[1] The fight was the featured bout on a boxing card promoted by Don King dubbed Noches de Campeones (Night of Champions in Spanish).

On October 6, 1994, promoter Don King announced that WBC super lightweight Julio César Chávez would headline the boxing card Noches de Campeones in his native Mexico against former three-time world champion Tony Lopez.

[2] Along with the Chávez–Lopez main event, the card also featured IBF welterweight champion Félix Trinidad defending his title against Oba Carr, WBA middleweight John David Jackson defending against Jorge Castro, Frankie Randall vs. Rodney Moore for the WBA super lightweight title and WBC strawweight champion Ricardo López vs. Yamil Caraball.

Jackson continued his dominance into the ninth and with around a minute to go in the round, caught Castro flush with a left hook that stunned the champion and sent him staggering into the ropes.

[11] In the fourth round Trinidad connected a solid punch that injured Carr, and in the eighth he scored three consecutive knockdowns before the referee stopped the fight by technical knockout.