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\"\"<\/a>Exclusive Interview by Marc Anthony <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to be cocky enough to think you can do it and you have to be confident enough to get it done\u201d- Tony \u201cThe Tiger\u201d Lopez<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Tony Lopez, 50-8-1, 34 KO\u2019s, is known as an action fighter who never had a dull moment and who will not quit. The first fight for the IBF world title was against Rocky Lockridge, who was defending his title for the third time. Tony was ranked 10th in the world.<\/p>\n

The fight took place in Tony\u2019s hometown in Arco arena which was packed. In the 8th, Lopez took a hard overhand right that dropped him but didn\u2019t put him away. On wobbly legs, he picked himself up and fought back for the final seconds of the round. <\/p>\n

In the end, this epic fight ended up being a fight of the year and Lopez crowned the new IBF champion of the world. For his first defense as a champion, he fought John John Molina, which later became a famous trilogy war between the two, and he retained his title.<\/p>\n

Lopez defended his IBF belt for two more times before losing it against his arch nemesis John John Molina then later regaining it back from in a third encounter.<\/p>\n

Another high profile fight that set gate records was against the very charismatic Jorge \u201cMaromero\u201d Paez which he won very handedly. All the judges\u2019 scorecards read 117-111.<\/p>\n

Later in 1992 he fought for the WBA world title against hometown favorite Joey Gamache. In a very close fight, Lopez came out victorious stopping the fast Gamache in the 11th round. Lopez came up short against iconic legend Julio Cesar Chavez in a 1994 bout. This was not an easy fight for either man by any stretch. Both action fighters were bruised and perhaps Lopez getting the better of Chavez, who had to be taken to the hospital for rib injuries, missing the post-fight press conference.<\/p>\n

Currently, Tony can be found training fighters and working at his successful Bails bonds business \u201cTony the Tiger Celebrity Bail\u201d in his hometown of Sacramento.<\/p>\n

In our ever growing champions edition, RSR speaks with the former multi-division World Champion on what it takes to be the best.<\/p>\n

MA: The Jorge Paez fight set a record for gate revenue and attendance. What do you recall prefight and post-fight?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In actuality, when you are doing it\u2026for me okay this cat was a 125 pounder went up to one 130 and what people don\u2019t seem to realize is I was a big 130 pounder, maybe not in height, but in size, because I would walk around 160-165 pounds and fight at 130.<\/p>\n

Every time I would step into that ring I would weigh every bit of 159-160 overnight. It was nothing. I knew I had the strength on him. Once I got inside, he was a nice guy he was not a bad guy, his deal was he sold tickets. To me, he wasn\u2019t disrespectful, he wouldn\u2019t talk about me, and he would talk about the fight. That he was going to whoop me. Okay, that was part of the show\u2026I don\u2019t care about that. That\u2019s not going to bother me. But I tell you what; he sure brought out a bunch of people. That\u2019s for sure. It was a good time; I don\u2019t have anything bad to say. In matter of fact, he is a friend on my Facebook right now.<\/p>\n

Afterwards it\u2019s kind of funny because obviously he was crying after the fight. I just kind of left him alone. I didn\u2019t really bother him at that point. After the fight was over, I just never saw him anymore since then. I just kind of left him alone. To me, a fight is fight: when you have to go do your thing you do your thing.<\/p>\n

Today, I was just going to respond to it but I had to go take someone to the court. He is in custody now. This morning, over the weekend, some young kid and I know the kid. And I know he is a kid but let me read to you what he wrote. It was on my Facebook: he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know Tony, most people talk a lot of stuff because they are insecure about themselves. Is that you? LMAO.\u201d<\/p>\n

To me I have been doing that since I was born. To me that\u2019s a legit question because around here, these times we are in. People are not used to me. That\u2019s a legit question and that dude deserves an answer. So I answer: Here is what people ask fighters of all kinds, all sorts of fighters not just boxing. But here is what they are saying. My whole life I have been trained to beat and be better than the next guy in front of me. Is that not true? That\u2019s what trained fighters are supposed to do right? To go out there and beat the guy that is in front of you. To be better than the next man\u2026that\u2019s what you are trained to do. And that\u2019s what I did. My whole life since the age of 10 I have been like that.<\/p>\n

