Juan Manuel Lopez-Caesar Figueroa on Oct. 4 in San Juan

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

As expected, the October 4 opponent for WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (22-0, 20KOs) has changed. Originally, Lopez was going to face undefeated Canadian Olivier Lontchi, but after Lontchi struggled and battled to a draw with unknown Eduardo Garcia on the Steve Molitor undercard last Friday at Casino Rama in Ontario - he was ruled out for Lopez's first defense of the title. I said on Friday that Lontchi may have blown a big opportunity with the performance. [details]

[AntonTheMeh]

for a first defense its decent.

[hignoranteh]

a guy that got tkoed by al seeger?
and its ranked 260 in the division
what a joke i dont know how the wbo can sanction this fight

[jdubb863]

Wow what a chump! Lopez is talking about the mexican puerto rican rivarly??... Its not the same when its a mismatch lol. He had a long lay off since 2005 when al seeger Ko'ed him Lol. then he came back and fought 2 chumps.

[Gato2012]

Wow what a chump! Lopez is talking about the mexican puerto rican rivarly??... Its not the same when its a mismatch lol. He had a long lay off since 2005 when al seeger Ko'ed him Lol. then he came back and fought 2 chumps.

Juanma tried getting fights with the best in his divison but couldnt. Regardless he just won the title, and hes already looking at a match against Israel Vazquez in 09. Let the guy defend his title once in front of his people becfore callling him a "chump" and hating on him.

Some of you guys are ridiculous.

[bootleggking]

what a joke

If lopez wants an easy fight for his first defense then fine.. But don't go and find some taxi cab driver from mexico and call a Mexican vs puerto rican rivalry!... This a complete mismatch to be acting like it's another margarito/cotto..... When he fights rafael marquez or israel vazquez then it's worthy of that headline but c'mon I'm just being honest here.. I predict that lopez knocks him out in 2-3 rnds!

[BMWM3P]

It's good to see that Juanma is staying busy and although this is not the best opponent it still good to see him fight. I'm definately going to be there for this one.

[jdubb863]

Juanma tried getting fights with the best in his divison but couldnt. Regardless he just won the title, and hes already looking at a match against Israel Vazquez in 09. Let the guy defend his title once in front of his people becfore callling him a "chump" and hating on him.

Some of you guys are ridiculous.

i wasnt calling lopez a chump..i was talking about his opponent. They could have at least got a top 20 opponent for lopez this is a mismatch.

[Joe2608]

This is definatley a mismatch. Should have got somone in the top 10/20 at least. He is a world champ after all.

[AntonTheMeh]

His Original Fight Fell Threw.****ing Haters Man.