Topic: Juan Manuel Lopez

This upcoming weekend has one of the most exciting boxing cards in recent months on, to the boxing fans (as opposed to those who still think Tyson is fighting). Omar Chavez one of the sons of the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez has ...

Lopez retains featherweight title with TKO over Marquez

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Juan Manuel Lopez of Puerto Rico retained his WBO featherweight title when challenger Rafael Marquez retired with a shoulder injury at the end of the eighth round on Saturday.The undefeated Lopez, 30-0 (27 KOs) dominated much of the ...

Famous boxing brothers

Though it's rare to see a truly massive boxing clan their have been boxing events that have basically been family events with several brothers fighting on the same card, especially outside of the US, most notably in Mexico and the East ...
Fights such as the excellent Juan Manuel Maruez-Juan Diaz (personally dubbed "The fight to be #Juan") at lightweight, have merely been the icing on the cake. The obvious choice of boxer of the year 2009 will be the winner of the May ...
Of all the current boxers at the top of the sport a few manage to stand out for some reason or another, for example Manny Pacquiao is something of a freak with power speed and the ability to just destroy fighters. Gamboa ...
It?s rare to be able to call a 22 year old a veteran of anything, though in the case of young boxer Bernabe Concepcion it seems fitting to label him as a young veteran. So far in 2010 Concepcion has fought ...
With 2009 about to end it's now the best time to look at the best pound 4 pound fighters of the year, based on several key areas, competition, competitiveness, skill level and how active they've been as of late. Bute ...
Although boxing sees fighter of all styles and shapes, one of the most technically deficient champions of recent times was the thunderous punching Mexican, Daniel Ponce De Leon. Caballero wouldn't only take Ponce De Leon the 12 round distance (the first ...
When it comes to exciting young boxers one of the best out there at the moment is the power punching 26 year old from Puerto Rico affectionately known as ? Juan Manuel Lopez (to give him his full name) has, for a few ...

Lopez, Gamboa on collision course after victories

Promoter Bob Arum has featherweights Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa on a collision course, but Indonesia's Chris John would no doubt love to disrupt those plans.Puerto Rico's Lopez and US-based Cuban Gamboa both posted scintillating knockout victories at ...