You grow up and you are having a lot of amateur fights over 100, went to the golden gloves, I lost it because I thought I was supposed to fight at night but I had to fight at daytime. I didn\u2019t know so I got disqualified out. They are asking you to be better than the next man, my whole life I have been trained to be better than the next man. Now that I am done with boxing they expect me to just change? I don\u2019t think so. This is me. I used to joke about it, it\u2019s kind of funny, but I am a process of society. Society made me the person I am today. I joke about it, its half joking but it\u2019s true. Again, I have been trained to be better than the next person. So in my business life I am supposed change all of a sudden? That\u2019s not going to happen. I am not just going to change. I am who I am. Like I tell people I am not cocky. I am very confident in what I can do. But I am not cocky. I am sure sometimes I am but I am not an angel, far from it but you know what. I am me.<\/p>\n

What do you want me to do? That\u2019s how I ended up as I am.<\/p>\n

Not only did I win three world titles\u2026not only was I the first Northern California born world champion in history\u2026not only with the fight with Paez did we break an indoor gate receipts from the Muhammad Ali fight back in 72\u2026not only am I one of 6 fighters who won the title back from whom he lost it\u2026I have done a lot of stuff in my career. It doesn\u2019t make me cocky it makes me confident in what I do. Do I have a cocky attitude? Yeah, I can say that I do. But that is me just being me. That has nothing to do with my boxing career. Like I tell people today, I can\u2019t even whoop half the people on my block. I don\u2019t care. You know what. It\u2019s not the size of the dog in the fight, it\u2019s the size of the fight in the dog.<\/p>\n

Check this out if you don\u2019t know go to YouTube click on Tony \u201cthe Tiger\u201d Lopez and watch what I do. I will not stop. I will keep on fighting. I will fight for 15 minutes! Can you? And if you can\u2019t, I am whooping your ass. I am not going to stop. Then again people say, \u201cman that is cocky.\u201d No it\u2019s not. I wouldn\u2019t have done what I did if I wasn\u2019t like that. See what I am trying to go with that? It\u2019s kind of hard to explain to people because people just say nah you are cocky (Laughter). You have to walk that line. You have to be cocky enough to think you can do it and you have to be confident enough to get it done. And that\u2019s true.<\/p>\n

MA: What was it like to be Bobby Chacon\u2019s sparring partner and what you learned during<\/strong> that time?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know if you watch my fights, a lot of my fights would dub him. When we were training he would just kick the shit out of me. I promise you this is no lie. When I was younger, I trained like a dog so I fought like a dog. By the time I got with Bobby Chacon, I was kind of made that way. Time with Bobby Chacon, dude I swear to God for the first year this is how my day went: Get up at 4 AM on my own and I was 20. I would go run with all the plastics on. Come back and make myself breakfast and make myself a little lunch and go to work. I worked at a brick manufacturing company called \u201cMuddox Brick Company\u201d right here in Sacramento. I used to toss brick all day long. That\u2019s like 4, 5, 6 bricks at a time and its heavy.<\/p>\n

Then I would drive to Renfree field by highway 80. I trained with Will and I would meet him right after work at 3 and I would drive us both to Oroville which is about an hour and fifteen from Sacramento. We would get there to Chacon\u2019s house and he had a full gym in his back yard. We would get there and train a full training schedule and we would spar anywhere from 8, 15, 16 rounds and check this out. He would spar like he fought.<\/p>\n

So every damn day, when he was not fighting we trained 6 days a week but when he was fighting we did it seven, and I worked five of those days every damn day. He used to kick my ass every day. Every single day he used to kick my ass. But every day I thought, one day I am going to beat his ass. That was my thing. If he hit me with something, I tried to hit him with that same shit back. If he would do a double left hook, I would do a double left hook. I would try the same shit he hit me with. I would try it on him. I kept trying and trying.<\/p>\n

