Juan Manuel Márquez
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Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez (born August 23, 1973 in Mexico City
, Distrito Federal, Mexico
), is a Mexican
professional boxer
. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion
, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.
Currently, Marquez is the WBA
Super, WBO
and The Ring lightweight champion. Ring Magazine currently rates Márquez as the number five pound-for-pound
boxer in the world.
, who is a former world champion in the Bantamweight
and Super bantamweight
divisions. They're both trained under Ignacio Beristain
and Assistant Japanese Toshi Nakajima. At one time, the two were listed in Ring Magazine's top ten pound-for-pound list. They are one of four sets of Mexican brothers to hold world titles. Márquez and his wife, Erika, have two sons and a daughter.
tournament wins. He made his professional boxing debut at age 19 on May 29, 1993, and lost his first bout via disqualification to Javier Duran.
12
, Julio Gervacio
, and Alfred Kotey
. In 1997, Márquez won the NABO
featherweight
title, which he defended seven times. During this time, he was referred to as the "best fighter without a world title". Márquez was WBO featherweight champion Naseem Hamed
's mandatory challenger for 22 straight months, however, the WBO allowed Hamed to schedule other fights instead.
In 1999 faced Freddie Norwood
for the WBA
featherweight title instead. Marquez was knocked down in the second round. In the 8th round, Norwood's glove touched the canvas after an exchange, however, it was not ruled a knock down by the referee who was standing opposite to the action. In the 9th round, Marquez scored a knockdown after a two punch combination. The unanamous decision loss was deemed as controversial by many. HBO Punchstat had Norwood landing 73 out of 290 punches thrown to Marquez's 89 out of 444.
On November 20, 1999, Márquez faced Remigio Molina
, and defeated him in eight rounds. In 2000, he defeated former champion Daniel Jimenez
, and five fights later, he defeated future champion Robbie Peden
in ten rounds, and captured the NABF & USBA featherweight titles.
Márquez received his second bout for a world title on January 2, 2003, when he defeated former four-time featherweight champion Manuel Medina
, and captured the vacant IBF
featherweight title. In the 2nd round, Marquez connected with a three-punch combination that floored Medina. The fight was stopped in the 7th round after Marquez knocked Medina down for a second time.
He then defeated Derrick Gainer
later in the year in a unification bout to win the WBA
featherweight title and become "Super Champion".
In May 2004, Márquez fought Lineal
& The Ring featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao
in a controversial bout that was scored a draw. In the first round Márquez was caught cold, as he was knocked down three times by a more lively Pacquiao. However, Márquez showed great heart to recover from the early knockdowns. Márquez was able to counterpunch effectively, winning the middle rounds and effectively countering Pacquiao in closely fought later rounds; however, the fight was ultimately ruled a draw. Many fans who were startled at Márquez surviving the first round saw Márquez take control of the fight thereafter, only to be denied the win on the judges' scorecards. The final scores were 115–110 for Márquez, 115–110 for Pacquiao, and 113–113. One of the judges (who scored the bout 113–113) later admitted to making an error on the scorecards, because he had scored the first round as "10–7" in favor of Pacquiao instead of the standard "10–6" for a three-knockdown round.
On September 18, 2004, Márquez defeated future champion Orlando Salido
. In 2005, Márquez was stripped of his WBA, and IBF Featherweight titles, for his inability to defend it against various boxers after potential bouts failed to draw a bid. In 2006, Márquez attempted to regain a title, coming up short in a controversial decision loss to undefeated Indonesian boxer Chris John
for the WBA Featherweight championship title. The disputed decision led to the Ring Magazine's removal of Márquez from its pound-for-pound top 10 list
.
