Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Orlando Salido II – Revenge or Replay?

Image: Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Orlando Salido II - Revenge or Replay?(Photo Credit: Amanda Kwok / SHOWTIME) By Davey Hogg: In the months preceding the first bout between Juan Manuel Lopez and Orlando Salido, not many gave Salido much of a chance. Although a solid and very capable fighter, but in “Juanma”, Salido was coming up against a champion on a roll. Since a shaky performance against a Tough and game Rogers Mtagwa, in which Lopez was made to backpedal in the final round to secure a unanimous decision, he had stopped his last three opponents.

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Lopez could be sorry he took the Salido rematch

Image: Lopez could be sorry he took the Salido rematchBy Dan Ambrose: Sometimes it’s better for fighters to move on and swallow their pride rather than facing guys that really have their number like Orlando Salido does with Juan Manuel Lopez. The two fighters will go at it this Saturday night in a rematch at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Lopez may be doomed to get KO’d by Salido this Saturday

Image: Lopez may be doomed to get KO'd by Salido this SaturdayBy Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) had a nice three year run where he was one of the top champions in the sport but his time came up last April when Mexican Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) took advantage of Lopez’s glass chin to hurt him multiple times in the process of stopping him in the 8th round. Lopez had been on the brink of losing to other fighters before this, but had somehow been able to get through those fights.

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Lopez vs. Salido II this Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Image: Lopez vs. Salido II this Saturday in San Juan, Puerto RicoBy Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) will be trying to avenge his defeat from last April while at the same time trying to recapture his World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight title against champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) on Saturday night at the at the Caliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Juanma can’t afford to get whipped again by Salido

Image: Juanma can't afford to get whipped again by SalidoBy Dan Ambrose: Whatever Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is doing, he needs to make sure that his once promising fighter former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) avoids taking another whipping from Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) when they meet up next month on March 10th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Lopez vs. Salido II only two weeks away

Image: Lopez vs. Salido II only two weeks awayBy Dan Ambrose: The important rematch between WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) is only two weeks away and I’m really looking forward to this fight on March 10th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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Nailing Juanma with right hands is still the best way for Salido to beat him on March 10th

Image: Nailing Juanma with right hands is still the best way for Salido to beat him on March 10thBy Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) is promising things will be different in his rematch with WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) on March 10th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lopez, 28, has supposedly changed his game and will be more elusive to Salido’s powerful right hands, which he used effectively to stun and eventually take out the Puerto Rican Lopez last April.

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Juanma can dish out the punishment but what happens when Salido hits him back?

Image: Juanma can dish out the punishment but what happens when Salido hits him back?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 San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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