JuanMa apologizes

[armin]

From Fat Dan's blog:

Lopez apologizes for remarks about referee - Dan Rafael Blog - ESPN

Here's what Lopez had to say:

“I want to apologize to Roberto for the comments I made after the fight against Salido. Roberto is one of the best referees in the world, he did a great job and I appreciate him for protecting me because I was definitely hurt. Everyone knows how much I trained for this fight and all the sacrifices I made because I wanted to give a great victory to Puerto Rico. Maybe, in my frustration for failing my country, I said things that right now I don’t remember and I want to delete, and again, I want to thank Roberto for his work.

“Also, I want to give the credit to Salido for his victory and thank to him for coming to my country to give me the rematch. There was a great fight as all of the fans could watch and I want to thank all the fans for their support. I want the fans to know that I have some things to (accomplish) in boxing and I’ll be back soon.”

Good move by Lopez.

Hopefully this is geniune and not just a pr move, but can't blame him to much for having scrambled brains after the fight. If the ref didn't stop it woulda ben baaaaaad for him so hopefully he really sees that and maybe he can take a better look at himself and make some necessary changes

[Mars_ax]

From Fat Dan's blog:

Lopez apologizes for remarks about referee - Dan Rafael Blog - ESPN

Here's what Lopez had to say:

“I want to apologize to Roberto for the comments I made after the fight against Salido. Roberto is one of the best referees in the world, he did a great job and I appreciate him for protecting me because I was definitely hurt. Everyone knows how much I trained for this fight and all the sacrifices I made because I wanted to give a great victory to Puerto Rico. Maybe, in my frustration for failing my country, I said things that right now I don’t remember and I want to delete, and again, I want to thank Roberto for his work.

“Also, I want to give the credit to Salido for his victory and thank to him for coming to my country to give me the rematch. There was a great fight as all of the fans could watch and I want to thank all the fans for their support. I want the fans to know that I have some things to (accomplish) in boxing and I’ll be back soon.”

Good move by Lopez.

Hopefully this is geniune and not just a pr move, but can't blame him to much for having scrambled brains after the fight. If the ref didn't stop it woulda ben baaaaaad for him so hopefully he really sees that and maybe he can take a better look at himself and make some necessary changes

The apology was a good thing, and I believe it was genuine, promped a bit i'm sure by "Team Lopez" family and friends. After the beatings he took you've really gotta wonder if Lopez will ever be able to compete again at the championship level.

[p4pking]

Of course it isn't "genuine", Juanma has no class. I'll bet Lopez didn't even have an input, this was neccesary to avoid a law suit down the line if nothing else.

[Mars_ax]

Of course it isn't "genuine", Juanma has no class. I'll bet Lopez didn't even have an input, this was neccesary to avoid a law suit down the line if nothing else.

I don't see any reason to believe that Lopez's apology wasn't legit, or that he has "no class". In my book, although I agree that it might be a bit "political", publicly apologizing and admitting you were wrong was the right thing for Lopez to do, good on him.

[ruthless rocco]

its not sincere at all. he fucked up and is trying to lessen the damage...he's not actually sorry for what he said just trying to get out of facing the consequences for running his mouth.

[Mars_ax]

its not sincere at all. he fucked up and is trying to lessen the damage...he's not actually sorry for what he said just trying to get out of facing the consequences for running his mouth.

I think you're being a little hard on the dude, when he made the statements it was just a few minutes after getting brutally KO'd in front of his homies. Why hold him accountable for things he said when his mind wasn't totally coherent.

I don't doubt that part of the apology was damage control, but at least he did try to make amends for what he said.

[Master]

I believe the ref has turned down the apology because he felt it was not sincere and written by his management. He wants Lopez to publicly apologise from his heart.