By Jim Dower: In an impressive display of power punching, undefeated super middleweight prospect Daniel Jacobs (13-0, 12 KOs) destroyed Victor Lares (14-4, 3 KOs) in the second round of a scheduled eight-round bout at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jacobs, 21, an amateur star and possibly a future champion in the super [...]
By Jim Dower: Perhaps the best fighter on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Oscar De La Hoya tonight won’t be either of those two fighters but rather a still largely unknown super middleweight by the name of Daniel Jacobs (12-0, 11 KOs), who has knocked out eleven of his twelve opponents, with eight of them coming [...]
By Manuel Perez: In the second consecutive fight in which Juan Manuel Lopez (23-0, 21 KOs) has scored a first round TKO victory, he destroyed Cesar Figueroa (30-7-2, 22 KOs) seconds into the fight on Saturday night, hitting him with a single left hand and dropping him to the canvas where the referee Roberto Ramirez [...]
By Manuel Perez: If you’re like most people who saw last Saturday’s bout between Juan Manuel Lopez (22-0, 20 KOs) and WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (34-2, 30 KOs) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey, you want to see an immediate rematch. The fight, which had thought to have [...]
By Manuel Perez: In somewhat of a surprising upset, undefeated Puerto Rican super bantamweight challenger Juan Manuel Lopez (22-0, 20 KOs) stopped WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (34-2, 30 KOs) in the 1st round on Saturday night to take his title away from him at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New [...]
By Scott Gilfoid: WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (34-1, 30 KOs) will be taking on the young 24 year-old Juan Manuel Lopez (21-0, 19 KOs) on Saturday night in what may end up being the best match-up of the fight, on the same card that WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik defends his [...]
By Sean McDaniel: In what’s almost sure to be a bout with a great deal of sparks flying between both fighters, WBO super bantamweight champion Daniel Ponce de Leon (34-1, 30 KOs) will be defending his title against his number #1 challenger Juan Manuel Lopez in a 12-round title bout on June 7th, at the [...]