Lopez never even dared move up to flyweights in his time, electing to preserve his unbeaten record and his domination of the 105 and 108 lbs. classes where he feasted mostly on an assortment of unheralded fellow Latins and Asian little men over whom he enjoyed height and reach advantage ( he's 5-5 with a wingspan of 65"). He began his reign in boxing's smallest divisions in 1990 which spanned more than eleven years through 2001 and by which time the next higher class, the flyweight had already seen the coming of such champions as Sot Chitalada, Jung Koo Chang, Muangchai Kittikasem, Yuri Arbachakov, Chatchai Sasakul, Manny Pacquiao and Pongsaklek Wonjoimkang. What is surprising was that he never get to cross mitts with Michael Carbajal nor Humberto Gonzales who were the hottest little men in his time.
Given that, I would not even venture a guess how he would have fared beyond 112 and even against the big punching, quick stepping and equally big fighters we have today on those divisions.
The jump from strawweight to super bantamweight is a lot in the lower divisions. You're talking about 5 divisions. Lopez was a naturally small guy who was still coming in comfortably below the strawweight limit when he was in his mid 30s. If he were to force himself to bulk up to super bantamweight, he'd likely lose much of his speed and power.
Probably not as successful. Lopez was a natural at strawweight.
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If he did ever go to super bantamweight+ in todays world against such like Nonito Donaire, Guillermo Rigo, Abner Mares, etc
