Juan Manuel López
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Name: Juan Manuel Lopez
Alias: Juanma
Birth Name: Juan Manuel López Rivera
Hometown: Caguas, Puerto Rico
Birthplace: Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 166cm
Reach: 175cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Trainer: Alex Caraballo
Manager: Antonio Pinero
Promoter: Top Rank
Olympic results
Represented Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece boxing as a Bantamweight (54 kg).
- Round 1/16 - Lost to Khavazhi Khatsigov (Belarus) 19-27
Other amateur highlights
- Lopez started boxing when he was 10.
- Amateur Record: 126-24
- 2001 World Championships participant at flyweight in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- Lost to Bogdan Dobrescu (Romania) 7-20
- 2001 Panamerican Championships Silver medalist at bantamweight in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Defeated Carlos Souza (Brazil) 18-7
- Lost to Elio Rojas (Dominican Republic) 4-12
- 2002 Central American & Caribbean Games Bronze medalist at bantamweight in San Salvador, El Salvador.
- Defeated Antonio Nunez (El Salvador) 23-16
- Lost to Abner Mares (Mexico) 19-23
- 2003 1st Pan Am Games Qualifier Bronze medalist at bantamweight in Belem do Para, Brazil.
- Defeated Francisco Palma (Ecuador) 12-8
- Lost to Alexander Espinosa (Venezuela) 10-11
- 2003 Pan American Games participant at bantamweight in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- Defeated Castulo Gonzalez (Guatemala) 27-10
- Lost to Abner Mares (Mexico) 21-24
Regional & Minor Titles
- WBO Latino Super Bantamweight Title (2006 - 2008)
World Titles
Career Notes
- Has a record of 9-3-0 (8 KO) in World Title fights.
- Has a record of 6-5-0 (6 KO) against former or current world titlists.
- Won against Daniel Ponce De Leon (twice), Gerry Penalosa, Steve Luevano, Rafael Marquez, Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.
- Lost against Orlando Salido (twice), Mikey Garcia, Francisco Vargas, Jesus Marcelo Andres Cuellar.
| Preceded by: Daniel Ponce de Leon |
WBO Super Bantamweight Champion 2008 Jun 7 – 2010 Jan 23 Vacated |
Succeeded by: Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. |
| Preceded by: Steven Luevano |
WBO Featherweight Champion 2010 Jan 23 – 2011 Apr 16 |
Succeeded by: Orlando Salido |