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Juan Antonio López (June 15, 1952, in
Culiacán Culiacán, officially Culiacán Rosales, is a city in northwestern Mexico, the capital and largest city of both Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531 by the Spanish conquistadors Lázaro de ...
,
Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...
– June 29, 2004, in Culiacán) was a Mexican
professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...
who competed from 1971 to 1992. López was best known for fighting
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to the sport. He retired in 1992 with a 66-19 record (46 KO’s), and trained other fighters from his native Culiacán. In January 2003, it was learned that López had
leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia; pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or '' ...
. He died on June 29, 2004.
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told ''
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'' in 1992 that he considered López to be his hero as a child and tried to emulate him.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopez, Juan Antonio 1952 births 2004 deaths Boxers from Sinaloa Deaths from leukemia in Mexico Mexican male boxers Super-bantamweight boxers Sportspeople from Culiacán 20th-century Mexican sportsmen