Juanma Lopez v Wilfredo Vasquez jr... October 8th..

In a clash of former world champions, Juan Manuel Lopez (34-5, 31 KOs) faces Wilfredo Vazquez, Jr (24-6-1, 19 KOs) in what is escalating into a grudge match on October 8 at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Lopez's 30 fight Unbeaten run was halted in 2011 by Orlando Salido via tko, a year later Salido handed the southpaw his second career defeat, again by stoppage..  Since then Lopez has lost a further 3 of his last 6 bouts, all stoppages at the hands of the respectable Mikey Garcia, Francisco Vargas and more recently to Jesus Cuellar in his last appearance back in 2014. The 33 year old acknowledges the fact that he has suffered some bad knockout of late, but feels that the two years out of the ring have allowed him to focus on getting back to where he once was..
Wilfredo Vasquez jr also had his unbeaten run broken in 2011, a stoppage loss at the hands of Jorge Arce, and like Lopez, he'd go on to suffer further setbacks, alternate defeats at the hands of Nonito Donaire, Yasutaka Ishimoto, Marvin Sonsona and Fernando Vargas, all by the slimmest of decisions..   Vasquez's recent outing against Rafael Rivera in December was again a heartbreaking split decision loss in a challenge for the WBC Fecarbox title in Florida..  Both guys have points to prove in this match with Puerto Rican machismo on the line as well as a step back onto the world stage for the victor..  Both guys have faced opponents with the highest pedigree as champions and both know exactly what it took to get there..