(Photo Credit: Amanda Kwok / SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) says he wasn’t in the best of shape the last time he fought Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) last April in the 28-year-old Lopez’s eighth round TKO loss in Puerto Rico. Lopez will now get a second chance to prove whether his excuse was correct or not tomorrow night in another fight in Puerto Rico against Salido at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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Lopez: It’s going to be a war between me and Salido on Saturday
(Photo Credit: Amanda Kwok / SHOWTIME) By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) won’t have anymore excuses if he loses against to WBO featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) in their rematch televised by HBO at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Lopez says the two of them are going to go to war again just like their fight last April where Lopez was pounded until the referee had to rescue him from Salido to save Lopez.
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.
Lopez could be sorry he took the Salido rematch
By 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.
Lopez may be doomed to get KO’d by Salido this Saturday
By 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.
Nailing Juanma with right hands is still the best way for Salido to beat him on March 10th
By 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.
Lopez wants to avenge his loss to Salido on March 10th, but will likely get whipped again
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.
Salido will chop Lopez down with right hands in the rematch
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.
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.
Orlando Salido may need a KO to beat Juanma on March 10th
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 KO at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente.