by Paul Magno There's only one road to redemption for Juan Manuel Lopez--and that road takes him to Orlando Salido, the man who stopped Lopez and took his WBO featherweight title eleven months ago in the middle of a partisan pro-Lopez crowd in Puerto Rico. One gets the feeling that Lopez's people would've preferred another route to redemption. Salido isn't a big-ticket … [Read more...]
“Sólo Boxeo Tecate” Features a Doubleheader Saturday, February 4th
Golden Boy Promotions presents its first “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” event of 2012 with co-headlining fights featuring Ronny Rios (16-0, 7KOs) vs. Jeremy McLaurin (9-2, 5KOs) in the super featherweight division and Alejandro Perez (15-3-1, 10KOs) vs. Derrick Wilson (9-2-2, 3KOs) in the featherweight division. Both eight-round bouts will be aired on the TeleFutura broadcast at 11pm … [Read more...]
Can JuanMa Pass His Final Exam?
by Paul Magno Juan Manuel Lopez burst upon the scene as quickly and as violently as the right hand that helped him end the reign of , then WBO Jr. Featherweight champ, Daniel Ponce de Leon. A well-regarded prospect with an excellent amateur career, Lopez, was immediately pushed on to the main stage and expected to act the role of heir apparent to fellow Boricua, Miguel … [Read more...]