Two very exciting fights make up the first decent TV show of the new decade. Steve Luevano puts his WBO Featherweight belt on the line against former WBO Junior Featherweight champ Juan Manuel Lopez, who moves up in weight for the first time. Also on the card (I’m actually not sure which one is the main event) WBA Featherweight champion (well one of the two Featherweight titlists the WBA has) Yuri Gamboa puts his title on the line in his toughest test today against iron willed Roger Mtagwa. Both fights have the potential to be wars and we should get an early fight of the year candidate out of the card.
Lopez vs Luevano pits boxer against puncher in the classic style matchup. I don’t think Luevano is going to have the skills or power to keep Lopez at bay for long and I think Juanma is going to get into him early and batter him. Luevano will do well to last the distance as Lopez is just too powerful and will likely end this fight inside of 10 rounds. Gamboa-Mtagwa is one of those fights that has the potential to be something special or could just end up a one sided blowout. Gamboa has serious speed and power and if he boxes smart he’ll have an easy night of it but the trouble is that he never boxes smart. He likes to throw lots of hard punches and opens himself up in doing that. Mtagwa has an iron jaw, but I don’t think he’s fought anyone with Gamboa’s power. Yuri to make a statement tonight with a crushing knockout inside of six rounds.
