Juan Manuel Lopez (now 29-0, 26 KO's) stopped Bernabe Concepcion in just two rounds with blistering speed and tremendous power. Though the fight started quick and ended just as fast, both fights were dropped in the opening round, including two more knockdowns in the 2nd.

In round 1, both fights went right at each other. They traded left hooks and it was Concepcion staggering from the center of the ring all the way to the ropes. Lopez unleashed a fury of punches and landed a left hook that dropped Concepcion for the first time in the fight. Concepcion rose on uneasy legs and began to get hammered against the ropes by a Lopez assault. Concepcion was doing the right thing in mixing in counters, and it paid off when a left hook of his own sent Lopez down at the end of the round.

In round 2, the two again met in the center of the right. A straight left sent Concepcion straight back to the canvas moments into the round. Concepcion was game and got right back in, but Lopez was just too much, landing another combination ended with a left right through the guard that sent Concepcion down a second time in the round. Concepcion was dazed and staggered to his feet. The referee decided he had seen enough and waived it off at 2:37.

Concepcion falls to 30-3-1 with 17 KO's.

Pound4Pound spoke with Gary Shaw seconds after the fight was over and in regard to Showtime's comments about Juanma being vulnerable and having a chink in his armor Shaw agreed saying, "For sure, and we will KO him", referring to the September 18th Las Vegas showdown with his fighter Rafael Marquez.