In late 2006, Márquez captured the Interim WBO featherweight title defeating Thai boxer Terdsak Jandaeng, and defending it against Filipino boxer Jimrex Jaca with a nine round knockout in Hidalgo, Texas. Márquez was promoted to world champion status in December 2006 when previous champion Scott Harrison vacated the title. Márquez vacated the featherweight title the following year to challenge WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera
.
champion by defeating Barrera in Las Vegas via unanimous decision, by the official scores of 116–111, 116–111, and 118–109. Márquez's first defense of his title was to be held on September 15, 2007 against Argentinian boxer Jorge Rodrigo Barrios
. However, Barrios withdrew from the bout due to injury, prompting American boxer Rocky Juárez
to challenge Márquez for the title on November 3, 2007 in a losing effort.
On November 29, 2007, Márquez announced that he would defend his title in a rematch with Pacquiao. On March 15, 2008, Márquez lost his super featherweight title to Pacquiao via split decision. Márquez suffered a knockdown in the third round that proved to be the difference, as the remaining rounds were scored dead even. Compubox
scoring had Márquez landing 42/201 (21%) more jabs to Pacquiao's 43/314 (14%) and scoring 130/310 (42%) power punches to Pacquiao's 114/305 (37%). Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions CEO, offered a $6 million guarantee to Pacquiao for a rematch. Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum
, said, “I’m not saying they’ll never fight again, but you have to let it bake for a while”. Pacquiao said: "I don't think so, this business is over" as he planned to move up to the lightweight division.
Márquez moved up to the Lightweight division in order to fight The Ring lightweight champion Joel Casamayor
on the weekend leading up to Mexican Independence Day at the MGM Grand
, Las Vegas
. On September 13, 2008, he defeated Casamayor in the 11th round after two knockdowns, and captured his sixth world title in three different weight classes. In the first four rounds of the bout, Márquez continually walked into counter punches from Casamayor. It took Márquez until the fifth round to be able to find the range with his right hand. By the fifth round, a cut over Casamayor's right eye was opened from a clash of heads. Rounds five, six, seven, and eight were rounds where Márquez landed straight punches from the outside, but he was also struck by Casamayor whenever he lunged forward. Two minutes into the eleventh round, Casamayor was knocked down by a right punch as he pulled away from an intense exchange. Casamayor was able to get on his feet, but it was clear he was still shakey from the knockdown. As soon as the action was allowed to resume, Márquez went in for the kill as he let his punches go in furious combination. Casamayor punched back, but he was knocked down again with about 7 seconds left in the round. Referee Tony Weeks stepped in the bout, and stopped the fight as he deemed Casamyor unable to continue. The official judges had the fight scored 95–95, 95–95, and 97–93 for Márquez before the 11th round knockout. After the win, Ring magazine ranked Márquez second on its pound for pound
list, and rated him the number one boxer in the Lightweight division.
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz
On February 28, 2009, Márquez defeated former WBA
, WBO
, & IBF
lightweight champion Juan Díaz by knockout. Díaz controlled the fight early in the bout as the two boxers exchanged punches. Díaz opened a cut above Márquez's right eye in the fifth round, and looked to control the bout, but Márquez responded by opening a gash above Díaz's right eye, and stunning him with a left hook before the end of the eighth round. Márquez landed two hard rights to Díaz's face in a three-punch combination that knocked Díaz down with 35 seconds remaining in the ninth round. Díaz rose, but seconds later, Márquez followed with a right uppercut to the chin that knocked Díaz down for a second time. Referee Rafael Ramos waved an end to the fight after two minutes and 40 seconds of the ninth round. With the victory, Márquez defended his Ring lightweight title, and claimed the WBO and WBA lightweight titles. After the fight Márquez expressed an interest in fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. This fight was named "Fight of the Year" for 2009 by ESPN.com.
Márquez moved up to the welterweight
division, and fought undefeated and former number one pound for pound
champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
The fight was scheduled to take place at 144 lbs on July 18, 2009 at the MGM Grand arena; but was postponed due to a rib injury sustained by Mayweather. The bout was rescheduled and held on September 19, 2009. During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Márquez weighed in at 142 lbs and Mayweather weighed in at 146 lbs thereby incurring a financial penalty as he was 2 pounds over the catchweight. Although, it was later found out that both parties had agreed just before the weigh-in to allow Mayweather to come in over the catchweight. Márquez looked slightly fleshy and uncomfortable with the move up in weight. Mayweather knocked him down in the 2nd round and won the fight by unanimous decision.
