Sylvester Lopez

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Sylvester Lopez
Born
Silvester Lopez

(1987-10-16) 16 October 1987 (age 37)
Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines
Nationality Flag of the Philippines.svg Filipino
Other namesSilver
Stallone [1]
Statistics
Weight(s) Super Flyweight
Height5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.69 m) [2]
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights23
Wins19
Wins by KO15
Losses4
Draws2

Sylvester Lopez (born Silvester Lopez on October 26, 1987) is a Filipino professional boxer who is the current WBC Silver Super Flyweight Champion and is also the former WBC International Super Flyweight Champion.

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He is a retired boxer who challenged Yota Sato on his first defense of his WBC super flyweight title back in 2012.

Born in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay, he currently resides in Sucat, Parañaque and is training under the Elorde Boxing Stable.

Personal life

Silver was born on October 26, 1987, in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay. He is the son of Roseller Lopez and Maura Berador Lopez. He is the seventh among eight siblings: Roseller Jr., Christopher, Percival, Phillip, Jennifer, Rosemarie, and Lorjem. He came from a family of boxers, his father being a former professional boxer and three of this brothers (Christopher, Percival, Phillip) former amateur boxers. Among them, he is the only one active in the boxing field.

Amateur career

Silver started as an amateur boxer at an early age of 13. He juggled his boxing career and high school education to be able to help his family financially. He participated in several inter-school and inter-barangay boxing competitions.

Professional career

At the age of 17, former boxer Celso Danggod brought him to Manila to join Dante Almario's boxing stable. [3] He was eventually led to Gabriel "Bebot" Elorde's boxing stable and continued his boxing career under his stable.

Lopez made his professional debut on October 13, 2006, against fellow Filipino Joey Balmes. The bout took place in Trece Martires, Cavite and he won via a unanimous decision.

Three years later, he won the vacant WBC International Super Flyweight title on April 5, 2009, by beating Korean Jong-Nam Park via a technical knockout in the 8th round. Park went down three times in the opening round and was floored once in the 8th round, which prompted the stoppage. The fight took place in the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

Lopez successfully defended his belt against Japanese Katsumi Makiyama and Thai Wandee Singwangcha on November 28, 2009, and July 31, 2010, respectively. Both bouts happened in Pasig. [4]

On October 2, 2010, he lost via 5th round technical decision over Juan José Montes for Montes' WBC Youth World Super Flyweight belt. [5] This fight also was a WBC Super Flyweight title eliminator, where the winner will challenge the world title then held by Tomás Rojas. A rematch was negotiated in the WBC convention but was not granted. [6]

On September 24, 2011, he stopped Mexican Oscar "Ceviche" Ibarra to successfully capture the WBC Silver Super Flyweight belt at the Plaza De Toros in Querétaro, Mexico. [7] This fight made him the mandatory challenger for the WBC Super Flyweight title which had been succeeded by Suriyan Sor Rungvisai at that time.

While Lopez had been the WBC's top contender in his division for about two years [1] (the number one rated contender for over a year since January 2011), [8] the title has been moved twice. Lopez's promoter Gabriel Elorde Jr. stated that Lopez should have been given the world title shot against any of those three champions and insisted that "Now it's our turn. Lopez is next. No more delays." [1] Lopez watched the fight where Rungvisai lost the title to Yota Sato at ringside in Tokyo, Japan, with Elorde Jr. in March 2012. Elorde Jr. immediately contacted the WBC president José Sulaimán and reaffirmed the decision of the WBC Convention in December 2011 where Lopez was approved as a mandatory challenger for the title [9] mentioning that he hopes that Sato would face Lopez in his first defense after three months. [2] Although Rungvisai's promoter has held a two-fight option on Sato, [10] Lopez's long-awaited first world title shot was decided to take place against Sato at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium on July 8, 2012. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Carlos Costa (March 28, 2012). "Exclusive: Sylvester Lopez To Fight WBC World Champion Yota Sato in Japan (VIDEO)". PhilBoxing.com. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Ronnie Nathanielsz (March 28, 2012). "LOPEZ WATCHES SATO WIN WBC TITLE; REMINDS WBC HE'S NEXT IN LINE". PhilBoxing.com. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ Lopez assured of title shot Joaquin Henson interview with Lopez
  4. ↑ Lopez to face Thai in Elorde boxing fest, Inquirer press release for Wandee Singwancha fight.
  5. ↑ Lopez loses to Montes in Mexico
  6. ↑ Rematch in the works
  7. ↑ SYLVESTER LOPEZ STOPS IBARRA, WINS WBC SILVER TITLE
  8. ↑ "Ratings - Sylvester Lopez - WBC - Super Flyweight - Boxing news". Boxnews.com.ua. March 28, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
  9. ↑ "WBC Orders Immediate Hopkins-Dawson Rematch, Chavez Jr To Fight Martinez". The Sweet Science. December 15, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  10. ↑ Kittipong Thongsombat (March 28, 2012). "Suriyan defeated by Sato". Bangkok Post . Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  11. ↑ "WBC王者・佐藤洋太が7・8に初防衛戦". Daily Sports (in Japanese). April 17, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
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