I kid you not; I had to use the headgear with the bars on the face because I was all jacked up. I had to wear that thing. I was getting ready to spar with Chacon and the back of my head, top of my head, my forehead was sore, and my nose was about three inches wide and my whole face was red. My head just hurt but it was like this every single day.<\/p>\n

One day, I had to put on that metal mask and I kept going ouch, ouch because my head hurt. I had lumps all over my head. In the corner of my eye, I see Chacon kicking his feet out and punching towards the ground. He looked over me and he shook his head. I took it in a cocky way, mother fucker that I am going to beat your ass one day. I took it like this guy doesn\u2019t quit. My attitude was like I am going beat his ass. I remember he kicked my ass more than I did that day (laughter). For the first whole year he would beat my ass, every single day.<\/p>\n

Then in the second year we were a little bit closer going to Marysville only about 45 minutes out of town, same scenery met Will at Renfree field and drove to Marysville. But we kind of saw a change in Chacon at the time. Although I can now see it, at the time I really didn\u2019t because I was a young punk and I wanted to be a bad ass and was there to try to kick his ass every day. Then again, it never happened at his house. You can see him start to slow down a bit. My first three years of my career was his last three years.<\/p>\n

The third year we trained in Sacramento, I am only 23 and I am still you know, some people call me cocky but I call myself confident or sometimes cocky you have to walk that thin line, and most of the days I am kicking his ass.<\/p>\n

Will, would tell me \u201cHey Tony, today kind of take it easy on him\u201d and I would tell Will:
\n\u201cFuck you! He never took it easy on me I am not taking it easy on him.\u201d And we would go to war. Bobby had no quit in him. He didn\u2019t give a shit how bad he felt that day, that man never quit. That\u2019s kind of where I got my education from. I owe a lot to him.<\/p>\n

Number one I think the most important thing was that he never took it easy on me. He went there to kick my ass every single day. Including on his last day, he was there to kick my ass. It didn\u2019t matter if it happened or not. He still showed up to do it. In my book that\u2019s a big hell yeah. That\u2019s how you are supposed to train. That\u2019s how you are supposed to fight. That\u2019s after you hit the heavy bags, speed bags and do your jump ropes or shadow boxing or all that other crap.<\/p>\n

Fighters today they spar six rounds and they ask are we done today? No mother fucker, we are not done! You are just warmed up. Before each of my fights, I could hit the heavy bag for an hour. I would constantly punch. Keep the bag at an angle and be confident to hit that damn thing and keep it at that angle for a whole hour straight. Try that, I bet you couldn\u2019t last a minute. There are fighters today that I started training, they couldn\u2019t even do a round. And he was already in shape. He couldn\u2019t do one round. Now I got him to half an hour. Still can\u2019t do an hour but he can do half an hour.<\/p>\n

And these fighters don\u2019t do that. Everyone says Manny Pacquiao this, Manny Pacquiao that. He is good\u2026I am not taking that away from him. But in the 70\u2019s or 80\u2019s, he wouldn\u2019t be where he is at today. He would have had his ass whipped because guys like me are determined enough to do it. These fighters today, you know what the problem is? It\u2019s your fault, it\u2019s my fault, and it\u2019s all of our faults. And I will tell you why. When you held your child, do you have kids?<\/p>\n

MA: Yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Okay, tell me this and I don\u2019t really know you but at some time when you looked at that child and you either said it out loud or you either thought it: I am going give this child a better life than I had…and what you do is you spoil that child a little bit more than you were some people get spoiled a little bit more, depends on what their capabilities are.<\/p>\n

They have shit today that we didn\u2019t have in our lives. Tell that kid today to go outside and play? He wouldn\u2019t know what to do. He would look at you like you are retarded. He will say there isn\u2019t anything to do. Man, go find something to do. Me and you can go outside and find something to do. Kids today, if they don\u2019t have a Gameboy in their hand or in front of the TV playing Pac-man or whatever the hell they are playing now, they wouldn\u2019t know what to do.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the difference with today\u2019s generation and yester years. That\u2019s the difference and that\u2019s the difference in our fighters. It\u2019s all the same.<\/p>\n

