On March 3, 2018, a 34-year-old Juan Manuel López (35-5, 32 KOs) and Jayson Vélez met in the ring.
López came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 3 days.
Juan Manuel López lost to Jayson Vélez via TKO in the 12th round, and adds an loss to his record at 35-6.
On September 11, 2014, a 31-year-old Juan Manuel López (34-4, 31 KOs) and a 27-year-old Argentinian boxer Jesús Cuellar (24-1, 18 KOs) met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
López came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 30 days. Cuellar was on a 7-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 9 days.
Jesús Cuellar stopped Juan Manuel López via KO in the 2nd round. Cuellar improves his record to 25-1 (19 KOs), while López adds a loss to his record at 34-5.
On July 12, 2014, a 31-year-old Juan Manuel López (34-3, 31 KOs) and a 29-year-old Mexican boxer Francisco Vargas (19-0-1, 13 KOs) met in the ring in a super-featherweight bout.
López came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days. Vargas was on a 16-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 4 days.
Francisco Vargas stopped Juan Manuel López via RTD in the 3rd round. Vargas improves his record to 20-0-1 (14 KOs), while López adds a loss to his record at 34-4.
On June 15, 2013, a 29-year-old Juan Manuel López (33-2, 30 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight The Ring title held by 25-year-old American boxer Mikey Garcia (31-0, 26 KOs).
López came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 85% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 26 days. Garcia was on a 31-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 27 days.
Mikey Garcia stopped Juan Manuel López via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Garcia improves his record to 32-0 (27 KOs), while López adds a loss to his record at 33-3.
On March 10, 2012, Juan Manuel López and Orlando Salido met again in a rematch.
López came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 9 days. Salido was on a 3-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 22 days.
In the rematch, Orlando Salido stopped Juan Manuel López via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBO featherweight title. Salido improves his record to 39-11-2 (27 KOs), while López adds a loss to his record at 31-2.
On April 16, 2011, the 27-year-old WBO featherweight world champion, Juan Manuel López (30-0, 27 KOs), faced a 32-year-old Mexican boxer Orlando Salido (35-11-2, 23 KOs), in a title defense fight.
López came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 10 days. Salido was on a -1-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 5 days.
Orlando Salido stopped the champion via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBO featherweight champion. Salido improves his record to 36-11-2 (24 KOs), while López adds a loss to his record at 30-1.