Introduction
Héctor López Colín (February 1, 1967 – October 24, 2011) was aMexican boxer who was the NABF and WBO NABO Light Welterweight Champion. He also won an Olympic Silver medal for Mexico in the Bantamweight division.
Amateur career
López, who was born in Mexico City, was a Mexican National Amateur Champion. During the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the Bantamweight Silver Medal, at seventeen years old Héctor was the youngest boxer 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 Johny Asadoma (Indonesia) KO 3
- Round of 16: Defeated Joe Orewa (Nigeria) on points
- Quarterfinal: Defeated Ndaba Dube (Zimbabwe) on points
- Semifinal: Defeated Dale Walters (Canada) on points
- Final: Lost to Maurizio Stecca (Italy) on points (was awarded silver medal)
Pro career
Héctor began his professional career in 1985 as a Bantamweight but later moved up to Lightweight and defeated former champion Juan LaPorte. That fight would set up a bout with the undefeatedMexican Miguel Ángel González for the WBC Lightweight Championship in 1993. López lost a twelve-round unanimous decision and decided on moving up to Light Welterweight, losing to a young Kostya Tszyu in 1994. He later challenged Sammy Fuentes and Randall Bailey for the WBO World Light Welterweight 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 Glendale, California, United States, and even played American football at Glendale Hoover High School. He grew up and trained with Mexican American Olympic gold medalist Paul Gonzales.