Move over Fabricio Werdum and Edmund Tarverdyan, we have a new contender for the ‘Fighter VS Corner Man’ of the year award.
On October 29th former two division world champion Juan Manual Lopez faced off against former WBO champion Wilfredo Jasquez Jr at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
With their bout almost going the distance, Juan Manuel Lopez managed to author a stoppage late in the third round after administering an unanswered barrage of punches on Wilfredo Jasquez Jr that dropped him to the mat.
Immediately after the victory though Juan Manuel Lopez engaged in another fight with one of Wilfredo’s coaches which saw both brawl wildly with the coach landing a nice left hook on Manuel before the fight was broken up by security and officials.
Reasons for the skirmish to break out stem from a heated pre fight press conference which almost resulted in violence due to a war of words between the two camps.
Despite all of this madness Juan Manual and Wildredo eventually hugged it out and put the tension behind them.
Check out the melee below.
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Juan Manuel “Juanma” López Rivera (born June 30, 1983) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former two-weight world champion, having held the WBO junior featherweight title from 2008 to 2009, and the WBO featherweight title from 2010 to 2011. As an amateur he represented Puerto Rico at numerous international tournaments, including the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games, the 2003 Pan American Games, and the 2004 Olympics. López was considered a knockout artist at his peak in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s.
Wilfredo Vázquez Jr. (born June 18, 1984) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and former WBO super bantamweight champion. He is the son of former world champion Wilfredo Vázquez.
