A friend, who was too young to drive, asked Alvaro Lopez to drive him to a girl’s house. Alvaro met the girl’s family when he dropped off the friend.

Stockton’s Alvaro “Indian Yaqui” Lopez recently received another honor in his growing collection when he was inducted into the National Boxing Hall of Fame in Commerce.

STOCKTON - Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez still dreams big. The man who came from humble beginnings in Zacatecas, Mexico, moved to the San Joaquin Valley as a child with his family and became a Hall of Fame ...

My memory went directly to 1980 and to perennial Light-Heavyweight contender Alvaro “Yaqui Lopez.” Yaqui has been one of my favorite light heavies of all time. He was a beautiful boxer to ...

You know, like the light heavweight, Yaqui Lopez," the aide said. Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez, a Mexican of Yaqui heritage, is considered one of the greatest boxers not to win a world championship.

To gather a fan base someone in the promotion said Lopez was a “Yaqui” Indian, hence his nickname. “I only had 16 amateur fights. I wasn’t a good amateur” said Lopez.

To gather a fan base someone in the promotion said Lopez was a “Yaqui” Indian, hence his nickname. “I only had 16 amateur fights. I wasn’t a good amateur” said Lopez.