The fight of Gerry Peñalosa, TKO by Juan Manuel Lopez. In MANILA, Philippines, Gerry Peñalosa's bid to win his third world championship was stopped as he lost to Juan Manuel Lopez in a TKO.
Peñalosa attempted to dethrone Lopez in a WBO superbantamweight title bout at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, this morning (Manila time).Peñalosa, 36, relinquished his WBO bantamweight crown to challenge Lopez, 25, who was making the third defense of the throne he took from Daniel Ponce de Leon on a first round knockout last year. Peñalosa was previously the WBC superflyweight titleholder.
Lopez had scored first round knockouts in his last three outings, demolishing Ponce de Leon, Cesar Figueroa and Sergio Medina in that order, to raise his record to 24-0, with 22 KOs. He was only five years old when Peñalosa turned pro in 1989.
But Peñalosa wasn’t fazed by Lopez’ reputation and youth. With trainer Freddie Roach in his corner, Peñalosa was convinced he could bring down Lopez. However, Peñalosa's camp stopped the fight between the ninth and tenth rounds.
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