Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rey Bautista

[hitmanhatton]

It seems that there are conversations for a Bautista - Lopez fight on December 06. This may be a good fight for Lopez who I believe should get another KO victory...

id heard he was fighting a mandatory on october 4th in Puerto Rico

[Puerto Rican Punch]

It seems that there are conversations for a Bautista - Lopez fight on December 06. This may be a good fight for Lopez who I believe should get another KO victory...

id heard he was fighting a mandatory on october 4th in Puerto Rico

That is correct. Lopez is fighting Cesar Figueroa (30-6-2, 22 KO) on October 04 at Puerto Rico. It seems that Bautista declined an offer to fight Lopez on this date, but his managers offered to fight Lopez on December 06. It seems that if Lopez wins on October 4 there are possibilities of him fighting Bautista.

[hitmanhatton]

oh ok cool, never wise to look past an opponent in my opinion althou JuanMa should win his fight in october easilly, dont you think there also a little close together

[Puerto Rican Punch]

That is a good point. I didn't think about how close the fights are... but still he will have 2 months between them. I guess Juanma's team should evaluate this possibility depending on how hard his October 4 fight results. I think they really want to be exposed during De La Hoya - Manny show, and I don't blame them, this certainly is a great opportunity for Juanma's career is he wins both fights.

[hitmanhatton]

ye your right it will get him the exposure he needs and deserves, maybe thats why his fight was moved off the pvalik/hopkins card to the 4th so he had that extra two weeks recovery ?

[CFH]

Bautista must be in a hurry to get ko'd again. I'll give him credit though, it takes guts to get in the ring with someone like Lopez after what happened in the DeLeon fight.

[Violent Demise]

Lopez destroys Bumtista