Marcos López (born September 28, 1954), better known as Marcos Geraldo, is a Mexican former boxer who was champion at both

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Career

Geraldo was born in

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, Mexico, and fought out of

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for much of his career.Boxing
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'', March 18, 1983, p. 23. Retrieved February 17, 2013 Geraldo's first professional fight was in September 1970, a points defeat of Albaro Parra. In 1977 he won the Mexico middleweight title, defeating Emetrio Villanueva by a knockout. After two successful defences he moved up to the light heavyweight division, beating David Cabrera to become Mexico light-middleweight champion in November 1982. He also won the California State Middleweight title in 1978. In 1979 he suffered a points defeat to

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over ten rounds, with the same result a year later against

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.Hagler Takes Care of Marcos Geraldo
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'', May 18, 1980, p. 10B. Retrieved February 17, 2013 He was ranked in the top ten by both the WBC and WBA in 1980."Contender KO'd in First Round", ''

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'', September 12, 1980, p. C2 He fought

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in 1982, losing by a first round knockout."Hearns Wins Quickly", ''Jet'', March 29, 1982, p. 51Hearns Knocks Out Geraldo in First Round
, '' The Reading Eagle'', February 26, 1982, p. 28. Retrieved February 17, 2013 Leonard ranked his fight with Geraldo as his fourth toughest, behind those against Hearns,

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, and regarded Geraldo as the hardest puncher he had fought.Sugar, Bert & Atlas, Teddy (2010) ''The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists'', Running Press, Anderson, Dave (1981)
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'', September 16, 1981, p. 2C. Retrieved February 17, 2013 In 1985 Geraldo drew with

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in a Stroh's Cruiserweight Championship fight, and lost to

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by a fifth round TKO.Witherspoon Wins Bout
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'', March 26, 1985, p. 4C. Retrieved February 17, 2013Hiserman, Mike (1985) "Nunn Steps Up the Competition Against Mexican Champ", ''

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'', August 28, 1985, p. 12 (Sports) He fought

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in 1987, losing by a second round knockout. He continued fighting until 1995, losing his final fight to

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. He also lost to

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. Over his 25-year professional career he won 66 of 95 fights, 47 by knockout. His son, Marcos Antonio López, is also a professional boxer.

References

External links

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