JuanMa López returned on March 3rd, btw ...and was KTFO.

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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    In round 12, by countryman Jayson Vélez, in Guaynabo, PR.

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    Crazy that an entire week has gone by and this didn't receive one single mention on the forum, per a thorough search (outside the fight being a Kirk's league pick).

    Believe it or not, at one time JuanMa probably was Puerto Rico's #1 box office star in boxing, outshining the likes of Miguel Cotto, Iván Calderón, etc. He was never the best p4p in the country, but he did enjoy the most fame and rah-rah support from the plebes.

    His name was also ubiquitous on these boards for a good half a dozen years. It wasn't until Mikey G. ripped him to shreds that all the hype finally started to subside.

    Now, he's obliterated (while technically coming off his best win in years, over Wilfredo Vázquez Jr., albeit 17 months earlier; itself his first win in 2½ years since Ponce de León II) and it doesn't rate a single post, by anyone. :shakehead: Wild.

    Even more alarming than how low his star has fallen is how badly his chin has deteriorated. :scared1 It was never terribly sturdy, even in his prime (I had always figured Gamboa would kayo him if their "super-fight" had ever materialized instead of marinating until it burnt) and yet this is just shocking. Vélez is a strong natural super feather and heavy-handed enough, but he was splattering JuanMa's legs with every touch here.
     
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  2. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    I tried tracking down a video the day after only to find one of the WORST quality videos I've ever seen..... Was as if someone recorded their TV with a mid 2000s flip camera phone and smeared vaseline on the lens. Yeah, it was that bad... Then I never bothered to look again :lol:
     
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  3. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    He could always rematch Vázquez Jr's coach on the undercard of McGregor/Mayweather II MMA/Boxing Barnum and Bailey extravaganza(I'm only half joking here)
     
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  4. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    The guy used to fight PPV (granted sometimes the bootleg $15 ones) one fight after the other, and in between fought on HBO....never a dark match for like a decade between 2006 and 2016.

    Now, he meets this undignified end unseen (and forgotten) by 99.99% of boxing fans. Cruel sport.
     
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  5. Gil Gonzalez

    Gil Gonzalez Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    It was Warlando Salido who ruined him.
     
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  6. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    Lopez is totally finished, has been for a long time now.........
     
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  7. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    This
    The fork was stuck in him long long ago
     
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  8. Hessu

    Hessu The Worst Ever Full Member

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    That's just... That's just sad
     
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  9. rorschach51

    rorschach51 A Legend & A Gentleman Full Member

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    I think JuanMa sealed his own fate by accusing the ref of betting on the fights for his loses. And I heard something about Lopez getting his old ass whipped about a week ago from Montero On Boxing, but figured nobody cared because everyone surely like me thought the dude already retired a couple years back.
     
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  10. mono

    mono Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Never really cared for him, but I've watched and liked his wars with Siri more than the Vasquez Marquez fights. Yeah I said that.

    His chin really let him down.
     
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  11. STEPHEN1990

    STEPHEN1990 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    When he knocked out de Leon in a round to win the title I became a fan was always in a great fight it was a real shame the gamboa fight didn't happen because that was the fight it's just sad that his career is went this way
     
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  12. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    And he wants to continue.
     
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  13. yeyo monster

    yeyo monster Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he doesnt want to retire!
     
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  14. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Juanma was rated #10 p4p by Ring in 2010. Cotto had slipped off the list from 2009s #7 spot after he lost to Pacquiao. And Calderon slipped from the #9 spot in 2008 after three back to back TDs due to him getting cut from headbutts. So technically Juanma was rated ahead of Cotto and Calderon as Puerto Rico's best boxer at one time.

    Also, I thought it was Salido's two knockouts of Juanma that sealed his fate and put the kabosh on his hype rather than Mikey Garcia.
     
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  15. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    In reality they probably did but the perception was that he was still a force after Salido I and II...his fans still logged plenty of rationalization and excuse making (Salido having JuanMa's # etc, or JuanMa got a raw deal, bad stoppage, wasn't down on the official cards either time, blah-blah..) but reality didn't come fully crashing down until Mikey.
     
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