The fighters of today are not the fighters of yesterday: Because we will fight, because we will train our ass off, and because we can do it. And that\u2019s really what it is. You take the entire BS out of it and come back with the truth? That\u2019s really what it is. We worked hard for it and willing to work harder to get it and work even harder to keep it and I am not afraid of it. The kids of today or not like that, they want gratification today. They want to make a million dollars right now. You want to make a million dollars right now? Show me what you can do, show me! I come from the land of show me what you got.<\/p>\n

MA: Are you training anyone?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am training a fighter right now Payton Boyea. Amateur fighter, who is, I guess, ranked really high like 1, 2 or 3 in the nation as an amateur right. Getting high in the amateur ranking then you get in the Olympic status, as you know that\u2019s a different level from the amateur rankings. Those guys are damn near pros already. Not yet but they are damn near pros. So he had a couple of fights with the big boys and he started to get beat. I go dude here is your problem you have to many amateur wins. So I took him and changed him. Today he is a lot better fighter and I think he is going turn pro this month. We are going to take him. We are going to fight him at 175 and he is 6\u20192\u201d and he can fight. He can fight inside and he can fight outside. He can fight southpaw. He can be a southpaw easily.<\/p>\n

Let me tell you something. Go back and watch Sugar Shane Mosley fight Pacquiao. Let me ask you this. How in the fuck someone making 20-30 million dollars for a fight not get someone to teach him how to fight a southpaw? In the 70\u2019s or 80\u2019s that shit wouldn\u2019t have happened. Because in the 70\u2019s or 80\u2019s, that southpaw would have gotten his ass kicked. His head movement is not that great. His hand speed is. Train for a guy with hand speed.<\/p>\n

MA: Speaking of hand speed, Gamache comes to mind. What do you recall?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I fought Gamache, we knew that Gamache was fast. Shit, when I fought him, he was a lot faster in person then he was on TV. But I knew that. Go back and watch that fight, we got busy. Going into the fight knowing that I am going to lose the first 6 or 7 rounds I am willing to accept that but I am going to punish him throughout them 6 or 7 rounds and I am going to get him later in the later rounds. I am not going to quit. That\u2019s the fighters of yesterday. The fighters of today won\u2019t do that. They start getting their ass kicked and they start to fall apart.<\/p>\n

When you fight someone like a Pacquiao you know you are going get your ass kicked for the first half. And if you are not in shape to out punch him for 12 rounds you are going get your ass kicked. So train for it. Look at De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas, excellent game plan but it didn\u2019t come out real well, Vargas did have a great game plan. But his problem was, he had a 12 round fight but he only trained for a 4 rounder. After 4 rounds he was done. But the first 4 rounds, hey dude, he was winning. He had the right game plan. He had to get him out of his game plan and make him fight. Which is a great game plan, that\u2019s how you beat a De La Hoya\u2026you thug him. He kick his ass, you thug him like it was street fight. You hurt him, you push him and you shove him. You elbow him. You do all of that shit. It\u2019s boxing! It\u2019s what you do, right? You hurt him and you throw him in the fucking corner and you pound his ass. That\u2019s what he was supposed to do.<\/p>\n

MA: John John Molina, what do you recall on the trilogy?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I fought Molina, I couldn\u2019t outbox him. Never in a million years would I try. The first fight, I had no idea what to expect. Okay, it was a close decision, I won, and he didn\u2019t beat me. Not only to beat the champion for a world title do you have to beat him up but you have to beat him down. That\u2019s what you call being a champion. He didn\u2019t do that. Was a close fight? Sure it was. I didn\u2019t win big but I won it. Guess what it was Unanimous decision but only by one point. Every judge had me by one point. It wasn\u2019t a big win but they all thought the same thing. By one point in a title fight you are the champion that day.<\/p>\n

