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Juan Manuel López Rivera (born June 30, 1983), often known as Juanma Lopez, is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019. He is a world champion in two weight classes , having held the WBO junior featherweight title from 2008 to 2009, and the WBO featherweight title from 2010 to 2011.
New stadiums were built in Bayamón, Caguas, Mayagüez, Ponce, Aguadilla and San Juan. [10] The first Puerto Rican to win a world championship was Sixto Escobar , who won it on June 26, 1934. During the 1960s and 1970s, there was an increase in the number of pugilists who achieved this recognition. [ 11 ]
Daniel Ponce de León (born July 27, 1980) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He was a world champion in two weight classes , having held the WBO super bantamweight title from 2005 and 2008, and the WBC featherweight title from 2012 to 2013.
The National Boxing Association (NBA), was formed in 1921 as the first organization aimed at regulating boxing on a national (and later global) level. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to a governmental entity, the powerful New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), to join the NBA in sanctioning bouts as "world championships."
Juan Ponce de León II, 28th governor of Puerto Rico, grandson of the first governor, and the first born in the island to become governor.. In the governor's absence, or if the governor dies or is unable to perform the executive duties, the Secretary of State of Puerto Rico takes control of the executive position, as acting governor during a temporary absence or inability, and as governor in ...
This win brought Concepcion to a potential fight against Puerto Rican sensation Juan Manuel López. [2] Bernabe Concepcion fought for the WBO featherweight championship again on July 10, 2010. This time, he took on Juan Manuel Lopez who won the belt from Luevano. In the opening round, Concepcion was floored by Lopez but rose back up to respond ...
George Lopez is happy to be single in his 60s! On Monday's episode of the Jennifer Hudson Show, the 62-year-old comedian opens up about his decision not to date at his current age -- a decision ...
Fernandez de Oviedo writes that when Juan Ponce de León arrived in the Americas he was a military man who had gained his experience in the Granada War, but Arnade cautions, "Without proof the biographers of the conquistador state that he accompanied Pedro Núñez de Guzmán in the war against the Moors during the Granada campaign". [29]