By Rick Reeno
Sources in Puerto Rico have advised BoxingScene.com that WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano is another possible option for Juan Manuel Lopez in January. Lopez will defend his WBO super bantweight title on October 10 against Rogers Mtagwa. He already has a date of January 23 on HBO, with show taking place in Puerto Rico.
WBA/IBF super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero is the other discussed option. The fight really depends on the whether or not two sides can reach a deal on the money. If Lopez fights Caballero, that would be his last opponent [at super flyweight] before a move to featherweight.
Top Rank's plan is to match Lopez against Yuriorkis Gamboa in a major fight at the midway point of 2010.