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By Jake Donovan - From the first time they were showcased on the same card (albeit in separate bouts) last October, undefeated featherweight titlists Juan Manuel Lopez and Yuriorkis Gamboa appeared to be on a collision course to one day face each in a bout that ultimately determine divisional supremacy.
The demand was even greater following their HBO-televised doubleheader earlier this year, with both prevailing by knockout in separate bouts against Top 10 featherweight opposition.
Undefeated lightweight contender Anthony Peterson has basically been on hold for much of 2010, waiting for a long overdue mandatory shot against Humberto Soto.
The fact that he’s no longer ranked by the sanctioning body that claims Soto as its champ tells you all you need to know about the chances of that fight happening… probably about as much of a chance as Lopez and Gamboa fighting any time soon.
Instead of the fights we want or the fights they are owed, we are once again offered the fights that the promoters would rather give us.
In a vacuum, there’s hardly anything at all wrong with this weekend’s offering on HBO, which airs live from The Palms Casino in Las Vegas (Saturday, 10PM ET/PT).
Gamboa (18-0, 15KO) returns to the ring for the third time this year, taking on Orlando Salido (34-10-2, 22KO) in an alphabet featherweight unification match.
Meanwhile, Peterson (30-0, 20KO) takes on the dangerous Brandon Rios (24-0-1, 18KO) in a matchup of unbeaten lightweight contenders. [Click Here To Read More]
The demand was even greater following their HBO-televised doubleheader earlier this year, with both prevailing by knockout in separate bouts against Top 10 featherweight opposition.
Undefeated lightweight contender Anthony Peterson has basically been on hold for much of 2010, waiting for a long overdue mandatory shot against Humberto Soto.
The fact that he’s no longer ranked by the sanctioning body that claims Soto as its champ tells you all you need to know about the chances of that fight happening… probably about as much of a chance as Lopez and Gamboa fighting any time soon.
Instead of the fights we want or the fights they are owed, we are once again offered the fights that the promoters would rather give us.
In a vacuum, there’s hardly anything at all wrong with this weekend’s offering on HBO, which airs live from The Palms Casino in Las Vegas (Saturday, 10PM ET/PT).
Gamboa (18-0, 15KO) returns to the ring for the third time this year, taking on Orlando Salido (34-10-2, 22KO) in an alphabet featherweight unification match.
Meanwhile, Peterson (30-0, 20KO) takes on the dangerous Brandon Rios (24-0-1, 18KO) in a matchup of unbeaten lightweight contenders. [Click Here To Read More]
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