Lopez Wants to Rematch Salido, Then Move Up; Controversy Continues Over Stoppage

I agree on the quick hook (Lopez is a resilient guy), but the rematch will sort this out. I think a more focused JuanMa comes out on top ………..but Salido is always a good "dog" pick.

I find that 180/190 lb figure kinda shocking. I am 6’0 on a good day and I feel pudgy at 175 and he is what 5’5/5’6? How do you get that way? It makes me think how on earth did he make weight at the lower weight classes.

Actually, I thought Juanma never fought well agst pressure fighters, but fought best when he could impose his style, or power on a fighter. He tore through Penalosa, Concepcion, and Marquez b/c they were boxers that wanted to stand up to him, but with Mtagwa and Salido who forced him to fight on his back foot, he’s pretty lousy. He moves his feet too much to get distance and angles, and he doesn’t jab when he boxes, and in the mtagwa case, he didn’t box and move, he threw a few counters, and then moved to the OPPOSITE side of the ring, and repeated until he got tired. He was waiting to be exposed, with sometimes a questionable chin, a non-ability to adapt and box when he was forced to be the boxer, and not being able to use lateral movement effectively. Whatever pple want to say, I’d like to say he’s been effectively been exposed by two pressure fighters: Mtagwa and Salido, and this will always be the case with him and some great boxers (Mayweather vs. Castillo, Cotto vs. Margarito [real or fictional just making a point], Berto vs. Collazo, Dawson vs. Johnson 1, Ortiz vs. Maidana) Sometimes fighters get discouraged when they throw the kitchen sink at a fighter and they still keep coming. Expect the same result with whatever Juanma brings to a rematch. It’s not a conditioning thing, though it could help, it’s a style thing. He doesn’t like to/know how to box. Also, to Salido’s credit, he looked in tip top shape, he slipped punches effectively, fought intelligently, dug to the body, and basically boxed well overall imo. He fought the fight of his life, and he deserved the victory, so I’m tired of Juanma this, Juanma that, he’s been protected since the Mtagwa fight, and was moved away from Gamboa since Gamboa tore through Mtagwa. The “big money” fight will not be so big any more with the “0” being gone. Too bad. Juanma and his chinny chin chin will always have problems with relentless pressure fighters with some power, he just can’t box off his back foot. Just his achilles heel, literally. Holler!

The next most highly touted fighter to get beaten will be Lucian Bute. His vulnerabilities and flaws are accident waiting to happen.

against JuanMa. Even between rounds the corner was saying he’s there to be hit. They knew if they could get to his chin his survival instinct to brawl would take over and all training goes out the window which played right into Salido’s game plan. Even JuanMa agreed he had no answer for Salido’s overhand right. Juanma went blow for blow with a smaller Raphael Marquez and got hit flush many times. Anyone who watched that fight knew the holes in his defense were gaping and when you start tapping his chin he forgets about defense and tries to wail back.