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Alex Caraballo, the trainer of former two-time world champion Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez (33-2, 30KOs), is confident that his fighter will stop Mikey Garcia (31-0, 26KOs) on June 15th in Dallas, Texas. HBO will televise. Juanma was stopped twice by Orlando Salido, who Garcia recently destroyed to win his WBO featherweight crown.
On Tuesday, former two-division champion Juan Manuel Lopez (33-2, 30 KO's) resumed his sparring session for the June 15th showdown against Mikey Garcia (31-0, 26 KO's), the WBO's featherweight king. Juanma had stayed away from sparring for a bit after suffering an injury to his left cheekbone after an alleged fall during a track run. Juanma went six rounds with bantamweight Jose Nieves (22-3-2, 11 KO's) and two with undefeated featherweight Braulio Santos (10-0, 9 KO's). According to reports, Lopez, tomorrow, will hold a sparring session at the Jose "Cheo" Aponte Gym in Caguas.
Former two-division world champion Juan Manuel Lopez (33-2, 30 KOs) will travel to Dallas, Texas on June 10th, with the rest of his team, as he finishes things up for his fight on June 15th against undefeated World Boxing Organization featherweight king Mikey Garcia (30-0, 26 KOs) Promoter Peter Rivera, of Puerto Rico Best Boxing, shot down rumors that Juanma was going to withdraw from the fight after last week the boxer was seen with significant bruising to the left side of his face - which the boxer alleges was the direct result of falling during a morning run
Angel 'El Gallo' Suarez, who amassed an impressive record of 243-65 in amateur boxing and won the gold medal at the Copa Romana and KITO tournament in Ecuador and a bronze medal in the 2011 Pan American Games, will be debuting on May 15 at BB King Blues Club in New York City. He will be matched against Eliezer Agosto (1-2) in a four rounder at featherweight.
Roman 'Rocky' Martinez (27-1-2, 16 KO's), the champion of the WBO at 130-pounds, returns from successfully defending his crown in China against Diego Magdaleno. Martinez is now being discussed as the next opponent for undefeated WBO featherweight champion, Miguel Angel "Mikey" Garcia on September 21. Garcia would move up in weight for the match. The event, which according to Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is going to take place in Puerto Rico, would also feature a clash between Nonito Donaire and Juan Manuel Lopez.
Welterweight contender Thomas Dulorme (17-1, 13 KO) is convinced that he will be a world champion at 140-pounds and he wants the big names - including the new sensation Adrien Broner, who is currently the WBC champion at 135-pounds but plans to move up to 147-pounds to face WBA champion Paulie Malignaggi on June 22. On Saturday night Dulorme will return to the ring in Carolina, Puerto Rico against Ben Ankrah (17-12, 8 KOs), a late replacement.
The hard-hitting junior middleweight Jorge 'Destroyer' Melendez (26-2-1, 25 KO's) will return to action on May 31 as part of a function being televised on Showtime in the state of Florida and his potential rival could be the Mexican veteran Alfonso Gomez (23-6-2, 12 KO's), according to Melendez's manager Edwin Diaz.
Cesar "Junito" Seda (24-1, 17 KO's) will return to the ring on May 18 in Atlantic City, New Jersey - according to his coach and father, Cesar Seda Sr., who hopes the upcoming fight will be some form on an eliminator for 118-pound title under any sanctioning body. The main event of the card that night, televised by Showtime, will feature a junior welterweight fight between Lamont Peterson or Lucas Matthysse.
Heavyweight Carlos Negron (14-1, 10 KO's), who has not fought since February 8, 2012, has parted ways with his manager Orlando Pineiro and his contract with promoters Puerto Rico Best Boxing Promotions expired on February 24, according to the boxer's father Joseph A. Negrón.
Junior middleweight prospect Jonathan Gonzalez (16-0-1, 13 KO's), will reappear in the United States in May in what will be his second fight in 2013 after his controversial draw with Russian fighter Serhiy Dzinziruk last September. Gonzalez is training harder than ever after being overweight in his fight with Dzinziruk. "I'll be back in May, there is still no location but it will be in the United States. We are working to fight at 154 pounds and I was promised a title match this year or early 2014. I hope nothing fails me. I was not well trained [for Dzinziruk]. I was heavy. And many people saw me as the winner."