By Dan Ambrose: As part of the Chris Arreola vs. Seth Mitchell card on HBO on September 6th, 38-year-old former two division world champion Rafael Marquez (41-8, 37 KO’s) will be facing Efrain Esquivias (16-2-1, 9 KO’s) in a scheduled 10 round bout, and welterweight Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) will be trying to halt his 2-fight losing streak against Aaron Martinez (19-2-1, 4 KO’s) in a 10 round bout at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California, USA.
This really isn’t much of an undercard. Marquez is way, way past his prime and Josesito Lopez’s 15 minutes of fame appears to be over now that he’s been stopped by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Marcos Maidana in back to back fights.
By Peter Wells (twitter @boxingbrains): Amazing, scintillating, exhilarating, these are just some of the superlatives being used right now to describe Marcos Maidana’s incredible 6th round TKO of Josesito Lopez. It was just that kind of a fight, and that is what boxing fans around the world have been witnessing throughout this incredible 2013. Lopez and Maidana were simply following suit.
By Dan Ambrose: After having faced mostly soft opposition his entire career before 2012, Joesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) has run through a gauntlet in his last three fights in facing Victor Ortiz, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Marcos Maidana. Lopez lost two of those three fights to Canelo and Maidana and probably got lucky that Victor Ortiz suffered a broken jaw because things were looking bleak for Lopez with him virtually needing either a knockout or to seep the remaining rounds to get the victory. 
By Eric Thomas: Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) isn’t too happy about his fight with Marcos Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) being stopped in the 6th round last night in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lopez felt like he was just buzzed a little and could have continued fighting if the referee Lou Moret hadn’t jumped in and stopped the fight.
By Dan Ambrose: Marcos Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) did what he had to do last night to stay in the hunt for a shot against the WBA welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi last night by defeating Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) by a 6th round TKO at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. 
By Dan Ambrose: Moments ago, Marcos Maidana (34-3, 31 KO’s) obliterated Josesito Lopez (30-6, 18 KO’s) by a 6th round TKO on Saturday night at the on Saturday night at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, USA. Maidana dropped Lopez in the 6th round from a right to the head. 
By Dan Ambrose: Sometimes when a fighter moves up in weight they find themselves in situation where their power doesn’t carry and they’re physically overwhelmed by the stronger fighters at this weight. This is going to be Josesito Lopez’s situation tonight against Marcos Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) in their fight at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Lopez isn’t strong enough to be fighting at 147, which is why I’m not surprised that he chose to stay at 140 for so long despite being huge for the weight class. Lopez’s just not a big puncher.
By Peter Wells (twitter @boxingbrains): The story of Josesito Lopez 30-5(18KOs) since the start of 2011 has been quite simple, Win, Lose, Win, Lose. So if this was an exam then when I asked you what comes next in the sequence, the simple answer would be Win. But then comes the catch. If boxing were an exam it would be the most unorthodox exam on earth. Is then this pattern of results just a coincidence… Yes! There is no formula in boxing, and Josesito Lopez and Marcos Maidana will know that, they know they have to invent their own chemical equation without the help of a textbook, in order to come out with the right answer. And for the last couple of months that is exactly what both fighters and trainers have been doing, now comes the test, and as they enter the exam room they will both know the questions they are asked will not be entirely in line with what they revised for.
By Allan Fox: Marcos Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) has set a big goal for himself in targeting Floyd Mayweather Jr. if Maidana can get past Josesito Lopez (30-5, 18 KO’s) in their fight at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California, USA.