Second fight I got a blown out eye socket. Got an elbow and it blew out the socket of my eye. I had a hole all up in my muscle tissue going all in my eye. Did it hurt? Hell yeah. It hurt like a dog. It hurt so bad that anywhere he hit me even my arm it would shake my eye and it would hurt so bad. I even thought about going on one knee and just quit. But every time he hit me it would just piss me off. And I thought, I am just going to kick his ass. I know I can\u2019t see, from the 3rd out I had blurry vision out of one eye. Did I quit? No. I kept fighting because I can get lucky. That\u2019s all I need to do is get lucky. I can\u2019t fight because I can\u2019t see s**t. I had blurry vision out of my left eye and my right eye was 100 percent closed. It\u2019s been closed since round 3. But you go out there and do what you were trained to do. I am not trained to be the baddest man in the world but here is what I am trained for if you give me a job I will complete my job. That\u2019s all I am saying.<\/p>\n

So the third fight, I said I have this mother fuckerr. I got it. I am going get him out of his game and get him onto mine. I am going thug this dude. I am going make him fight. I am going get him so pissed off at me that he will want to beat the living shit out of me. In the hotel, we stayed at the same hotel. I told the promoters; why don\u2019t you put us on the same hotel? He goes okay. So we both stayed at Caesars. He has his little entourage going on and he is doing his champions thing. He is the champ right? Every time we passed him at breakfast, me and little Tony my second in command, his Name was Tony Lopez so we called him little Tony, we were walking together and every time I would pass Molina by I would make the chicken sound. I talked to him in Spanish if he was going to run. I would go \u201cbawk bawk\u201d and walk by him. His entourage was mad dogging me and they all wanted to kick my ass. I didn\u2019t care. I did it every single time I seen him. I did it. I talked shit to him. I would talk shit about his girlfriend. I did all kinds of shit. By the time the fight happened, guess what, he wanted to kill me.<\/p>\n

The first bell rang and he came after me. Go watch that fight. That man came after me. I got him into my game. I got him out of his and got him into mine. He can outbox me but he would never be able to outfight me. And that\u2019s how I took the title. That\u2019s how I got that third title. There are a lot of things to this fight game that today\u2019s people don\u2019t know.
\nI am teaching Payton like we were taught. We were pit bulls. That\u2019s how we were trained. That\u2019s how we fought.<\/p>\n

MA: Does that shock you; being its 2011 and we have better technology to keep in shape that fighters do not fight like before?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No because I deal with reality. Reality says that me and you as parents fucked their kids up. We give them more than we had instead of making them work for shit. We just give it to them. You can\u2019t go to a baseball game and (some parents do get out of hand I can see that) if the kids are trying that\u2019s it. Show me what you can do. Don\u2019t tell me you are sick today because I am not going to buy it. I know what you can do. I know what I can do when I am sick and it didn\u2019t kill me it helped me. Whatever doesn\u2019t kill you makes you a better person. I understand that. I can say that because I understand that. There were days I would walk into the gym and say fuck, I don\u2019t want to spar with Chacon today. Today is not a good day. You know what we still did 10-15 rounds that day. Like I said, I tried to kick his ass but for the first year it never happened but boy I sure tried. You have to have the tenacity to go to the gym and spar the guy for 15 rounds knowing you were going get your ass kicked , no matter what you did or how hard you tried you were probably going to get your ass kicked that day and go out there and do it. Try that. I did that for a whole fucking year.<\/p>\n

So the training today is not like yesterday. These parents say there kids can\u2019t do it today. You want these kids to win? Then shut up and let me do my job. Like Payton, I told him I am going train you old school. I am going get on your ass I am going expect you do what I ask you to do. You are not going to talk back, you don\u2019t cuss you do your homework and make sure all that is done you are going run on your own. I am not your babysitter. But this is what I expect of you. If you can\u2019t do it let me know and you can find someone else to train you. It\u2019s that simple.<\/p>\n

MA: What do you feel we can do to get back to that work ethic, that made people filled with fire inside, not just in boxing but in any life choice<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Quit giving kids so damn much. Let them have a want for something. I remember when I was fighting, I was living in a little ass house my parents owned. I think it was 600 square feet and they owned it. I grew up in that house. When I got older, I got kicked out. I moved into a house that the realtor said that you would get more for the lot then the house. To just tear it down, no one ever gave me shit. You make kids work for things and you make them appreciate things. I worked on cars, cleaned toilets, swept floors, did auto body work, worked in a lumber company, cement company, bricklaying, you name it I have done it. That\u2019s what is missing.<\/p>\n

My hope was that one day I am going buy me a house. One day I will buy me a nice car; one day I will buy me some jewelry. The world of want should be enough. It was for me. Every time I fought for a world title fight. I thought if I kick his ass I can party on. I can buy more shit because I have another pay day coming. You still have to watch what you do with your money you can\u2019t just blow it all. Use your brain. I wasn\u2019t making the money that they are making today. I\u2019ve had 15 world title fights I should have been retired by now. People are making 20-30 million dollars a fight and not even fighting half of what we did.<\/p>\n

MA: Crazy isn\u2019t it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Its nuts, give me one million. If I had 1 million dollars for every title fight I would have had 15 million dollars. I would have been retired for life. I would have actually fought for it. I tell people today, I am on Facebook all day (laughter); people are talking about the Ortiz vs. Mayweather. Then someone got on the Pacquiao thing, I told him at 40 years old I would give Pacquiao the worse 6 rounds of his life. I may not beat him but I will beat his ass and I would beat him up. He will never fight me again. I may only go for 6 rounds but for six rounds I would be one dangerous mother fucker.<\/p>\n

In my book, I am sorry you don\u2019t come up from 108 pounds to 145-152 to beat the best in the world, I am sorry that doesn\u2019t happen. Come on man, let\u2019s be real. That\u2019s like me moving from 130 to 185 and beat Roy Jones JR., and knocking him out. Come on man, it\u2019s not going to happen. Let\u2019s be real, it\u2019s like if you put the 154 champion back when Tyson was fighting and fight him or Riddick Bowe, come on man. Be for real. Let him fight Evander Holyfield. Evander Holyfield has to be up there with the best heavyweight champions of the world in history. I don\u2019t give a shit what anybody says Evander Holyfield is easily in the top five, most definitely. That fool fought everybody. He is one of those guys that I can say, that when people ask me who I admire, I would have to say Evander Holyfield. He didn\u2019t dodge anybody. I like that. He should be one of the world\u2019s greatest heavyweights ever. He fought George Foreman, come one man. I wouldn\u2019t even be able to hold up George Foreman\u2019s leg. And that is the difference between then and now.<\/p>\n

MA: Anything you would like to say to RSR reader\u2019s across the globe?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My closing statement would be if you ever need help and find yourself in jail? Call Tony the Tiger. I go Nationwide or visit my website.<\/a>\u00a0 My toll free number is: 1-877-921-0119.<\/p>\n

Tony Lopez<\/strong>
\nNickname: The Tiger<\/strong>
\nDivision: Super Featherweight<\/strong>
\nProfessional Record: 50-8-1 34 KO\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date Opponent Location Result<\/strong><\/p>\n

1999-02-20 Hector Quiroz Coachella, US L TKO 1
\nWBO NABO Light Welterweight Title<\/p>\n

1998-09-26 Jaime Ocegueda Stateline, US W TKO 3
\nWBO NABO Light Welterweight Title
\n1998-05-21 Horatio Garcia Sacramento, US W UD 10
\n1998-03-27 Agustin Caballero San Rafael, US W UD 8<\/p>\n

1997-08-09 Juan Yoani Cervantes Sacramento, US W PTS 10
\n1997-05-30 Wilberforce Kiggundu San Francisco, US W TKO 9<\/p>\n

1996-03-26 Charles Murray Rochester, US L PTS 12
\nNABF Light Welterweight Title
\n1995-08-12 Freddie Pendleton Las Vegas, US L TKO 8
\nUSBA Light Welterweight Title<\/p>\n

1994-12-10 Julio Cesar Chavez Monterrey, MX L TKO 10
\nWBC Light Welterweight Title
\n1994-06-25 Greg Haugen Las Vegas, US W TKO 10<\/p>\n

1993-12-18 Amancio Castro Stateline, US W TKO 2
\n1993-10-16 Larry LaCoursiere Stateline, US W TKO 5
\n1993-06-26 Dingaan Thobela Sun City, ZA L UD 12
\nWBA World Lightweight Title
\n1993-02-12 Dingaan Thobela Sacramento, US W UD 12
\nWBA World Lightweight Title<\/p>\n

1992-10-24 Joey Gamache Portland, US W TKO 11
\nWBA World Lightweight Title
\n1992-06-30 Andres Sandoval Sacramento, US W TKO 2
\n1992-04-24 Narciso Valenzuela Sacramento, US W KO 1<\/p>\n

1991-11-15 Ditau Paul Molefyane Sacramento, US W TKO 8
\n1991-09-13 Brian Mitchell Sacramento, US L UD 12
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title
\n1991-07-12 Lupe Gutierrez Stateline, US W TKO 6
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title
\n1991-03-15 Brian Mitchell Sacramento, US D PTS 12
\nWBA World Super Featherweight Title
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title<\/p>\n

1990-09-22 Jorge Paez Sacramento, US W UD 12
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title
\n1990-05-20 John John Molina Reno, US W SD 12
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title
\n1990-03-30 Sylvester Kennon Sacramento, US W TKO 2<\/p>\n

1989-10-07 John John Molina Sacramento, US L TKO 10
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title
\n1989-06-18 Tyrone Jackson Stateline, US W TKO 8
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title
\n1989-03-05 Rocky Lockridge Sacramento, US W UD 12
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title<\/p>\n

1988-10-27 John John Molina Sacramento, US W UD 12
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title
\n1988-07-23 Rocky Lockridge Sacramento, US W UD 12
\nIBF Super Featherweight Title
\n1988-03-25 Tony Pep Sacramento, US W KO 3<\/p>\n

1987-12-16 Gerardo Velasquez Sacramento, US W TKO 3
\n1987-09-25 Ramon Rico Sacramento, US W KO 2
\n1987-09-01 Ramon Rico Sacramento, US L DQ 7
\n1987-07-01 Pedro Nolasco Sacramento, US W TKO 8
\n1987-05-21 Pedro Nolasco Sacramento, US W TKO 10
\n1987-02-15 Tommy Cordova Sacramento, US W PTS 10<\/p>\n

1986-12-05 Heriberto Chavez Stateline, US W KO 2
\n1986-11-07 Roberto Cantu Stateline, US W TKO 3
\n1986-09-27 Remington Garcia Stateline, US W TKO 4
\n1986-08-26 Cesar Zepeda Stateline, US W TKO 3
\n1986-07-20 Tim Brooks Stateline, US W UD 10
\n1986-06-05 Arnel Arrozal Sacramento, US W KO 2
\n1986-03-03 Roberto Cantu Sacramento, US W PTS 10<\/p>\n

1985-12-18 Adam Garcia Sacramento, US W PTS 10
\n1985-10-04 Roman Almaguer Sacramento, US W TKO 3
\n1985-08-15 Dave De La Rosa Sacramento, US W TKO 3
\n1985-06-18 J T Walker Sacramento, US W TKO 4
\n1985-04-02 Mariano Bautista Sacramento, US W TKO 4<\/p>\n

1984-08-03 Tim Brooks Reno, US W UD 6
\n1984-04-03 Sam Espinosa Sacramento, US W TKO 4
\n1984-03-06 Guillermo Rojas Sacramento, US W KO 2<\/p>\n

1983-11-29 Juan Torres Sacramento, US W TKO 4
\n1983-11-15 Ruben Perales Sacramento, US W TKO 1
\n1983-11-01 Juan Rivera Sacramento, US W TKO 1
\n1983-08-09 Leo Benitez Sacramento, US W PTS 4
\n1983-07-12 Gerald Issack Sacramento, US W PTS 6
\n1983-06-28 Joe Cruz Sacramento, US W KO 4
\n1983-06-21 Edgar Acosta Sacramento, US W KO 1
\n1983-05-03 Juan Rodriguez Sacramento, US W TKO 1<\/p>\n

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