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By Cliff Rold - Almost is okay.
Almost is especially okay when it describes an event which did not occur. For instance, 26-year old WBO Jr. Featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez (27-0, 24 KO), Puerto Rico’s presumed next big thing, almost lost his last time out.
Unheralded tough guy Rogers Mtagwa was supposed to be an opponent last October, someone to go few rounds while enriching Lopez’s Madison Square Garden bona fides. It didn’t quite work out that way, Lopez forced to reach deep late in the fight just to stay on his feet, counting on an early lead to bag a unanimous decision.
Juan Manuel Lopez almost lost.
But he didn’t.
This Saturday, he returns to the Garden aimed at win number 28 in a brand new division and the education of Juan Manuel Lopez will continue to play out for the world to see. What’s been learned so far, by the fighter and his audience, has enough good and bad to continue to make the unfolding story worth watching. [Click Here To Read More]
Almost is especially okay when it describes an event which did not occur. For instance, 26-year old WBO Jr. Featherweight titlist Juan Manuel Lopez (27-0, 24 KO), Puerto Rico’s presumed next big thing, almost lost his last time out.
Unheralded tough guy Rogers Mtagwa was supposed to be an opponent last October, someone to go few rounds while enriching Lopez’s Madison Square Garden bona fides. It didn’t quite work out that way, Lopez forced to reach deep late in the fight just to stay on his feet, counting on an early lead to bag a unanimous decision.
Juan Manuel Lopez almost lost.
But he didn’t.
This Saturday, he returns to the Garden aimed at win number 28 in a brand new division and the education of Juan Manuel Lopez will continue to play out for the world to see. What’s been learned so far, by the fighter and his audience, has enough good and bad to continue to make the unfolding story worth watching. [Click Here To Read More]
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