You gotta be kidding me. Penalosa is too smart of a fighter to engage early. he has great defense and stupendous counterpunching. And correct me if I'm wrong, I think he hasn't hit the canvass in his entire career. It's no secret that Juanma probably packs the hardest punch p4p, but fans are overexaggerating and is delusional if they really think Penalosa is going out early.
An empty can is always noisy.
Many wrote off Gerry Peñalosa in the Jhonny Gonzales fight and got the surprise in their lives when Peñalosa KO'ed J-Gonz with one punch to the liver...
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I was so pissed when that happened, Gonzalez had built a nice lead and everything was going well. And then the cagey old slipped and landed a perfect liver shot, you could see Jhonny was unable to get full breaths.
Jhonny is my favorite fighter, and he did me proud, but credit where credit is due....................Penalosa caught him.
I favor JuanMa, but I don't really know how he'll handle the distance, and Penalosa will definately take him rounds.
For every story told that divides us, I believe there are a thousand untold that unite us.
I want Penalosa to take this,but he needs one shot effect to keep Lopez honest & off.Gerry is alot of things but a rangy power hoitter is not one.It will be close quarters
Lopez-Peñalosa official!
By Lee Bates
The proposed bout between WBO junior featherweight champion Juan Manuel “Juanma” López (24-0, 22 KOs) and WBO bantamweight champion Gerry Peñalosa, (54-6-2, 36 KOs) is now official. The bout will take place Saturday April 25th at the Coliseo Rubén Rodr*guez in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The bout which is titled ‘Champion vs. Champion’ will be televised live by HBO and promoted by Top Rank and PR Best Boxing(Iván & Peter Rivera). Peñalosa successfully defeated Mexico’s German Meraz by unanimous decision this past Saturday in Cebu City, The Phillipines in a 10 round non-title bout. Penalosa and his team are expected to arrive next week in Puerto Rico to begin the promoting of the bout. Tickets are now available for purchase at Ticket Center (787)792-5000.
Yahooooo!!
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I was there live in Sacramento for that fight. Johnny was fighting scared against Penalosa from the very 1st rd. Although he's winning rounds, I thought he's winning slightly but I thought Penalosa was breaking him down. A lot of fans booing Johnny coz he's backing off the whole fight. I wasn't surprised when Gerrry KO him.
Juanma wins clear decision or by late stoppage.
Gerry is very tough so him going the distance wouldn't surprise me.
yes, i was a little surprised at jhonny's strategy in following the blueprint of those who beat gerry before. i thought he'd come at penalosa more because he did mixed it up with izzy and got him in trouble several times before getting caught with something big because of overconfidence imo. jhonny was a lot more cautious against penalosa than he was against vasquez.
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