This was the fifth non-heavyweight fight in boxing history to sell more than one million pay-per-views, with the official HBO numbers totaling about $52 million. It was also the first fight to sell more than one million PPVs without featuring Oscar De La Hoya. Two months later, Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
would sell 1.25 million PPVs.
When asked upon his return to the lightweight division, Márquez said: "I came back to lightweight because at welterweight I lost a lot of speed".
Márquez then began negotiations for a rematch with Juan Díaz. Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said the fight for Marquez's title was being planned for July 10 as the main event of an HBO PPV card. He said it would "probably" take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After his comeback in 2010, fellow Mexican boxer Erik Morales
said he would like to fight Márquez. Morales returned two divisions higher in 2010, as a welterweight. However, Márquez has also stated that he would be interested in a fight with Ricky Hatton
.
The Marquez-Díaz rematch took place on July 31, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay. Márquez's titles were also at stake. Prior to the bout, the WBO ordered the Márquez-Díaz winner to fight mandatory challenger Michael Katsidis
. Marquez won the fight via unanimous decision by the official scores of 117–111, 116–112, and 118–110. After the Díaz rematch, Márquez stated that he was interested in pursuing a third fight with Manny Pacquiao
. There was also a possibility of him moving up to light welterweight to face any of the titleholders at the time: Timothy Bradley
, Devon Alexander
or Amir Khan
, all of whom were fighting on HBO.
Juan Manuel Márquez vs Michael Katsidis
A few weeks after the Juan Díaz fight, Golden Boy Promotions officially announced that Márquez would defend his lightweight titles against mandatory challenger, WBO interim Michael Katsidis
, on November 27, 2010 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and that the bout would be televised live on HBO Championship Boxing. During the official weigh in for their 135 lb bout, Márquez came in at 134 pounds, while Katsidis came in on the limit of 135 pounds. Despite being knocked down in the third round Marquez came back and defeated Katsidis by a ninth round TKO to retain the lightweight belts. At the time of the stoppage, the Mexican boxer was ahead on all the scorecards by 77–74, 78–74, and 76–75. During the post fight interview he once again expessed his interest in a third fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Márquez holds the distinction of being the oldest champion in the history of the lightweight division.
Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum stated that a third meeting with Márquez could happen in November 2011, providing Pacquiao defeated his next opponent opponent Shane Mosley
on May 7.
On May 10, Márquez accepted an offer from Top Rank
to fight Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight title at a catchweight of 144 pounds. On May 18, Márquez signed the deal to fight Pacquiao for the third time on November 12 at Las Vegas.
On November 12th Marquez lost to Pacquiao via major decision. Upon the results being announced, the crowd reaction was largely negative with many continuing to boo as Pacquiao spoke with Max Kellerman
. Tim Smith of New York's Daily News wrote that Márquez "was robbed of a decision by judges who were either blind or corrupt." Former world champion Steve Collins and current world champion and stablemate of Marquez, Amir Khan who co-commentated the bout for British television also thought Manny had lost the fight, going so far as to saying he would now like to fight Marquez. However, ringside punch stats showed Pacquiao landing more strikes, 176 to 138, and landing more power punches, 117 to 100, but wasn't till the end of round 8 that Manny started picking up the action, and many felt that Marquez won more rounds in the fight.
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|53 Wins (39 Knockouts), 6 Defeats, 1 Draw
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Manny Pacquiao
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|Win || 53–5–1 ||align=left|
Likar Ramos
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|Win || 52–5–1 ||align=left|
Michael Katsidis
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|Win || 51–5–1 ||align=left|
Juan Díaz
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|Loss || 50–5–1 ||align=left| Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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|Win || 50–4–1 ||align=left| Juan Díaz
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|Win || 49–4–1 ||align=left|
Joel Casamayor
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|Loss || 48–4–1 ||align=left| Manny Pacquiao
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|Win || 48–3–1 ||align=left| Rocky Juarez
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|Win || 47–3–1 ||align=left|
Marco Antonio Barrera
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|Win || 46–3–1 ||align=left| Jimrex Jaca
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Terdsak Kokietgym
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Chris John
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|Win || 44–2–1 ||align=left| Victor Polo
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|Win || 43–2–1 || align=left| Orlando Salido
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|style="background:#abcdef;"|Draw || 42–2–1 ||align=left| Manny Pacquiao
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|Win || 42–2 ||align=left| Derrick Gainer
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|Win || 41–2 ||align=left| Marcos Licona
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|Win || 40–2 ||align=left| Manuel Medina
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|Win || 39–2 ||align=left| Hector Marquez
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|Win || 38–2 ||align=left| Robbie Peden
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|Win || 37–2 ||align=left| Johnny Walker
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|Win || 36–2 ||align=left|
Julio Gamboa
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|Win || 35–2 ||align=left| Baby Lorona Jr.
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|Win || 34–2 ||align=left| Sean Fletcher
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|Win || 33–2 ||align=left| Reynante Jamili
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|Win || 32–2 ||align=left|
Daniel Jiménez
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|Win || 31–2 ||align=left| Roque Cassiani
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|Win || 30–2 ||align=left|
Remigio Molina
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|Loss || 29–2 ||align=left| Freddie Norwood
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|Win || 29–1 ||align=left| Wilfredo Vargas
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|Win || 28–1 ||align=left| Jose de Jesus Garcia
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|Win || 27–1 ||align=left| Francisco Arreola
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|Win || 26–1 ||align=left| Enrique Jupiter
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|Win || 25–1 ||align=left| Juan Gerardo Cabrera
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Luis Samudio
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|Win || 23–1 ||align=left|
Alfred Kotey
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|Win || 22–1 ||align=left|
Vincent Howard
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|Win || 21–1 ||align=left| Catalino Becerra
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Agapito Sánchez
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|Win || 19–1 ||align=left| Cedric Mingosey
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|Win || 18–1 ||align=left| Rodrigo Valenzuela
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|Win || 17–1 ||align=left| Darryl Pinckney
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|Win || 16–1 || align=left| Freddy Cruz
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|Win || 15–1 ||align=left| Julio Gervacio
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|Win || 14–1 ||align=left| Hector Ulises Chong
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|Win|| 13–1 ||align=left| Julian Wheeler
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|Win|| 12–1 ||align=left| Miguel Rodriguez
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|Win || 11–1 ||align=left| Julio Cesar Portillo
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|Win || 10–1 ||align=left| Julio Sanchez Leon
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|Win || 9–1 ||align=left| Martin Ochoa
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|Win || 8–1 ||align=left| Israel Gonzalez
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|Win || 7–1 ||align=left| Jose Luis Montes
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|Win || 6–1 ||align=left| Israel Flores
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|Win || 5–1 ||align=left| Gregorio Silva
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|Win || 4–1 ||align=left| Roman Poblano
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|Win || 3–1 ||align=left| Isaac Cortes
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|Win || 1–1 || align=left| Javier Quiroz
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Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
), is a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
. He is the fourth Mexican-born boxer to become a three-division world champion
Triple Champion
In different sports when a sportsman wins three crowns, titles, medals, belts or another distinctions is called a Triple Champion.-Boxing:In boxing, a triple champion is a boxer who has won world titles in three different weight classes....
, where he won eight world titles in three different boxing weight classes.
Currently, Marquez is the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
Super, WBO
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
and The Ring lightweight champion. Ring Magazine currently rates Márquez as the number five pound-for-pound
Ring Magazine pound for pound
The Ring Magazine Pound for Pound is the official list of the current pound for pound professional boxing rankings distributed by The Ring.-Top 10 rankings:-See also:* List of current world boxing champions* List of boxing weight classes...
boxer in the world.
