Juanma Can't Fight Stupid With Gamboa, Says Arum
By Mark Vester
Top Rank's Bob Arum has warned WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez that he can't fight Yuriorkis Gamboa in the same manner as he did against Rogers Mtagwa last Saturday night in New York. Lopez was out on his feet and nearly put away by Mtagwa in the championship rounds. Arum felt Juanma fought a stupid fight and made it a very hard fight by standing close and going to war with Mtagwa. He said Juanma should have stayed at a distance and boxed.
Arum is trying to build a featherweight clash between Juanma and Gamboa for the summer of 2010. He plans to have them co-headline an HBO event on January 23 in Puerto Rico. Juanma will likely face WBO featherweight champ Steven Luevano.
"I think he fought a stupid fight," said Arum to Primara Hora . "He can't [afford to] make a stupid fight with Gamboa. I give a lot of credit to Mtagwa. He stayed in there and didn't get frustrated, and eventually had Juanma in bad shape and because of that we have to give him a lot of credit. Juanma should have boxed more and stayed at a distance. If he had done that, he would have killed him."
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