Juan Manuel Marquez and Gamboa easily beat Salido, but Lopez fails
April 18th, 2011
By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) failed miserably in his big test against the tough Mexican Orlando Solido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) last Saturday night in an 8th round TKO loss in front of Lopez’s shocking fans in Peurto Rico. The loss showed loud and clear that the 27-year-old Lopez isn’t in the same class as fighters like Juan Manuel Marquez and Yuriorkis Gamboa, both of which easily beat Salido in lopsided 12 round decision victories. What does that tell you about Lopez?
What Lopez needs right now is three or four tomato cans to fight so that he can rest up and get his confidence back. If you look at how well Marquez and Gamboa handled Salido and then watch how Lopez struggled with him it shows you how far off Lopez is from those guys. Lopez went about fighting Salido the wrong way. He tried to take the guy out and kept doing it even though he was taking a beating by sticking with that strategy. Marquez and Gamboa changed up their game with Salido, choosing to box him after recognizing early that they wouldn’t be able to knock him out. Lopez stubbornly stuck with his original plan of trying to slug with Salido and paid the ultimate price by getting stopped.
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jml wants the rematch against salido,right away but then again he didnt want to give rafa marquez a rematch. so why should he get that privelige. salido should make him wait
en estos momentos,nadie en esta division can beat gamboa,y creanme q no es fanatismo,por ser cubano,gamboa ,cuenta con todo lo q requiere un boxeador,talento es rapido,fuerza en ambas manos,gran movilidad y sabe perfectamente,cuando acabar con el contrario,ademas d su gran trayectoria como amateur q le a dado la experiencia nesesaria q es el motivo por el cual cuenta con 20y16 en su record.lopez y sus promotores,perdieron,la oportunidad d una mega fight,como pudo ver sido gamboa vs lopez,y q susedio?lopez fue drrotado,por salido q ya habia sido vensido,por gamboa,ahora bien se comenta d una pelea entre rafa marquez y gamboa,creame q no le veo sentido,gamboa nesesita,pelear por ej,con su hermano,juanmanuel marquez,pacman packio,q concidero estan,al mismo nivel,pero en mi humilde opnion,si esto susediera ,estoy mas q seguro q gamboa va haser el vensedor,por todo lo antes mensionado,y si hay alguna duda al respecto dejenme,saber,se aceptar criticas.let see wtat happen,en 2011
Puerto Rico vs Mexico you always get best matches when you match the two together! Cant wait for Margarito VS Cotto!! Boricuas VS Aztecas!
Just like in the fight with Marquez he walked in thinking that he couldn’t be hurt and has not practice good defense thinking he is unknockable.
The fact that the stoppage was too early is undeniable. Perhaps he would have lost anyway. But it’s also true Salido didn’t finish him on the last round and he couldn’t not put him down in the eigths only speculates that he punched himself out and a posibility that Juanma could have PROBABLY done better in the ninth.
Can’t take anything away from Salido and comparing previous fights never is a measure of how things will end up..
After this…Marquez will now want a rematch…and I think Juanma needs to step up his defense and ring movement, he was too flatfooted. The reason Gamboa won is because of his movement. A note for Juama to keep on a sticky note in front of the mirror.
Marquez did fight Salido, right after the 1st smearing embarrassment of Pacquiao. Salido looked very intimidated in that fight, then after 10 rounds of being counter punched, he kinda got a rhythm going. He still lost a unanimous decision. I watched that fight right after Salido beat Lopez.
THIS IS FOR YATUSABES!! you dont know sh*t homie you talk to much sh*t out your @ss learn to box get in the ring then you can talk sacate la meirda de la boca cus your sh*t stinks i see your post time n time again always talkin mad sh*t i dont know what fight u was watching but gamboa fuc*ked salido up or didnt u see how salidos face was all busted n gamboa barley had a small scratch on his face he didnt even look like he had boxed 12rounds N yes salido did put up a fight i always thought salido was a hell of a fighter very underrated cus of his losses on his record n he has a hell of a chin n good power more props to him for his victory. But i seen that fight hundreds of time n gamboa is my fav fighter but he wooped salido left him all busted !!! N that knock down was a flash knockdown gamboa wasnt even hurt . Now look when gamboa drop salido last round n tell me how he looked !! Even though that was a dirty shot after he got drioed that gamboa pulled. Its ok to bk your countrymen up but damn stop putting other fighters down just cus of there nationality!!i seen your post u bee hating to much on others thats not mexican
juanma has been saying for a while that he wants to move up and based on his performance,you cant blame him.What i think he needs is a new trainer, and a better in between fight regimen.
But,sometimes the other guy just has your number.Hope this aint a case of that.
I also give him props for standing and trading shots,knowing he was done!
Juanma always had a suspect chin, Mtgawa,Concepcion,Marquez showed it. He just hadn’t fought a boxer with strong chin like Salido. I would still favor him in a rematch with Salido.
Gamboa would destroy Juanma at 126, but I would give Juanma the edge at 130…
It seems i overrated JuanMa, Salido is a very average fighter but has a big heart, based on JuanMa’s performance he wouldnt get out of the first round against Gamboa. Not as excited about the JuanMa-Gamboa match-up now.
