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Last update: 12-10-2008 Read more by Mark Vester

Sergio Medina Claims Death Threats Made Him Take a Dive

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By Mark Vester

In a shocking story, Sergio Medina, who appeared�as if he didn't really want to be in the ring with Juan Manuel Lopez during their WBO super bantamweight fight on the undercard to De La Hoya-Pacquiao from last Saturday in Las Vegas, has come out with shocking claims. During a radio interview�with FM Aries, Medina�made�claims that his life was threatened during the weigh-in for the Lopez fight, which in turn forced him to�take a dive in the first round. The story has been picked up�overseas, including El Nuevo Dia, one of the largest media outlets in Puerto Rico. Medina alleges the threats came from people with Lopez, but also threw accusations all around.

"During the weigh-in they told me that if�I didn't throw the fight in the first round, I wouldn't leave the United States alive," Medina said.�"What hurts me more�is that I was prepared for�twelve rounds, but I had to throw�the fight�because I felt a lot of fear.�I was nervous before the fight and did not want to fight. It is known that there was a certain amount of money being paid out if Juanma stopped me in the first round. I swear�on my daughters that what I say is completely certain.� They threatened me so I threw the fight."

No word if the Nevada State Athletic Commission will get involved to investigate the matter or go after Medina for taking a dive. It's going to be hard for Medina to back up the claims he's making. It's his�story against the�story of others.

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on 12-14-2008 by PoetryInMotion

[QUOTE=donluckylu;4456093]now thats some real bs right there;now ive heard every excuse in this decade;its not like some real mobsters from the 50s gave him a threat;what is he a biatch,[B]now i know how 2 scare all the mexican fighters[/B].lets say the threat would have been made to juanma.u thi...

on 12-12-2008 by donluckylu

now thats some real bs right there;now ive heard every excuse in this decade;its not like some real mobsters from the 50s gave him a threat;what is he a biatch,now i know how 2 scare all the mexican fighters.lets say the threat would have been made to juanma.u think he would have bitched out?plea...

on 12-11-2008 by Dynamite Kid

[QUOTE=cruz;4447136]In a Puerto Rican newspaper article, Medina states that he was told to lose that fight in the 1st round, otherwise he wouldn.t make it back home after the fight. He also says that Juanma was one of the parties involved!! Is this true?????:wtf:[/QUOTE] maybe the same people ...

on 12-11-2008 by mellow_mood

[QUOTE=nnamme;4449628]$1M for Lopez to KO Medina in the first round!:D Maybe that's the reason!:sad:[/QUOTE] how do you know juanma got 1M? [QUOTE=Fearless BONG;4451053][COLOR="Blue"][B]Yeah Baby, and what a shamefull act by the PRcans.[/B][/COLOR][/QUOTE] do you actually beleive thi...

on 12-11-2008 by Arsekicker

Hey ASSWIPES, stop saying it looked Fishy because it looked like he took a dive. That may very well have been the case. Thats a separate issue from Lopez threatening his life. The guy probably did take a dive, but he did it because he was scared and wanted to take his money and run. Also it s...