Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa appear to be on a collision course. Neither man has been too impressed with the other. (AP Photo)

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After Juan Manuel Lopez won a Fight of the Year contender over Rogers Mtagwa and Yuriorkis Gamboa blew away Whyber Garcia inside of four rounds, it put the two rising action stars one step closer to a probable summer 2010 meeting at 126 pounds.

Neither one, though, was exactly complimentary of the other man. Dan Rafael of ESPN.com had the post-fight quotes from each.

Gamboa on Lopez:

"I don't think Juan Manuel Lopez is better than me. He's not a challenge for me. If we fight, I will show that. [On Jan. 23], I think I should be the one carrying the card with Lopez because I am a better fighter than him. He's not better than me. Look at our records. Look at our amateur records. I was better than him in the amateurs and I am better than him as a professional."

Lopez on Gamboa:

"Let's see him knock out Mtagwa. I'll knock Garcia out like he did. Let's see what he can do with Mtagwa."

Lopez and promoter Bob Arum were both quick to give kind words to Mtagwa, and frankly I don't think there's any arguing that Lopez had the tougher opponent on Saturday.

Arum also had words about Celestino Caballero, a proposed January 23 opponent for Lopez who has been calling Juanma out for months now. Caballero remarked after the event that he didn't think Lopez would have the guts to fight him, and Arum counters with this:

"Caballero's people are being very difficult with the amount of money they want for the fight. We've offered him $150,000 and if he doesn't want it, that's fine."

It might seem like a low total, but consider Caballero's other options, which are pretty few. It's about the best offer he's going to get from anybody.