Juan Lopez

Twenty-seven year old Puerto Rican Southpaw boxer Juan Manuel Lopez is proudly known as the WBO Super Bantamweight title holder of the world. Juanma hails from Caguas, Puerto Rico and stands at 5 feet and seven inches tall. He is currently rated 4th out of 838, very impressive for such a young professional boxer.

Juanma’s success while still at the prime of his youth is due to his early start in the sport of Boxing. He started as early as ten years old. When he finally became an amateur boxer, he garnered an impressive record of 126 wins and 24 losses. One of his many achievements as an amateur boxer the world will never forget was when he held the Puerto Rican national title for five years consecutively. His amateur career in the international scene had mixed results as he was able to win some but also lost some of the matches he entered.

Juanma became a professional boxer in the year 2005. His debut match was held on January 29, 2005 against Luis Colon, a fellow debuting boxer. It was a knockout victory in favor Juanma. After his debut boxing match, Juanma continued knocking down adversaries in nine consecutive fights. He knocked out the likes of Ivan Cordero, Eric Nemos, Efrain Perez, Roberto Chacon, Charlie Jones, Manuel Sanabria, Luis Bolaño as well as Jose Luis Caro. His first fight in the year 2006 was one of sweet victory where he was able to win against Mexico’s Gilberto Bolanos. His succeeding fights in the same year all ended up victorious for the young boxer. In more recent years including 2007 and the current year 2008, Juanma continued on knocking down opponents in almost every fight.

Now, included in his list of technically knocked-out boxers are Jorge Otero, Giovanni Andrade, Hugo Dianzo, Omar Adorno and Jonathan Oquendo. On June 7, 2008, with a match against then title holder Daniel Ponce de Leon, Juanma won again by technical knockout and was proclaimed the new WBO Super Bantamweight Champion. He has a record of 30 fights, no losses, and 27 knockdowns.

After gaining popularity at the bantamweight division, Lopez transferred to the featherweight division. His first fight was against Steven Luevano, which he won via technical knockout. His first defense at the weight division was against Bernabe Concepcion, which he also won via technical knockout. His next schedule was against Rafael Marquez, which he also won via TKO during the 9th round.