Marquez will make short work of Lopez!!

[Iceta Lives]

Not really.

He seemed to be in far worse condition in the Mtwga fight.

If he was still hurt to begin the next round he hid it well.

He did actually look like he hadn't fully recovered from the knockdown when the second round started even if that's the part of the fight where it ended.

[ChampBox@PR]

Lopez tkos rafa in 6

[big_james10]

Leaves himself open..not a good boxer just has power. Easy

I was going to make a post about this same topic, but decided to check to see if anyone had already created one. I agree with you. I don't think Lopez has what it takes to beat Marquez based on his fights that I have seen. Marquez is a little long in the tooth, but I see Marquez winning by KO by the 6th or 7th round. It could end sooner. Lopez is not as good as his hype.

[MR.PLANAS]

Juanma is a very good offensive fighter but his defense is horrible and he keeps making the same mistakes, with that being said, I still see Juanma having the upper hand, Rafa does not have the best chin (he was rocked several times at 118), he will be the smaller fighter and I believe the triology will have an effect.

The only way Rafa could win is if he patiently boxes, does not get into wild exchanges (like he did with Vazquez), takes Juanma into deeper waters and capitalizes on Juanma's common mistakes.

[big_james10]

Juanma is a very good offensive fighter but his defense is horrible and he keeps making the same mistakes, with that being said, I still see Juanma having the upper hand, Rafa does not have the best chin (he was rocked several times at 118), he will be the smaller fighter and I believe the triology will have an effect.

The only way Rafa could win is if he patiently boxes, does not get into wild exchanges (like he did with Vazquez), takes Juanma into deeper waters and capitalizes on Juanma's common mistakes.

Let's just hope that the fight will be on regular cable instead of PPV. I disagree with you, but I think it will be a good fight. However, it is not PPV worthy.

[go1nbanana]

Nope. Marquez is too old and slow now and thats the only reason they want to fight him.

yeah agree. younger one will prevail!

[Heru]

But Que we all know that Rafa's mentality always leads him to get into shootouts, which at this stage in his career against JuanMa he can't afford. I want Rafa to break JuanMa off more than anybody but I dont see it at this stage in his career against a younger fighter with less wear and tear. I agree with most of your points though homie, but I just see JuanMa pressuring Rafa too much for rafa to stay in counter punch mode. And when Rafa is pressured he tries to fight through the pressure and not smother it.

Nah, if you watch his fights before Vazquez, he's naturally inclined to fight at a slower pace and counter punch from a distance. If your chin is good enough and you're brave enough to keep eating P4P level power, he'll keep dishing it out.

The problem is I'm not sure Juanma will be able or want to eat the shots Izzy had to, to be able to close distance and stay there.

People forget that Rafa had 1 punch KO power at 118 and IMO he brought it up with him, but hasn't really been able to show it because of his opponent.

[SkillspayBills]

Nah Marquez is pretty gone at the moment so he won't beat this hungry Juanma. Should be good while it lasts though.

[Mojita]

I like Lopez but Marquez has a good chance IMO. I may be wrong, but if Lopez keeps letting himself get tagged - Marquez will surely land some hurtful leather. But it should be a great fight..