Bernabe Concepcion Boxing News

SAN JUAN, PR (February 9, 2012) – No. 1-rated contender MIKEY GARCIA will risk his undefeated record, his NABF and NABO featherweight titles and his rating when he faces two-time world championship challenger BERNABE CONCEPCION on Saturday, March 10, at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Garcia-Concepcion featherweight rumble will be the [...]

By Chris Williams: If you want to see a slaughter on March 10th, you’ll need to make sure you tune in for undercard fight on the Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Orlando Saldio fight card between unbeaten featherweight contender Miguel Angel “Mikey” Garcia (27-0, 23 KO’s) and former featherweight contender Bernabe Concepcion (29-5-1, 15 KO’s) at [...]

By Jim Dower: Sometimes losing a fight isn’t that bad for a fighter’s career. In the case of featherweight Bernabe Concepcion (28-4-1, 15 KO’s) it might not be that bad of a thing that he was trounced in a 2nd round knockout by WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (29-0, 26 KO’s) last Saturday night [...]

By Dave Lahr: Anytime you get a fighter that has been slaughtered as bad as Bernabe Concepcion (28-4-1, 15 KO’s) did last Saturday night by WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (29-0, 26 KO’s) you have to ask questions about what went wrong. After all, Concepcion was ranked in the top 10, groomed by Manny [...]

By Christian Ramos: Rushing into Bernabe Concepcion with a straight left in round 2, WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel López improves his record to 29-0 (26). JuanMa scored the impressive knockout victory, but not without hitting the floor in round 1. Feeling the fight was over, JuanMa dropped his right hand in the middle of [...]

By Sam Gregory: On the July 10th edition of Showtime’s Championship Boxing from Coliseo Jose Agrelot, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico undefeated southpaw Juan Manuel Lopez 29-0 with 26 KO’s defends his WBO featherweight title against Bernabe Concepcion 28-4-1 in a scheduled 12 round bout in the featherweight division.

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 [...]

By Jim Dower: WBO super flyweight interim champion Nonito Donaire (24-1, 16 KO’s) overcame a lackluster start to stop knockout artist Hernan Marquez (27-2, 20 KO’s) in the 8th round on Saturday night at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Donaire, 27, knocked the much smaller Marquez down two times in [...]

By Dave Lahr: Forget about Bernabe Concepcion (28-3, 15 KO’s) having any chance at beating WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) tonight when the two fighters meet at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Concepcion has no chance of winning this fight.

By Jason Kim: Featherweight contender Bernabe Concepcion (28-3-1, 15 KO’s) will be taking a big step up in taking on unbeaten World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) on Saturday night, July 10th at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Few boxing fans or writers are giving [...]

World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) weighed in at 125.3 pounds and Filipino challenger Bernabe Concepcion (30-2-1, 17 KOs) measured 125 pounds during Friday’s weigh in at Coliseo de Puerto Rico, in Hato Rey, just outside San Juan, Puerto Rico.

By Chris Williams: When you take an unremarkable fighter like Bernabe Concepcion (28-3-1, 15 KO’s) and put them in the ring with a big talent like WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) then bad things happen to that fighter. Beyond being rather pedestrian, Concepcion also is young at only 22, easy to [...]

By Chris Williams: WBA super flyweight interim champion Nonito Donaire (23-1, 15 KO’s) will be taking on recently defeated Hernan Marquez (27-1, 20 KO’s) in a 12 round bout at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, San Juan, Puerto Rico. There must be a shortage of fighters to step in the ring with Donaire, because it’s [...]

NEW YORK (July 1, 2010) – World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) is set to defend his title against Filipino Bernabe Concepcion (30-2-1, 17 KOs) on July 10 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, live on SHOWTIME at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast). Saturday’s 12-round world [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his World Boxing Organization title against 22-year-old Bernabe Concepcion (28-3-1, 15 KO’s) on July 10th at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It’s not a good sign for Concepcion that he was [...]

By Dan Ambrose: World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (28-0, 25 KO’s) likes the idea of fighting two division champion Rafael Marquez (39-5, 35 KO’s) on September 18th in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, the 26-year-old Lopez doesn’t want to overlook his next fight against his number #8 ranked WBO contender Bernabe Concepcion [...]

By Peter Wells: According to some reports there have been talks started with Celestino Caballero to move up to Featherweight to fight WBA champion Yuriorkis Gamboa. This is still a massive fight, but Juan Manuel Lopez who believes he is better than Caballero has opted for an easier opponent. I’m not keen on fighters that [...]

By Jim Dower: Featherweight Bernabe Concepcion (28-3-1, 15 KOs) defeated Mario Santiago (21-2-1, 14 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision on the Pinoy Power 3/Latin Fury 13 at the Las Vegas Hilton, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Concepcion, 22, knocked Santiago down in the 6th round. The final judges’ scores were 98-91, 96-93, 97-92. The [...]

By Chris Williams: World Boxing Association super flyweight interim champion Nonito Donaire is ready to go for Saturdays’ fight against Manuel Vargas in the headliner of the Pinoy Power III card at the Las Vegas Hilton, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Donaire was supposed to be fighting Gerson Guerrero. However, Guerrero failed a pre-fight medical eye [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Nonito Donaire (22-1, 14 KO’s) needs another opponent for this Saturday’s bout at the Las Vegas Hilton, in Las Vegas, Nevada. His opponent Gerson Guerrero (34-8, 26 KO’s) failed the medical exam for the fight after a detached retina turned up during the eye exam earlier Wednesday. Donaire-Guerrero was supposed to be [...]

By M. Perez: With the fight getting out of hand in the 7th round, featherweight Bernabe Conception (28-3-1, 16 KO’s) evened the score by landing a picturesque right hand that flattened World Boxing Organization featherweight champion Steven Luevano (37-1-1, 15 KO’s) well after the bell on Saturday night, at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, [...]

By Jason Kim: Featherweight contender Bernabe Concepcion (28-1-1, 17 KOs) defeated Kenyan Sande Otieno (16-2, 7 KOs) by a 5th round TKO on Sunday night in scheduled 12-round bout to win the vacant World Boxing Council International featherweight title at the Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

By Manuel Perez: Super bantamweight contender Bernabe Concepcion (26-1-1, 15 KOs) took out Adam Carrera (19-4, 8 KOs) in the 3rd round of a scheduled 10-round bout on Saturday night at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. After a fairly slow first two rounds of the fight in which both fighters looked limited in [...]