Chigaro
03-13-2012, 06:00 PM
Juanma already suspended, says WBO
March 13th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-2, 28 KO’s) is reportedly already suspended by the World Boxing Organization, according to fightnews.com. WBO president Francisco Valcarcel is saying that Lopez is already suspended in response to the post fight interview comments that Lopez made to Showtime interview Jim Gray following Lopez’s 10th round TKO loss to WBO champ Orlando Salido last Saturday night in which Lopez said referee Roberto Ramirez had a gambling problem.
Valcarcel said according to fightnews.com “At the moment he is suspended for one year. In five days we are giving him an opportunity to convince us otherwise.”
Lopez has already apologized for making the comments, which is a good first step to take to make things right. However, it’s unclear what Valcarcel is looking for Lopez to add in addition to that.
What made the comments especially bad was that it was done on live television and was heard by a lot of boxing fans watching the fight on Showtime.
The suspension, if it holds, applies only to the WBO and not to the other three major sanctioning bodies. If Lopez wants to fight against a world champion at IBF, WBA and WBC, he’d be able to do it without having to worry about being blocked by any kind of suspension.
March 13th, 2012
By Dan Ambrose: Former WBO featherweight champion Juan Manuel Lopez (31-2, 28 KO’s) is reportedly already suspended by the World Boxing Organization, according to fightnews.com. WBO president Francisco Valcarcel is saying that Lopez is already suspended in response to the post fight interview comments that Lopez made to Showtime interview Jim Gray following Lopez’s 10th round TKO loss to WBO champ Orlando Salido last Saturday night in which Lopez said referee Roberto Ramirez had a gambling problem.
Valcarcel said according to fightnews.com “At the moment he is suspended for one year. In five days we are giving him an opportunity to convince us otherwise.”
Lopez has already apologized for making the comments, which is a good first step to take to make things right. However, it’s unclear what Valcarcel is looking for Lopez to add in addition to that.
What made the comments especially bad was that it was done on live television and was heard by a lot of boxing fans watching the fight on Showtime.
The suspension, if it holds, applies only to the WBO and not to the other three major sanctioning bodies. If Lopez wants to fight against a world champion at IBF, WBA and WBC, he’d be able to do it without having to worry about being blocked by any kind of suspension.