It just goes to show how technique is so important.marquez is so combinationaly accurate,and not quite as easy to hit without return fire from all angles.it also tells us of the entire skill set of reflex and natural intuativeness that Floyd mayweather has.he would be a real tough fight for pacquiao.,Who would see why floyd has been undefeated.Pac,is an offensive machine while Floyd can be effectively both these elaments in sink.
A rae glimpse of emotional withdrawl from reality ,can be devastating in this concentrative sport.
@carlos alvarado jr_the same thing was said before the bout and salido put ur boy on a zombie mode….so what u are saying is nonsense!!!!
Lopez is a damage goods (maybe)….
His head has been banged by Mtagwa,Concepcion,Marquez and now Salido.
I don’t know if he recover psychologically and physically and need long rest to be back on his true form.
Juanma got over-hyped and took Salido for granted. The real challenger for Gamboa is, and always has been, the under-rated Chris John.
@yatusabes… salidos still a bum, but I never questioned his heart. And far as juanma, guess I overestimated the fraud, I really thought he would decision salido. Should’ve known 2 put my $$ on a rican. Juanma has a chance 2 beat salido in a rematch, but the truth is, like I told u before juanma isn’t what u make him out 2 b, I told u he would b exposed real soon, it jus happened sooner than I thought. I mean after all salidos been gettin smashed since back when jmm was running as a featherweight.
Juanma weighed 190lb going into training which could of caused him the fight . He wasn’t as explosive, strong, or fast as usual . He’ll brutally KO Salido in the rematch .
Lopez just took Salido too lightly. He thought he can just KO this guy in any round he wishes. Too bad he underestimated Salido.
Guys, just face it. Juanma lost. It’s his fault not the refs. Was it prematurely stopped, you could argue that. Was Juanma going down regardless…absolutely.
As for Gamboa, it’s just funny how I go around on forums and the people who bash him most are Juanma fans. Before Juanma started getting hurt in the ring the Juanma fans were bashing on gamboa’s flash knockdown. That’s all they were…flash knock downs. He was never hurt, and that includes against salido. In fact, one could argue that it was a slip…
Juanma’s mistake was moving up in weight. People at 126 simply don’t respect his power. That’s why they risk getting hit in order to land that right that seems to be effective for EVERY fighter against Juanma.
The lost will not tell that he is not good as they are. There are time to shine and time to get lost.
If Juanma Lopez Gets The Rematch With Orlando Salido It’ll Be A Totally Different Story!
@Forgood
lol, u crazy I don’t even care about Juanma’s loss.
I’m just saying it would have been exciting to watch it flip around like he has done in the past. Everyone would have enjoyed that, even some Mexicans.
@ANONYMOUS_IF HE WAS EATING ALL 3 MEALS AT ONCE THAT MEANS HE WAS REALLY HUNGRY CAUSE HE ATE LEATHER ROUND AFTER ROUND….HAHAHAHAHA U FUNNY DUDE!!!
@G.I. JANE_U JUST A MAN BURNING IN DEFEAT….LET IT GO MAN…ITS ONLY BOXING PLUS WHATEVER U DO OR SAY WONT CHANGE A DAM THING…PEACE IM OUT OF HERE!!
@Forgood
lol u crazy
G.I_HOMIE KEEP UR ZH!T TO UR SELF DUDE NOBODY CARES ABOUT OR JML….U ARE A NOBODY AND HE JUST GOT KTFO!!!!!!….HAHAHAHA
G.I_BWUUUUUUAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Don’t forget how much he was being called a warrior before that premature stoppage.
Juanma would have gone down in history for that fight if the referee wouldn’t had stopped it.
I’m gonna be completely honest here.
Every fighter has his very own unique strategy.
Like in Transformers, every character is unique and that’s what makes it exciting to watch. WATCHING is the number one thing here.
Puerto Rican embrase the fact that we have seen Juanma fight for several years now and the fact of the matter is that,
Juanma can get hit many times while he’s dazed, wobbling, and continue on swinging his hands throwing power punches, not just swinging. We never ever thought that he was the best power puncher or boxer or fighter. YOU CAN NOT TELL ME, that watching a man standing his ground for many rounds with the thought that he’s going down but he continues to fight then knocks the opponent the fk out, IS NOT EXCITING TO EVERYONE!!! Especially when you’ve seen him do that in a few of his fights.
That was why Puerto Rico stood at their feet and chanted hard!!! Not because we were motivating him but because he was doing it again!!! We were just waiting for that knock out that he has done before under those conditions just not on television. We all also heard the commentators cheering Juanma on with amazement on how he just won’t go down after that knockout and he did stun Salido a bunch of times, something that you guys are ignoring but the fight is being reviewed and still debateable.
It’s just too bad there was a premature stoppage.
I guess the referee was unfamiliar with Juanma’s style.
Salido was in no mood to be easily beaten in that fight……he is a tough mex fighter and if he was supposed to lose some one forgot to tell him