Héctor López Colín (February 1, 1967 – October 24, 2011) was a Mexican

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. He challenged for the WBC

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title in 1993 and the WBO

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title twice between 1995 and 1999. At regional level he held the WBC- NABF light welterweight title twice between 1992 and 1993, and the WBO- NABO light welterweight title between 1996 and 1997. As an amateur he represented Mexico at the 1984 Olympics, winning a silver medal in the

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division.

Amateur career

López, who was born in

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, was a Mexican National Amateur Champion. During the

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he won the Bantamweight Silver Medal, at seventeen years old Héctor was the youngest

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in the whole Olympics.

Olympic results

Below are the results of Hector Lopez, a Mexican bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics: *Round of 32: Defeated

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(Indonesia) KO 3 *Round of 16: Defeated Joe Orewa (Nigeria) on points *Quarterfinal: Defeated

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(Zimbabwe) on points *Semifinal: Defeated

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(Canada) on points *Final: Lost to

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(Italy) on points (was awarded silver medal)

Pro career

Héctor began his professional career in 1985 as a

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but later moved up to

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and defeated former champion Juan LaPorte. That fight would set up a bout with the undefeated Mexican Miguel Ángel González for the WBC

Championship in 1993. López lost a twelve-round unanimous decision and decided on moving up to

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, losing to a young

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in 1994. He later challenged Sammy Fuentes and

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for the WBO World

Title but lost both bouts. López retired after beating veteran Jerry Rosenberg by T.K.O. in the third round.

Personal life

Héctor López was born in Mexico City but was raised in

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, United States, and even played

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at Glendale Hoover High School. He grew up and trained with

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Olympic gold medalist

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Hector 1967 births 2011 deaths Boxers from Mexico City Bantamweight boxers Lightweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Olympic boxers of Mexico Olympic silver medalists for Mexico Boxers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Mexican male boxers Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics