By Chris Williams: Instead of stepping up and facing Yuriorkis Gamboa, World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (30-0, 27 KO’s) will be facing Gamboa’s last victim, Orlando Salido (34-11-2, 22 KO’s), in Lopez’s next fight on April 16th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico. All I can say is I hope Bob Arum isn’t making this a pay-per-view fight because I don’t pay a cent to see Lopez beating up on a guy that was soundly beaten by Gamboa.

How in the world can Lopez be facing Salido next when Salido is coming off a one-sided two-knockdown loss to Gamboa. What’s the point? I think this is a terrible choice for Lopez. Come on, shouldn’t Salido at least have to beat someone in his last fight to get a title shot against. I mean I know that Manny Pacquiao, another one of Arum’s fighters, sometimes takes on guys that are coming off a loss, but does that mean that Lopez has to do it too?

Why doesn’t Arum match Gamboa and Lopez? What’s he waiting for? Lopez got rocked in his last fight against Rafael Marquez. If Arum waits too long, either Gamboa or Lopez are going to get beat and then Arum won’t be able to put together a cash out fight between them. There is such am thing as waiting too long. Gamboa and Lopez need to fight each other because they are never going to get popular on their own beating up on guys like Salido over and over again. Good god, what’s the point in this fight. They might as well have picked out Bernabe Concepcion and had him go another round with Lopez, because at least that fight would be entertaining. Salido is limited and will lose again.