By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KO’s) might want to think long and hard about facing WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (36-11-2, 24 KO’s) in a rematch because Salido is looking mighty formidable right now after easily beating challenger Kenchi Yamaguchi last Saturday night by an 11th round TKO in Mexico. With a ballooned up looking Lopez watching in the crowd, Salido dominated the overmatched Yamaguchi, hammering with double and triple left hooks to the body and head in a fight that arguably should have been stopped by the 5th round when it was apparent that Yamaguchi had no chance to win.

Salido injured his right hand at some point in the fight and had to take it easy on Yamaguchi, throwing lighter punches with his right but hammering him with left hooks. Salido looked like a cross between Humberto Soto and George Foreman the way he was blasting away at Yamaguchi.

With this win, Salido is now looking for his next opponent. He’s going to see a specialist for his right hand to make sure that it’s not damaged. But as long as it heals okay, Salido wants to get back in the ring as soon as possible. The one fight that Salido is interested in is a rematch against Lopez. However, it’s unknown if Lopez will be up for the fight after watching how relentless Salido was in going after Yamaguchi last Saturday. Lopez is a good fighter but he’s too accustomed to knocking out smaller opponents early in his fights. He doesn’t have great stamina and he’s not going to be able to stop Salido.

If Lopez can’t stop Salido, which he probably won’t, it means that Lopez is going to take another beating along the same lines as he did in April. Lopez was pounded in that fight and beaten up for eight rounds. I can’t see anything changing in a rematch. This is why Bob Arum, the promoter for Lopez, needs to steer him away from Salido because Lopez doesn’t have the chin to beat Salido and he’ll just end up getting humiliated again in a one-sided loss.