The proposed bout between WBO junior featherweight champion Juan Manuel Juanma López (24-0, 22 KOs) and WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Peñalosa, (54-6-2, 36 KOs) is now official. The bout will take place Saturday April 25th at the Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The bout which is titled Champion vs. Champion will be televised live by HBO and promoted by Top Rank and PR Best Boxing(Iván & Peter Rivera). Peñalosa successfully defeated Mexicos German Meraz by unanimous decision this past Saturday in Cebu City, The Phillipines in a 10 round non-title bout. Penalosa and his team are expected to arrive next week in Puerto Rico to begin the promoting of the bout. Tickets are now available for purchase at Ticket Center (787)792-5000. by fightnews.com:bbb
juanma by ko in 7 or later to strong for penalosa really no to take anything away from penalosa but he should stick to his weight class and needless to say i think he is past his prime as opposed juanma is just begining. the only gud for penalosa is the 10 rounds of training he just got wile juanma in a whole year only fought one round? damn but that didnt help him in the way that well he didnt get any rounds in so well see but i stick with my decision
Is Gerry crazy? Not the guy you want to move up in weight against.. KO early for JuanMa. You can bank that.
Juanma UD. I see this happening the same way Jhonny fought Gerry minus the enormous body shot that suddenly ended the fight.
Thats exactly what I think. Penalose is a big guy not, in height but in mass and he has great defense. I think Lopez will out power penalosa but perhaps not a knockout. Lopez clear UD.
Are you for real? Ive never seen Gerry getting wobbled or hurt in his entire career. Gerry might lose but not by an early ko. He has a chance to win in this fight. Lopez's boxing ability and chin will surely be tested. Im very excited, April and May is just around the corner.
Gerry's definitely past his prime. And now at a higher weight class. He is very much the underdog here and i will be surprised (and glad) if he won. I'm not sure if Lopez can give Gerry his first KO loss, but its possible. Just don't underestimate Gerry. He knows how to take advantage of his opponents weaknesses too.
not counting gerry out, but he'll probably get outworked. though, ill be glad if lopez crumbles with a body shot (improbable).
the classic case of the headstrong KO artist versus the savy ringer general i love JML and think he will win a close UD12 i dont see a KO happening here and would not be shocked if Gerry pulled out a W but i think JML's younger age and workrate get him the W