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For a small island nation of Puerto Rico is a good boxer's excessive number. Tom Casino, Showtime

Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez Caguas, Bayamon, Puerto Rico Orlando Salido [NULL] Saturday about his fight preparations for Thursday's Jose "Cheo" Aponte Torres in the gym to work out.

Tom Casino, Showtime

Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez Caguas, Bayamon, Puerto Rico Orlando Salido [NULL] Saturday about his fight preparations for Thursday's Jose "Cheo" Aponte Torres in the gym to work out.

Carlos Ortiz, Wilfred Benitez, Wilfredo Gomez, Hector "macho" Camaro and more recently Felix "Tito" Trinidad, Miguel Cotto and Ivan "iron boy" Calderon boxing map Puerto Rico, visibly put and keep it there. now another rising star in the country where the ring legend of his name, has a chance to land. Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez, 27, Saturday night greatness another step towards and Bayamon, Puerto Rico.The charisma left handers in Puerto Rico-Mexico competition when he and his WBO featherweight belt and unbeaten record Orlando Salido (Showtime, et 10: 30) puts a line against the renewal of the best in the world pound-for-pound fighter he was before his fans Hometown says happy fighting. But he's just another Barista Salido so much as sees rival Mexico. "Understanding the tradition. The two countries a lot of great champions and they always look at it differently, we are Mexico and Puerto matching when "Lopez (30-0, 27 KOs) translator Ricardo Jimenez via phone this week, he said. "But for me, it's just a big fight, title fight, and it's just me in the ring."Lopez November Mexico Rafael Márquez in his last fight some slugfests has engaged in his last 17 fights went the distance of only one, while. Marquez's injury because 9 round Bell did not answer. But the fight was full of savage exchanges. "Fight in my career, and definitely 30 cannot be war the whole time," Lopez says. "I think the box a little bit of time. But, honestly, that's my style and that is what people expect, and if it is war, it is a war. "His fight Salido (34-11-2, 22 KOs) more of the same is expected to be."Salido strong and all night will come after me, "Lopez says. "Smart and try to win many rounds, but will go to knock out him, hurt."Lopez wants to see that the fight all that Cuban defectors and the fastest high speed Yuriorkis Gamboa (20-0, 16 KOs) will understand. All top ranked is the promotion. "(Top rank President) Bob Arum said the fight there is money on it, will be made," Lopez says. "If money there on TV next week, then we'll do next week., as long as there is no money to fight, we'll wait." Reprints and permissions for more information, visit our FAQ. Report corrections and clarifications, the standard editor Brent Jonescontacts. Consider publishing the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Name, phone number, city and State for verification. To view our proofreading corrections. go to usatoday.com .we dialog instructions have been updated. Changes of the mediation process "report" button, a description of how includes a short review. Read more.