Lopez-Salido

By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) will be looking to repeat his knockout effort of a year ago against then WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) by knocking him out a second time in their fight on March 10th at the Caliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It must be really burning Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) up inside that he can’t get an immediate rematch against Orlando Salido (36-11-2, 24 KO’s) after he totally destroyed Lopez in an 8th round TKO in April. Lopez was beaten in pretty much every way a fighter can get beaten in [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) will be trying his luck again in a fight with Mexican Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) in a fight that will be taking place in the summer in August, slated for Puerto Rico, even though Salido is now the champion and not [...]

By Dan Ambrose: At the advice of his promoter Bob Arum, former World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) will be training in Florida rather than his home country of Puerto Rico for his tentatively scheduled rematch with Mexican Orlando Salido(35-11-2, 23 KO’s). Lopez, 30, was beaten up and stopped [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Having waited too long to match-up Juan Manuel Lopez with Yuriorkis Gamboa because he wanted to let their fight marinate, Bob Arum, their promoter, hasn’t given up entirely on the Gamboa-Lopez fight after Lopez was destroyed by the tough Mexican Orlando Saldido (35-11. 23 KO’s) last weekend in an 8th round TKO [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Sometimes fighters do really well until they reach a certain level of competition where they ceiling out in their development. It doesn’t matter much you teach that fighter, he’s still limited to that level based on flaws in his chin, stamina or speed. It looks as if former WBO featherweight champion Juan [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Jeff Mayweather, the uncle of Floyd Mayweather Jr., thinks WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) was lucky that the referee stepped in and stopped his fight with Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) last Saturday night. Lopez, 27, had been knocked down hard in the 5th and further hurt in [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) is in a hurry to try and avenge his loss to Mexican Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) and plans on fighting him in August. The 27-year-old Lopez was over-powered by Salido last Saturday night in an 8th round TKO loss. The loss [...]

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 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) will be looking to get a rematch with Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) later in the year and then moving up to super featherweight to try and capture a title at that weight. Lopez, 27, was stopped by the 30-year-old Salido in [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Bob Arum, the promoter for former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) must be kicking himself right about now after his fighter Lopez was stopped in the 8th round by the tough Mexican challenger Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 knockouts) last Saturday night in Puerto Rico.

BAYAMON, P.R. (April 17, 2011) – After thirty fights of stunning crowds with his ability to neglect defense and always come back to score the victory, Juan Manuel Lopez’ streak ended. Orlando Salido captured the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Featherweight Championship via eighth-round technical knockout (referee stoppage) after connecting with countless right hands including one [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez’s luck finally ran out on Saturday night, losing by a 8th round TKO to Mexican challenger Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KO’s) at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. There was some controversy, as referee Roberto Ramirez Jr. stopped the fight with Lopez taking punishment in [...]

BLUE RED (WBO Featherweight Championship – 12 Rounds) ORLANDO SALIDO VS. JUAN MANUEL LÓPEZ Ciudad Obregón, México (35-11-2, 23KOs) Caguas, Puerto Rico (30-1, 27KOs) Salido won by TKO at 1:39 of the eighth round when referee Roberto Ramirez Jr. stop the fight. Lopez was knocked down in the fifth round.

EDMONTON (April 16, 2011) – The four fighters who will compete in an eagerly awaited SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader tonight/Saturday, April 16, live in Canada only on SUPER CHANNEL courtesy of SHOWTIME® at 10:30PM E.T made weight on Friday.

PR BEST BOXING/TOP RANK INC. “Ultimate Rivalry” Saturday, April 16th, 2011 RUBEN RODRIGUEZ COLISEUM, BAYAMON BLUE RED

By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KO’s) will be fighting the recently beaten Orlando Salido (34-11-2, 22 KO’s) tomorrow night at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico. If Lopez wins this fight, he will move on to a rematch with 36-year-old Rafael Marquez (39-6, 35 KO’s), who Lopez already [...]

Cuban featherweight sensation Yuriorkis Gamboa will be ringside when World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion Juan Manuel Lopez defends his title against Odlando Salido in Puerto Rico tomorrow (Saturday, April 16). On September 11th 2010, Gamboa won a lop-sided unanimous decision against Salido.

Unbeaten WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez had a busy Thursday, spending time with his promoter, Bob Arum, and the Mayor of Bayamon, Ramon Luis Rivera, at the Mayor’s Office, and then working out at Jose “Cheo” Aponte Torres Gym in Caguas, Puerto Rico. His trainers are Alex Caraballa and Louis Gonzalez.

Showtime boxing analyst Al Bernstein will be at ringside calling the action with Gus Johnson for Showtime’s telecast of the Juan Manuel Lopez-Orlando Salido WBO Featherweight title match on Saturday, April 16th. This will be the fourth Lopez title match he has announced and he said “I look forward to doing his matches as much [...]

Wednesday, April 13, Grand Opera Salon, Verdanza Hotel, Isla Verde, Puerto Rico Telecast This Saturday, April 16, Live on SHOWTIME® at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, – WBO Featherweight Champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” López is confident in a win against Mexican and former IBF Featherweight Champion Orlando Salido this Saturday, April 16th, at the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, in a Top Rank and PR Best Boxing Promotions (PRBBP) presentation to be televised by Showtime.

Former Featherweight World Title Challenger Martin Honorio To Face Undefeated Prospect Luis Cruz In Co-Feature After Roman Martinez Pulls Out Of Fight With An Injury

Following in the footsteps of Puerto Rican legends GOMEZ, TRINIDAD, and COTTO … The undefeated JUAN MANUEL LOPEZ continues to take the boxing world by storm! SATURDAY, APRIL 16TH at 10:30PM ET/PT on SHOWTIME Click below to watch highlights from JuanMa’s 27 KOs and prepare for his next match! For more photos and videos from [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KO’s) makes his third defense of his World Boxing Organization title this Saturday night against number #9 ranked challenger Orlando Salido (34-11-2, 22 KO’s) at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

Undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum participated in media conference call on Friday to discuss Lopez’s upcoming title defense against former International Boxing Federation (IBF) 126-pound champ Orlando “Siri” Salido, on Saturday, April 16, live on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West [...]

By Chris Williams: Rather taking on Yuriorkis Gamboa, WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KO’s) will be facing Gamboa’s leftovers in Orlando Salido (34-11-2, 22 KOs) on April 16th at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

NEW YORK (April 1, 2011) – Unbeaten Juan Manuel “Juanma’’ Lopez has caught the attention of most everybody in boxing with his exciting, explosive style and unwavering charisma. Following in the footsteps of his countrymen like Puerto Rican superstars Felix Trinidad, Wilfred Benitez and Miguel Cotto, Lopez has been virtually unstoppable as he’s compiled a [...]

By Craig Joseph Daly: April 16th (Saturday), 2011 At Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0-0) 27KO’s vs. Orlando Salido (34-11-2) 22KO’s

By Jason Kim: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum still feels it’s too soon to match-up his two prized unbeaten featherweight champions Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KO’s) and Yuriorkis Gamboa. Arum wants to let the two fighters continue to win fight, build more fans before eventually matching them up at some point in the future. [...]