Rodolfo Omar López Romero (born September 18, 1983) is a Mexican former
professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014. He held the
WBC
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featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Boxing
Professional boxing
History
A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, this ...
title in 2006.
López captured the WBC featherweight title with a victory over
Takashi Koshimoto
is a former Japanese professional boxer in the featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling.
Boxing
Professional boxing
History
A featherweight boxe ...
but lost the belt in his first defense to former champion
In-Jin Chi
Chi In-jin (, born July 18, 1973, in Seoul) is a South Korean former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 1996. He has held the WBC featherweight title twice between 2004 and 2007.
Career
Boxing
Chi made his debut as a professional bo ...
. Scores were 117–111, 116–112 and 116–113.
See also
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List of featherweight boxing champions Championship recognition
Public Acclamation: 1884 to 1921
Champions were recognized by wide public acclamation. A heavyweight champion was a boxer who had a notable win over another notable boxer and then went without defeat. Retirements from the ...
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List of WBC world champions
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and certifies world champions in 18 different weight cla ...
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List of Mexican boxing world champions
In Mexico, boxing is considered a major sport, having produced over 200 world champions in professional boxing. Mexico ranks first worldwide between countries with most boxing world champions and is the second country to have world champions accred ...
References
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1983 births
Featherweight boxers
Living people
Boxers from Quintana Roo
People from Cancún
World featherweight boxing champions
World boxing champions
Mexican male boxers
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