By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (31-0, 26 KO’s) will be making his first defense of his title next month against former two-division world champion Juan “Juanma” Manuel Lopez (33-2, 30 KO’s) on June 15th at the American Airlines Center, in Dallas, Texas, USA.
This is a potentially tough fight for the 25-year-old Garcia because he was kind of exposed in his last fight against Orlando Salido last January in which Garcia had started running out of gas by the 4th round and looked like he wanted out of the fight by the 8th.
Luckily for Garcia, he got his way out of the fight when an accidental headbutt broke his nose. Rather than toughing it out like many fighters do when they suffer a broken nose, Garcia complained that he couldn’t breathe out of his nose, which is a fairly common thing for a fight with a broken nose. That’s just how it is, but the fight was stopped anyway.
By Jim Dower: Using heavy pressure and a good body attack, #1 WBC, Victor Terrazas (37-2-1, 21 KO’s) defeated former IBF/WBA/WBC super flyweight champion Cristian Mijares (47-7-2, 22 KO’s) by a 12 round split decision on Saturday night to capture the vacant WBC super bantamweight title at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico, in Mexico City, Mexico.
By Chris Williams: Just as I thought; Bob Arum, the promoter for Nonito Donaire (31-2, 20 KO’s), doesn’t have any plans on matching him against WBA/WBO super bantamweight champion Guillermo Rigondeaux (12-0, 8 KO’s) for his next fight to see if Donaire can get revenge for his 12 round unanimous decision loss at the hands of the Cuban from last Saturday night. 
By Dan Ambrose: Dan Rafael is reporting that a fight between WBO featherweight champion Mikey Garcia (31-0, 26 KO’s) and former two division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (32-2, 29 KO’s) is in the works for May 11th or May 18th on HBO. 
By James Le Blanc: This Saturday, Juan Manuel Lopez has an up-hill battle to begin in a 10 round tune-up fight in trying to restore his image against Aldimar Silva Santo at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. As a very fan friendly fighter, Lopez was making a big name for himself having been featured on the Showtime telecast several times. Like many other exciting fighters to watch it was his ability to overcome adversity within the ring that made watching him so special. Juanma is a heavy hitter, yet extremely vulnerable at times, and it was this vulnerability that got him Knocked out twice by veteran Orlando Salido. 
By Jason Kim: 29-year-old former two division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-2, 28 KO’s) will be looking to turn his troubled boxing career around next month on February 2nd against 31-year-old Brazilian super bantamweight Aldimar Silva Santos (18-3, 9 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, in Puerto Rico.
By Allan Fox: Former two division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-2, 28 KO’s) will be returning to the ring on February 2nd against an opponent still to be determined at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. This will be the first fight for the 29-year-old Lopez since he was stopped in the 10th round in his rematch against WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido last March.
