LAS VEGAS ? Juan Manuel Lopez proved Saturday that he?s the best featherweight in the world, though he?s always just a step away from disaster. He can turn a runaway into a nail-biter at any moment, which makes it hard to take a bathroom break when he?s fighting. You never know what you might miss.
Rafael Marquez proved once again Saturday that he?s one of the elite fighters in the game, but it was also obvious that he?s far better suited as a bantamweight or a super bantamweight than he is at 126 pounds.
Lopez survived a shaky fourth round in which Marquez nearly floored him to retain his World Boxing Organization featherweight title with an eighth-round stoppage Saturday before 4,813 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
