Damn Mtagwa Lopez

[Kev]

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.

[JazMerkin]

FOTY so far for me & Mtagwa definitely made me a fan. I liked him after the Villa performance, but to do what he did on Saturday against a guy p4p ranked by many was excellent.

Like I said at the time, this was the real Rocky, except judging from the post-fight interviews, Mtagwa speaks more intelligible English than Sylvester Stallone.

I had it 114-113 I think, with a 10-8 round a piece & 1 round even, but like you I came away feeling that Mtagwa was the fans' champion. It was a truly Gattiesque performance

[holmcall]

Mtagwa specializes in these kinds of wars. I have seen him fight twice before and he keeps coming all the time all-out. Talk about pressure!

[Majesty]

Mtagwa = this generations next Mickey Ward?

[OumaFan]

fair enough Bilbo, but I think of guys like Floyd having an aura of invincibility, not JML. And I'm not gonna get too down on him, this could help him (or course it might not) and its not like he lost and even then just look at Rafa Marquez, early losses aren't the end of the world, its just that Lopez already has the spotlight whereas Rafa lost in relative anonymity.