Where should JuanMa go from here?

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  1. The Kurgan

    The Kurgan Boxing Junkie banned

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    St. Elsewhere and then a retirement home.
     
  2. paddymickey

    paddymickey Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Health more importan than wealth.Cash out and retire with pride.:good
     
  3. PH|LLA

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    he should work his way back up te ranks and try to improve as a fighter
     
  4. evalistinho

    evalistinho Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He should take out the underground puerto rican gambling world in a high stakes poker "loser-leaves-town" match.
     
  5. DOM5153

    DOM5153 They Cannot Run Forever Full Member

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    Too limited to learn, too old to change, too worn to rise again. The best he can hope for in my honest opinion is to move upto 130lbs and then get matched well, the guy has been extremley exciting throughout his career and a credit to the sport, but maybe the time has come for him to hang them up now.
     
  6. Conan

    Conan I AM THE DOCTOR Full Member

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    He should go home and never fight again. He took another bad beat down because he clearly didn't change much in his defensive abilities. He still blocks punches with his head and everything else he did was a mess.
     
  7. El Borracho

    El Borracho Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Can-crushing tour until his confidence and rep are restored, then cash-out fight with big name
     
  8. motownsiu

    motownsiu Boxing Addict Full Member

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    the retirement talk is crazy. but he needs to build his confidence back up. or maybe it never went down since he doesn't feel he loss fairly. when a fighter is koed it doesn't matter if it's fixed because it knocks all judges and referees out of the picture. i once saw great things for him and maybe it's still possible. one thing is for sure is if he keeps putting on exciting fights like this, although he might not go on to a great career he could be a must see fighter and have a career similar to arturo gatti where he will still make good money, and peopel still want to see him in the ring. although gatti would have never came up with those excuses.
     
  9. mrjotatp4p

    mrjotatp4p THE ONE Full Member

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    There is nothing cool about taking punishment. "Hit and not get hit."
     
  10. igor_otsky

    igor_otsky Undefeated Full Member

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    juanma can feast on tomato cans then go straight for gamboa.

    will still be a great match
     
  11. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    He needs lessons in blocking punches and moving his head.
     
  12. El_Caballero

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    he should try 130 out, and if that doesn't work just retire. i don't know how much money he's made but if he's been careful with it then he should be able to live pretty good.
     
  13. Borincano

    Borincano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    A change of trainers would help especially when Juanma is doing things like standing straight up with his chin, poor defense, and possibly does not listen to his corner. He waved at his corner a couple of times during the fight like he was saying, I got this. He should have boxed and used angles. Salido was not cutting off the ring, but just chasing and pressuring. He should move up to 130. I mean, he is only 28 and his wars were not as many as some posters state. This was said about Cotto a few years back and here he is a champion at 154 and getting ready to fight PBF. His issues can be fixed, but he has to want it. The fame got to his head and he seems to think he is a rock star. He has just been humbled twice, but how he was responding at the interview makes me think differently. Bottom line, he has to want to change.
     
  14. yingyang

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    Gate Keeper.
     
  15. Borincano

    Borincano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I think he turned pro at 15.