Juan Manuel Lopez being fed another sacrificial lamb
Junior featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez (26-0, 24 KOs), fresh from a dominant ninth-round TKO of Olivier Lontchi on June 27, likely will make his next defense against rugged Rogers Mtagwa (26-12-2, 18 KOs). Top Rank already has Lopez scheduled to defend in the main event of a "Latin Fury" pay-per-view card at the Madison Square Garden Theater in New York on Sept. 26 with featherweight titlist Yuriorkis Gamboa defending in the co-feature (as long as Gamboa wins July 25). Top Rank's Carl Moretti told ESPN.com Mtagwa is the probable opponent, and Mtagwa promoter Russell Peltz said, "We have agreed to fight him." Mtagwa has won three in a row, including a 10th-round knockout of Tomas Villa in November in one of 2008's most exciting fights.
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Instead of fighting EL Pelenchin, he and his management decide to put him in a main event on PPV against Mtagwa who has 12 losses and i guarantee is shot to hell after the war with Villa. I guarantee after he stops Villa early, he will be hyped to be in the p4p 10 ten. -
Well at least Mtagawa is exciting.
I don't blame him for not wanting el Pelenchin just yet.
Mtagawa has been in some really entertaining fights and JuanMa can learn from this. -
I want Lopez-Caba at 122, but I guess we'll have to wait til 126. I think it goes down next yr, but sooner would be better.Comment
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What the heck do you mean?Originally posted by mr. riz View Postdude wtf is up with you today
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Juanma is to good to be doing a JCC JR.Comment
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he does need to step it up no doubtComment
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