Lopez vs Luevano, Gamboa vs Concepcion Double For Jan

[Spray_resistant]

What? Do you want a Dib/Luevano rematch, that was equally bad as Klitschko/Ibraginov.

Wouldn't mind seeing Wladdy take it Barney Rubble in a rematch as epic as their initial encounter. Don't know if either fighter has been the same since their fast paced war.........seriously though some of you are sleeping on Luevano, he is much more skilled than given credit for on this board and could UD JuanMa. Also consider JuanMa is going up in weigh too.

[SceneSpectator!]

Gamboa will beat Concepcion pretty easily and Juanma will beat Luevano.

Has Juanma fought anyone as quick as Rojas?

If his chin is good, Elio got that.

Gamboa and Concepcion are my men and clashing together is definingwho will be my better man between the two! But I don't agree that Gamboa would beat easily Concepcion, I think any of them could earn victory from another by hard way. Though concepcion's DQ loss to Luevano was his dismal performance ever, I hope he would come up with Gamboa as explosive as he used to be. Because of this, I think Concepcion would take the interim title this time. But I agree that JuanMa might beat Luevano, however judging from his poor performance with Mtagwa, Lueavano have pretty chance of winning too because he is far better than Mtagwa!

[pugay_kamay]

wow,talk about ducking caballero badly and going after a guy who i think is a bit overrated,can't punch and throws wide open punches..perfect for juanma..i think gamboa is getting the tougher guy

Yeah, i think so, Arum don't want to spoil JuanMa's accession, Concepcion & Luevano is supposed to have a rematch but this is a sudden change of plan. And they don't want either of JuanMa & Luevano to have tougher fights either, that's why Gamboa is paired against Concepcion.

What do you think?

[bishop2006]

Gamboas definatly got it harder then Juanma,Conception is a good fighter,i can see Gamboa winning a UD,but he needs to watch out and not be reckless

[TOBYLEE1]

Good match up to take away attention from the non-Caballero bout. Last peformance of Lopez makes him look very beatable and Luevano apparently has a very good chance in beating him. But Luevano doesn't have that much power and its a trend we have been seeing with up and comers potential stars. Its apparent that a matchup between Gamboa and Lopez is in the future

[JakeNDaBox]

JML ducked Caballero. What a disgrace!

I'm more excited over the Gamboa vs Conception fight. I'm not paying for that fraud to headline a PPV so I might stream.

According to Ivan Rivera, president of Puerto Rico Best Boxing, co-promoter of WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez, says the fighter will likely face WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano on January 23 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico. Rivera says the co-feature will likely be WBA "regular" featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa taking on Filipino Bernabe Concepcion. The doubleheader is Top Rank's continued plan to build the mega-clash between Juanma and Gamboa. HBO will televise both fights.

[Mr. Fantastic]

According to Ivan Rivera, president of Puerto Rico Best Boxing, co-promoter of WBO super bantamweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez, says the fighter will likely face WBO featherweight champion Steven Luevano on January 23 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico. Rivera says the co-feature will likely be WBA "regular" featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa taking on Filipino Bernabe Concepcion. The doubleheader is Top Rank's continued plan to build the mega-clash between Juanma and Gamboa. HBO will televise both fights.

Whooptie fucking doo. Either way, for future reference I won't buy that fraud's PPVs.

[Al Haymon]

Thats one solid double-header, I got JuanMa KOing Luevano and Gamboa decisioning Concepcion.

Will JuanMa be ready then? He just had a tough fight and his face needs to heal.

[Al Haymon]

Yeah, i think so, Arum don't want to spoil JuanMa's accession,

What does this mean?

[JakeNDaBox]

This fight has not yet been signed. Luevano will not go to Puerto Rico to fight Juanma. He's the 126 champ and went to England to win his championship against englishman Nicky Cook. Luevano deserves the right to choose where he defends not the challenger. Plus, he still has unfinished business against Mario Santiago.

I don't blame Luevano for holding out, but it's tough to say that he "deserves" to choose who and where he fights. And it's not Lopez deciding where the fight takes place, it's Arum.

Last I checked, Luevano doesn't have any sort of fan base to speak of and hasn't been anything more than PPV undercard filler. But like I said earlier, he's smart to hold out, since there is now demand for Lopez to step it up. HBO will be selective in whom they approve as an opponent, which gives Luevano some sort of leverage at the negotiating table.

Beyond that, I don't see Luevano being able to force anyone's hand to the point of relocating the fight beyond Puerto Rico, NYC or Atlantic City.