The bout itself was fought on Jat the Home Depot Center. Maidana had just come off a win against former junior middleweight contender Jesús Soto Karass, and was looking to get back into title contention. On September 15, 2012, the two combatants squared off in the ring, and from very early on Álvarez' size and experience began to show through, knocking Lopez down in the second, third, and fourth rounds en route to stopping him in the fifth round after referee Joe Cortez determined he was taking too much punishment.įollowing his stoppage loss to Álvarez, Lopez was paired up with Marcos Maidana, a former junior welterweight contender famed for his punching power and ferocity. This was unfortunately proven to be true. Lopez had just moved up from Junior Welterweight (140) to fight Ortiz and was now being asked to move up a further seven pounds, and was not given a chance by too many press row scorers, with most feeling he was out of his depth. Álvarez Īfter scoring a huge upset against Ortiz, Lopez was given the opportunity to fight for the WBC junior middleweight title against Saul 'Canelo' Álvarez. During the ninth round, Lopez connected with a punch to Ortiz's jaw that broke it on impact and rendered him unable to continue. Lopez stepped up to face Ortiz and defeated him by technical knockout in the tenth round. Victor Ortiz was in need of an opponent after his scheduled opponent for June 23, 2012, Andre Berto, failed a drug test which scuttled their rematch for the interim WBC title. López was originally scheduled to fight Kendall Holt in a defense of his title sometime in 2012, but Holt pulled out of the fight. The bout was televised on ESPN's Friday Night Fights. by knockout in the seventh round, to win the North American Boxing Federation Light Welterweight Championship. On JanuLópez took out undefeated Mike Dallas Jr.

Professional career NABF light welterweight championship José Manuel ' Josesito' López (born July 19, 1984) is an American professional boxer and former world title challenger.

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