By Mark Vester
WBA featherweight champion Chris John is ready for the challenge of WBO champ Juan Manuel Lopez or the WBA's regular champion Yuriorkis Gamboa. Last Saturday in New York, Juanma made his featherweight debut by knocking out Steven Luevano to capture the WBO title. On the same card, Gamboa stopped Rogers Mtagwa in two rounds.
John has not fought since last September's rematch win over Rocky Juarez. He is sitting back and waiting for a contract to come through for either Juanma or Gamboa. John is scheduled to make a title defense in the month of April in his country of Indonesia.
“I think we’ll jump on it if the offer comes. I’ll be ready to fight either one of them,” John told the Jakarta Globe. “But my coach and manager has yet to hear from them until today.”
“I’ll go train at Harry’s Gym in Perth this weekend and stay there until my future opponent agrees and signs the contract. After the contract is settled, we’ll announce the name and then I’ll go to Banyuwangi [East Java] to practice before going to Bali.”
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