A day like today, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez successfully defended his WBC straw-weight title

March 16th
1996

Undefeated Ricardo “Finito” Lopez, successfully defended the straw-weight title, unleashing a devastating KO in round 8 on Philippine challenger, Ala Villamor. The bout took place at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. The third man in the ring was Joe Cortez. The Judges were Carol Castellano, Daniel Van de Wiele and Alfred Asaro.