Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan View Post
I don't even know if Lopez had an aura of invincibility, Gamboa would have showed up with the intent to wreck him either way.

If anything, and I'm not saying Lopez wasn't taking things seriously enough, but even if he slightly was he should know now that there are bad dudes out there that want his belt and are coming to hurt him. He probably knew that anyway but it was definitely a reminder.

Mtagwa-Villa was a FOTY type fight (he was hurt bad in that fight and came back to KO Villa the next round), he is a rough guy and a good example of a fighter that hasn't made the kind of money he wants to make and is determined.

I think he did after ko'ing Ponce De Leon in 1 round followed by up by two more 1st round demolitions against Medina and Figaroa. The Penalosa fight maybe showed him as human though but for me now his bubble as been burst. For me last year the stand out super prospects were Lopez, Ortiz and Linares and now none of them look too hot.

Gamboa is exciting to watch and deadly but there is no way he isn't getting knocked out at some point when he steps up imo. His chin is suspect imo and I'm not sure how he'd stand up to a Mtagwa type fighter who was still standing after 6 rounds.