The article traces the life and boxing career of Mexican light-heavyweight contender Alvaro Yaqui Lopez. It narrates how he was born in a Mexican bullring and started out as a bullfighter before becoming a boxer in California. It recounts how he was introduced to boxing, the friends he developed during his career and the body shots he developed as a trademark. It describes Lopez's life from the time his career ended in 1985 to the time he set up his own gym in 2011.