Quote Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales View Post
he has all the technical ability in the world to box circles around Salido and win a lopsided decision, but Lopez is hell bent on trying to KO every guy he faces even if most of the time he takes damage that he didn't have to take and then gives away a less than stellar performance, IMO the last time that Juanma really fought like the Juanma of old was against Luevano, he took his time and patiently broke down his opponent, didn't rush it, and still walked away with the stoppage but as I said the night of the Oliver fight Lopez has learned nothing from the loss to Salido

all he would talk about was KO'ing Oliver in the build up to the fight, he's making a huge mistake taking the rematch in PR, IMO they should just do it in Vegas or MSG because the hometown crowd has a negative effect on him, he lets the crowd get to him then feels obligated to go and get the KO which well we know how that turned out against Salido the first time around
I agree.. It's funny cuz me and a Rican buddy of mine were talking about this the other day. Yea Juanma is capable of boxing but now he'd rather brawl after falling in love with his power. Fighting in his backyard has a negative effect on him cuz he gets suckered by the crowd. He forces the issue and tries too hard to show how macho he is.

I remember he used to be more composed before he destroyed Deleon.. That's when he started buying into his KO hype. He used to let the KO come to him rather than forcing it.

He should fight anywhere but Puerto Rico but he puts asses in the seats over there so it's better for business.