Top Rank Update

Posted by Ramon Aranda on 03.11.2009

Juan Manuel Lopez and Gerry Peñalosa in Puerto Rico; Cesar Canchila in Mexicali for bout with Giovanni Segura.

Both Juan Manuel Lopez and Gerry Peñalosa are in Puerto Rico as they prepare to host a press conference this Thursday in Bayamon, PR to announce their April 25 clash for Lopez' WBO junior featherweight crown. The fight is scheduled to take place at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez and HBO will televise on another edition of Boxing After Dark.

Lopez will be making the third defense of his title while Peñalosa, who is the WBO bantamweight titlist is moving up in weight to challenge. We'll have more details after the press conference.

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Cesar Canchila is already in Mexicali, Baja California putting the finishing touches on his preperations for his bout with Giovanni Segura which takes place this Saturday night. The bout is a rematch for Canchila's junior flyweight belt that he won from Segura last July.

"I feel strong, I'm well prepared - I've been training for three months now and I'm going to put up my best effort to defend what's mine (title belt) and there really isn't much to say as we know each other well, except that it's time to get into that ring and fight," said Canchila.