Maidana VS Lopez Saturday June 8

Maidana VS Lopez

Marcos “El Chino” Maidana (33-3, 30 KO’s) will face-off against Josesito Lopez, (30-5, 18 KO’s) on June 8^th 2013, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. This will mark Maidana’s first title defense of his WBA Intercontinental Welterweight (Live on Showtime).  These two fighters have proven to bring, in every bout, a combination of fire, never-ending heart and will power; setting up the stage for a possible battle of the year.

 Dating back to December 12^th 2012, Maidana was marked as the new WBA Intercontinental Welterweight Title Champion over Angel Martinez, in Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina. This fight reaffirmed Maidana as a knockout artist, through technique and power. Opponent Josesito Lopez enters this bout, as he shakes off a brutal loss against one of Mexico’s Top Boxing Star, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez last September 15^th 2012, a questionable match, where Lopez fought above his normal weight, believed by many as a crucial disadvantage. 

As these two fighters come into this match, they share one common factor that defines all possibilities can occur in a boxing ring: Victory over Victor “Vicious” Ortiz; both being the underdog fighter, both going against all odds. Maidana was the first to face Victor Ortiz on June 26, 2009.  In this fight, Madiana was dropped three times by Ortiz. However, Marcos Maidana was able to turn the match around with powerful punches that led to a TKO on the 6^th round. On June 23, 2012, Josesito Lopez shocked the world by defeating Ortiz via TKO, by breaking Ortiz’ jaw on the 9^th round.

June 8, 2013 will be the day, where Marcos ‘El Chino’ Maidana and Josesito Lopez will deliver their heart and never-ending will power. Will this be a new classic in the making for the Boxing world today? Should the winner of Maidana-Lopez take-on Victor Ortiz for a possible re-match?

-Tony Vazquez