Lopez vs. Salido

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) wants more than anything to avenge his knockout loss from last year when he faces WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) in their rematch on March 10th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

By Dan Ambrose: Next month former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) will be attempting to regain his lost WBO title against the current champion former Lopez conqueror Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) on March 10th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

By Dan Ambrose: In looking at recent training video of former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) one can’t help noticing in what excellent shape he’s in as he prepares for his March 10th rematch against World Boxing Organization featherweight champ Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in [...]

CAGUAS, PUERTO RICO- Showing in great shape, former tow time world champion, Juan Manuel “Juanma” Lopez, and world ranked Jonathan “Polvo” Oquendo and Jose “Chelo” Gonzalez, were weighed today at 30 days from their March 10 title bouts at the Lopez vs Salido II The Rematch show to be held at the Roberto Clemente coliseum [...]

By Dan Ambrose: It’s never a good sign when you see a champion like WBO featherweight champ Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) having to travel to his opponents’ home town to fight. Salido, 31, will be traveling to San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 10th to fight a rematch with Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 [...]

By Dan Ambrose: If Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) is smart he won’t even attempt to slug with WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) in their rematch on March 10th because Lopez doesn’t have the tools to beat Salido and will only get knocked out again like last time the two fighters [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) had too much power and heart for former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) when the two fighters fought last April in Salido’s impressive 8th round TKO win in Lopez’s home country of Puerto Rico.

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, [...]

NEWS CONFERENCE QUOTES TO ANNOUNCE JUANMA LOPEZ and ORLANDO SALIDO WORLD FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE REMATCH San Juan, Puerto Rico, Mayor Santini Pays Visit to Help Kick Off March 10 Bout on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® SAN JUAN, P.R. (January 17, 2012) – World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion ORLANDO “Siri” SALIDO (37-11-2, 25 KOs), from Ciudad Obregon, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: The Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) vs. WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) rematch has reportedly been moved from March 31st to March 10th with fight still taking place in Lopez’s home country of Puerto Rico due to his ability to draw huge crowds there. The last time the [...]

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By Jason Kim: Former IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s) is in action this Saturday night against Daniel Ponce De Leon (41-3, 34 KO’s) in a fight that has a lot riding on it for the 29-year-old Gamboa.

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: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum doesn’t see Juan Manuel Lopez’s recent 8th round stoppage loss to Orlando Salido getting in the way of a bout between Lopez and IBF/WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KO’s), as long as Lopez can beat Salido in a rematch in 2011.

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 Jason Kim: Having wasted a perfect opportunity to get a big payday for his fighters Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa by failing to set up a fight between the two because their promoter Bob Arum wanted the fight marinate more to bring more of a bigger return for all those involved, Arum is [...]

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: 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.

Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico: Jose A. Gonzalez TKO 3 Miguel Angel Munguia Carlos Negron TKO 4 Emerson Chasing Bear Jonathan Gonzalez TKO 1 Elvin Caldero Luis Cruz UD 10 Martin Honorio

The four fighters who will compete in an eagerly awaited SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader tomorrow/Saturday, April 16, live on on SHOWTIME® (10:30 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast), made weight on Friday.

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 [...]

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.