Lopez stops Concepcion in 2
July 10th, 2010
By Dave Lahr: WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (29-0, 26 KO’s) destroyed Bernabe Concepcion (28-4-1, 15 KO’s) in a 2nd round knockout just moments ago on Saturday night at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I hate to gloat but I predicted this outcome. Concepcion, 22, was knocked down three times in the fight and looked like a bird at times the way that he was flying around the ring from the big shots that Lopez was hammering him with. Conception just didn’t have what it takes to match up with the talented, bigger and much stronger Lopez.
With Concepcion aiming his shots for the midsection of Lopez, he was open for a left hand that put Concepcion down. Concepcion got up but he was hurt and took steady punishment, backing up the ropes where he really got hammered by Lopez with one big shot after another. Incredibly, Concepcion landed a left hand through all the shots that Lopez was firing and was able to knock Lopez down. It was a flash knockdown, because Lopez got up looking mostly embarrassed. The round ended right there, otherwise Lopez probably would have continued beating Concepcion like an old rug.
In the 2nd round, Lopez proved that his knockdown in the previous round was a fluke thing, as he immediately dropped Concepcion with a hard left hand to the head. Concepcion got up and was knocked down again with another left hand, but for some reason the referee ruled it a slip, even though it looked like a clear knockdown to me. At this point, Concepcion looked hurt, disorganized and out of it. He was basically just stumbling around the ring without any plan and taking a lot of heavy shots from Lopez.
Concepcion fired off some shots every now and then, but he was mostly just getting lit up by Lopez. It looked like Lopez was measuring Concepcion for just the right shot, as he followed him around and teed off on him with some nice punches but the not the big. Finally, Lopez let loose with a hard right hand followed by a left that sent Concepcion flying across the ring, landing in the corner in a heap. Concepcion picked himself off the canvas but staggered as he was getting up.
Referee Luis Pabon then stopped the slaughter at 2:37 of the 2nd round. All I can is Conception has a lot of work to do if he’s ever to be a champion. Manny Pacquiao thinks Concepcion can be a great champion some day. I’m not so sure about that from what I’ve seen of Concepcion in his fights against Steven Luevano and now Lopez. Concepcion looks like a good gatekeeper fighter to me.
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Impressive win. Watch out for A-side meth watchdog! You might become P4P someday. They might suspect you. Just stay low.
TELL GAMPOA WHILE HE WAITS TO FIGHT IVAN VALAQUEZ WHO DESTROYED HIM ONCE ALREADY
lopez 1/10 on , everyone picked lopez in this one mate , tip nothing special , your job is to get the even money ones right more than 50% of the time , then you can skite a bit .
NOYNOY GOT PUT TO SLEEEEEEEEP.
ZZz ZZZzz zZZZ.
Ever hear a ‘NoyNoy snore?
BECAUSE LAST NIGHT I DID!!!
NYAHAHAHAHAHA.
That was a fun fight while it lasted. Lopez recovered nicely from being dropped. Concepcion doesn’t have the athletic ability or fighter’s instinct to fight the way he does. Lopez blew him out of the water. I expect him to beat Marquez too.
Tito use to get floored early. JmL idolizes Tito. Why you think he went down from that shot. To show he is not only a showman but he can get up and finish the mission. Dave keep doing you thing.
@haha:
You said “Bwahahahahaha”
Open it wider, baby, I’m comin’
MEHEHEHEHEHE.
Concepcion who?
This is not the real tezt for Lopez.
He got drooped by a journeyman.
marquez will school him, then drop him in the later rounds.
Mark my words.
@haha -
You really hate these filipinos, huh?
Did your wife f__k one?
Or your mother?
Or sister?
THIS IS JUST BOXING, BRUH.
EASE UP ON THE RACIAL REMARKS.
You are such an oracle. You got like what, 1 correct prediction out of 95835426464? OMFG you’re the real deal!
Rofl, the little ‘Noynoy couldn’t even last 2 rounds.
Awww, little ‘Noynoy got all beats up.
Bwahahahah.
The referee did not count on the 2nd knockdown, he stopped the fight right away. They are afraid that Lopez might hit the deck again by a lucky punch. Only a solid left put Lopez down on the canvas. Lets see on the Marquez fight if he has chin.. LOL
The Referee counted out Cocepcion too fast tonight; it was only a 5 count.
Juanma has been ducking caballero. He will soon be exposed. This is one of the most deep weight division. Juanma is great but the fighters in this division will beat each other up. Should be great for a while
as a pinoy i don’t have confidence for concepcion but you see a filipino punch can knock anybody,in other case i’am willing to bet when donaire move up to featherweight and challenge juanma
WHAT ARE YOUR PREDICTIONS IN KFC VS PACMAN NEGOTIATIONS LAHR? I GUESS YOU WILL SAY IT WILL NOT HAPPEN COZ YOUR ARE SO SCARED ALSO COZ YOUR KFC WILL GET KNOCKOUT!! AMERICANS ARE ALL COWARDS SH#T!! ARROGANTS!! YOU DESERVE TO BE THE TARGETS OF TERRORISTS!!! I HOPE NEXT TIME IT WILL BE A NUCLEAR BOMB!!!
Okay, Lahr – you predicted it correctly, so you get a reprieve. I’ll just squeeze your balls next time.
@ Chris
I agree totally.
watch out dave somebody is watching you…
Oh did you Dave??? So what that does bring your record to? 2 correct predictions out of a possible 14? Or is it 15? Yeah nice batting average moron. Yeah go ahead and gloat. You very seldom get it right, so enjoy it.
There is no doubt,Puerto Ricans can fight & Juanma showed it tonight.Now wating for the rematch Cotto vs. Pacquiao in 154lbs. This time i think the outcome will be different with Emanuelle Stewart in Cotto’s corner and a none dehydrated Miguel Cotto.
Juanma Lpopez is on the road to stardom.He has now two big challenges ahead,Marquez & Gamboa.If he gets pass this two,there is no question he will be among the elite and he has the tools to do it.
It was indeed an exciting title defense from López, but one has to wonder if JuanMa can take the risk of opening up as much as he has done against Concepción and Rogers Mtagwa against the future Hall-of-Famer Rafael Marquez. Marquez is a precise and strong boxing technician with years of experience. How much would he have left after the wars with Israel Vazquez? We’ll just have to wait until September 18, when Juan Manuel López and Rafael Marquez face off in Las Vegas. Can we be too greedy and ask for Yuriorkis Gamboa and Celestino Caballero to face off on the undercard? One can dream, can’t one?
The crowd, the beaches, and the Puerto Rican food were not in the ring helping JuanMa. JuanMa was in PR and was dropped. lol.
Homecourt advantage only plays a factor in close fights with crooked officials (including referees).
I would love to see a rematch between these two in another weight class. Concepcion showed heart and
These are the fights we as fight fans want to see.
hahaha concepcion is a bum….
@ joker c
Finally u come to your senses.. I know u love puerco rico hahahaa
Wow lopez is a beast, my boy marquez is screwed.
I TOLD U MORONS THE ONLY WAY U WIN IS THROUGH CHEATING OTHERWISE U GET K,O QUICK
congrats David Lahr
Yay! Go Dave!!
Seriously though, Stevie Wonder could have seen this coming.
On a side note, Lopez looked good and I’m not surprised he went down. He just got a little too confident but you could tell he wasn’t really hurt.
Very short but exciting fight.
Jaja the best.
So Dave…
you predicted a win for the overwhelming favorite for this fight?
Well congrats buddy…
you should be proud…..