By Carlos Acevedo of The Cruelest Sport.

It nearly ended in disaster for Juan Manuel Lopez—and for thousands of his stunned countrymen in San Juan—but he overcame a hard knockdown to stop tough Bernabe Concepcion in the second round of an explosive fight last night at the Coliseo Jose Miguel Agrelot in Puerto Rico.

In his first start since steamrolling Steven Luevano last January, Lopez, now 29-0 (26), provided what all boxing aficionados crave but rarely come across with any regularity—thrills, chills, and spills. Concepcion entered the bout as a heavy underdog, but, as a solid top-10 fighter, figured to make things interesting for as long as things lasted. They did not last for long, but they were, indeed, very interesting. Read the rest here...