 04, 1985 | 22 | Roman Almaguer | win | TKO 3 |
14 | Aug 15, 1985 | 22 | Dave De La Rosa | win | TKO 3 |
13 | Jun 18, 1985 | 22 | J T Walker | win | TKO 4 |
12 | Apr 02, 1985 | 22 | Mariano Bautista | win | TKO 4 |
11 | Aug 03, 1984 | 21 | Tim Brooks | win | UD 6 |
10 | Apr 03, 1984 | 21 | Sam Espinosa | win | TKO 4 |
9 | Mar 06, 1984 | 21 | Guillermo Rojas | win | TKO 2 |
8 | Nov 29, 1983 | 20 | Juan Torres | win | RTD 3 |
7 | Nov 15, 1983 | 20 | Ruben Perales | win | KO 1 |
6 | Nov 01, 1983 | 20 | Juan Rivera | win | TKO 1 |
5 | Aug 09, 1983 | 20 | Leo Benitez | win | UD 4 |
4 | Jul 12, 1983 | 20 | Gerald Issack | win | UD 6 |
3 | Jun 28, 1983 | 20 | Joe Cruz | win | KO 4 |
2 | Jun 21, 1983 | 20 | Edgar Acosta | win | KO 1 |
1 | May 03, 1983 | 20 | Juan Rodriguez | win | TKO 1 |