Juanma Lopez has stated that he was to 'clean' the 122 lbs division and that he plans to do that this year. He first wants the mexicans Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez and then Celestino Caballero. After that he will then seek the featherweight title against "the best out there whoever it is, next year". To me it doesn't sound like bluff from a boxer on an ego trip. I think he truly believes he can accomplish this. I hope so since those could be great fights. Go Juanma!!!:bears:
I sure hope Vasquez fights Caballero or JML next. Him and Lopez have frozen the division long enough and the afromentionned two have since emerged has serious talent.
well at least he mentioned Caballero, who I think would probably be his toughest challenge at this point. I think Raffy and Vazquez are too used up at this point to keep up with a guy as strong and as hungry as Lopez. Although certainly both hit much harder than Penalosa - Lopez even in victory could easily find himself on the deck.
Wrong. Puerto Rico has the upper hand in important fights. If we count all the fights were two 'name' boxers from both countries disputed a title, you'll see that Puerto Rico has the advantage. I made a list out of the top of my head (if you guys remember other important fights you can add to this list. A champion defending the title against a simple contender that never won a belt doesn't count). In asterik are the fights considered 'important events': <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comffice:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region> over <st1lace w:st="on">Puerto Rico</st1lace><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o> <o></o> Jose Pipino Cuevas vs Angel “Cholo” Espada I, II & III Salvador Sanchez vs Wifredo Gomez* Jose Luis Ramirez vs Edwin Rosario II Julio Cesar Chavez vs Edwin Rosario* Salvador Sanchez vs Juan Laporte Julio Cesar Chavez vs Juan Laporte Julio Cesar Chavez vs Hector Camacho* Julio Cesar Chavez vs Sammy Fuentes Raul "Jibaro" Perez vs Wilfredo Vazquez I Ricardo Lopez vs Alex Sanchez Victor Burgos vs Alex Sanchez III Oscar De La Hoya vs John John Molina Oscar DeLa Hoya vs Hector Camacho Hugo Cazares vs Nelson Dieppa Antonio Margarito vs Miguel Cotto* Antonio Margarito vs Kermit Cintron I & II Puerto Rico over <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Mexico</st1lace></st1:country-region><o></o> <o></o> Wilfredo Gomez vs Carlos Zarate* Wilfredo Gomez vs Guadalupe Pinto* Wilfredo Gomez vs Juan ‘Kid’ Meza Edwin Rosario vs Jose Luis Ramirez I Hector Camacho vs Rafael “Bazooka” Limon* Hector Camacho vs Jose Luis Ramirez* Wilfred Benitez vs Carlos Palomino* Sammy Fuentes vs Hector Lopez Wilfredo Vazquez vs Raul "Jibaro" Perez II Alex Sanchez vs Victor Burgos I Felix Trinidad vs Yori Boy Campas* Felix Trinidad vs Oscar DeLa Hoya* Felix Trinidad vs Fernando Vargas* Daniel Santos vs Antonio Margarito II Miguel Cotto vs Cesar Bazan Ivan Calderon vs Edgar Cardenas Ivan Calderon vs Hugo Cazares I & II Juan Manuel Lopez vs Daniel Ponce DeLeon
This shit again.... cdoggy knows better than fuck w/ us...I get Alabama Man to kick him in the nuts....which since AM is a homo will turn into fondling and suckling of codoggy sperm-makers.... That IMO will fuck w/ doggy mind beyond repair...
It's nice to see him saying that, but maybe it's just me, but I don't consider 122 to be all that strong of a division.
It's NOT Deeeeeeeeep like 168, for Instance, but it's More TOP HEAVY than Alot of Divisions.... REED:mj:
JuanMa, Vasquez, Marquez, Caballero...That's Pretty STOUT N REED's Opinion...No Matter HOW U Rank 'em, there AIN'T Many Divisions that R STRONGER @ the Top.... REED:hammert:
I was excluding Lopez's name and talking about the division it in terms of the fighters he was calling out.
LOL @ you including Santos v Margarito II and Trinidad v De La Hoya and all around generally cherrypicking. No Chavez v Fuentes? De La Hoya v Rivera or Molina? Tony Lopez v Molina? Jibaro v Vasquez I? Hernandez v Gerena? Zarate v Hernandez? Makes for a better read when you omit stuff like that, yet include Ponce v JuanMa? :doh:
Are you kidding? Sammy Fuentes was a bum even when Chavez fought him! I never count him! But if you insist, then we MUST count him defeating Hector "Torero" Lopez for the WBO title!:: There! Rivera NEVER won a title. If we count 'contenders' then we need to count Gomez beating twice Juan Antonio Lopez among other mexican contenders. DLH vs Molina was an oversight. My bad. Since when is Tony Lopez a mexican champion? But if count the non-title bout between non-champions Vazquez vs Perez 1 THEN I MUST COUNT THE REMATCH VAZQUEZ DEFEATING RAUL 'JIBARO' PEREZ VIA KO FOR THE TITLE AND THAT WAS MORE SIGNIFICANT!!!:mj:Gerena & Pupy Hernandez were never champions (YOU ARE CHERRYPICKING!) But if you insist on it: Gerena defeated future champ Jesus "Matador' Chavez! :flip: If we start this it will never end since there are endless contenders on both sides. I specified "Important fights between champions or future champions disputing a title'. Stick to what counts.
You should be counting contenders, mate. Sometimes the guys who don't win a title only do so because of who they're fighting. Alot of the best Mex v PR fights feature fighters who haven't got anything but their pride and ranking on the line.
The moment they brought the Mexican flag with mariachis singing Mexico's national anthem and bragging how much 'mexicano' they were. Both of their fights against Trinidad were heralded as "Mexico vs Puerto Rico" in all the publicity. If they haven't done all that it would not have count. Both of these boxers are labeled as "Mexican-American" while on Tony Lopez is only regarded as an "american" boxer.
Nice, but who can keep track of that?:dunno: Boxers from both countries fight each other almost every week!