Personal life
Juan Manuel is the brother of Rafael MárquezRafael Márquez (boxer)
Rafael Márquez Méndez is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at the IBF / IBO Bantamweight and WBC Super Bantamweight divisions....
, who is a former world champion in the Bantamweight
Bantamweight
Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight...
and Super bantamweight
Super Bantamweight
Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....
divisions. They're both trained under Ignacio Beristain
Ignacio Beristáin
Ignacio Beristáin is a Mexican trainer in the sport of boxing. Beristain is a member of the Boxing Hall of Fame and is considered one of the greatest trainers in the history of boxing.-Training career:...
and Assistant Japanese Toshi Nakajima. At one time, the two were listed in Ring Magazine's top ten pound-for-pound list. They are one of four sets of Mexican brothers to hold world titles. Márquez and his wife, Erika, have two sons and a daughter.
Amateur career
Márquez had an amateur record of 35–1 that included two Golden GloveGolden Gloves
The Golden Gloves is the name given to annual competitions for amateur boxing in the United States. The Golden Gloves is often the term used to refer to the National Golden Gloves competition, but it also can represent several other amateur tournaments, including regional golden gloves...
tournament wins. He made his professional boxing debut at age 19 on May 29, 1993, and lost his first bout via disqualification to Javier Duran.
12
Featherweight
Márquez remained undefeated for another six years as he compiled a record of 29–1 that included a wins against future champions like Agapito SanchezAgapito Sanchez
Agapito Sánchez was a boxer from the Dominican Republic, nicknamed "El Ciclón", in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout.-Pro career:...
, Julio Gervacio
Julio Gervacio
Julio Antonio Gervacio is a former boxer and Super Bantamweight champion titleholder from the Dominican Republic.As a child, he relocated to Puerto Rico. He always expressed pride in his national background; and he considered himself a Dominican-Puerto Rican...
, and Alfred Kotey
Alfred Kotey
Alfred Kotey is a Ghanaian boxer. Born in Bukom, Kotey represented Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics and held the WBO Bantamweight Championship.-Amateur career:Kotey represented Ghana as a Flyweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...
. In 1997, Márquez won the NABO
North American Boxing Organization
The North American Boxing Organization is one of several regulators of boxing that works in North America. The NABO is one of the regional bodies that is part of the World Boxing Organization.Legendary Roy Jones Jr is former Light heavyweight champion....
featherweight
Featherweight
Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...
title, which he defended seven times. During this time, he was referred to as the "best fighter without a world title". Márquez was WBO featherweight champion Naseem Hamed
Naseem Hamed
Naseem Hamed is an English former professional boxer.He is the former WBO, WBC, IBF, & Lineal featherweight champion, and European bantamweight champion....
's mandatory challenger for 22 straight months, however, the WBO allowed Hamed to schedule other fights instead.
In 1999 faced Freddie Norwood
Freddie Norwood
Freddie Norwood is a boxer in the lightweight division. Known as "Lil Hagler", Norwood defeated Antonio Cermeño to win the WBA Featherweight Title title in 1998. He successfully defended his title eight times before losing his title by a controversial 11th round TKO to Smoke Gainer...
for the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
featherweight title instead. Marquez was knocked down in the second round. In the 8th round, Norwood's glove touched the canvas after an exchange, however, it was not ruled a knock down by the referee who was standing opposite to the action. In the 9th round, Marquez scored a knockdown after a two punch combination. The unanamous decision loss was deemed as controversial by many. HBO Punchstat had Norwood landing 73 out of 290 punches thrown to Marquez's 89 out of 444.
On November 20, 1999, Márquez faced Remigio Molina
Remigio Molina
Remigio Daniel Molina is a former Argentine professional boxer in the Lightweight division...
, and defeated him in eight rounds. In 2000, he defeated former champion Daniel Jimenez
Daniel Jiménez
Daniel Jiménez Román is a former Puerto Rican bantamweight boxer. He is best known for having won the WBO title as a pro.-Pro:...
, and five fights later, he defeated future champion Robbie Peden
Robbie Peden
Robert Lloyd Peden is a professional boxer from Australia.-Amateur career:Member of the 1992 Australian Olympic team as a Flyweight...
in ten rounds, and captured the NABF & USBA featherweight titles.
Márquez received his second bout for a world title on January 2, 2003, when he defeated former four-time featherweight champion Manuel Medina
Manuel Medina (boxer)
Juan Manuel Rubio Medina is a boxer, who is better known as Manuel Medina. He is a five-time world featherweight champion...
, and captured the vacant IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
featherweight title. In the 2nd round, Marquez connected with a three-punch combination that floored Medina. The fight was stopped in the 7th round after Marquez knocked Medina down for a second time.
He then defeated Derrick Gainer
Derrick Gainer
Derrick "Smoke" Gainer is a US born boxer who started out in the featherweight division and now fights in the lightweight division. In 2000, he defeated Freddie Norwood to win the World Boxing Association featherweight title and after four defenses lost to Juan Manuel Márquez, who became super...
later in the year in a unification bout to win the WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
featherweight title and become "Super Champion".
In May 2004, Márquez fought Lineal
Lineal championship
In professional boxing, the lineal championship of a weight class is a notional world championship title. It is initially held at some moment in time by a boxer universally acclaimed as the best in the class. Another boxer can win the lineal championship only by defeating the reigning lineal...
& The Ring featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...
in a controversial bout that was scored a draw. In the first round Márquez was caught cold, as he was knocked down three times by a more lively Pacquiao. However, Márquez showed great heart to recover from the early knockdowns. Márquez was able to counterpunch effectively, winning the middle rounds and effectively countering Pacquiao in closely fought later rounds; however, the fight was ultimately ruled a draw. Many fans who were startled at Márquez surviving the first round saw Márquez take control of the fight thereafter, only to be denied the win on the judges' scorecards. The final scores were 115–110 for Márquez, 115–110 for Pacquiao, and 113–113. One of the judges (who scored the bout 113–113) later admitted to making an error on the scorecards, because he had scored the first round as "10–7" in favor of Pacquiao instead of the standard "10–6" for a three-knockdown round.
On September 18, 2004, Márquez defeated future champion Orlando Salido
Orlando Salido
Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21....
. In 2005, Márquez was stripped of his WBA, and IBF Featherweight titles, for his inability to defend it against various boxers after potential bouts failed to draw a bid. In 2006, Márquez attempted to regain a title, coming up short in a controversial decision loss to undefeated Indonesian boxer Chris John
Chris John (boxer)
Yohannes Christian John is an Indonesian professional boxer, and the current WBA featherweight champion....
for the WBA Featherweight championship title. The disputed decision led to the Ring Magazine's removal of Márquez from its pound-for-pound top 10 list
Ring Magazine pound for pound
The Ring Magazine Pound for Pound is the official list of the current pound for pound professional boxing rankings distributed by The Ring.-Top 10 rankings:-See also:* List of current world boxing champions* List of boxing weight classes...
.
In late 2006, Márquez captured the Interim WBO featherweight title defeating Thai boxer Terdsak Jandaeng, and defending it against Filipino boxer Jimrex Jaca with a nine round knockout in Hidalgo, Texas. Márquez was promoted to world champion status in December 2006 when previous champion Scott Harrison vacated the title. Márquez vacated the featherweight title the following year to challenge WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion...
.
Super Featherweight
On March 17, 2007, Márquez became the WBC super featherweightSuper Featherweight
Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....
champion by defeating Barrera in Las Vegas via unanimous decision, by the official scores of 116–111, 116–111, and 118–109. Márquez's first defense of his title was to be held on September 15, 2007 against Argentinian boxer Jorge Rodrigo Barrios
Jorge Rodrigo Barrios
Jorge Rodrigo "La Hiena " Barrios is a professional boxer in the junior lightweight division. His record is 47-3-1 . He is a former WBO world junior-lightweight champion....
. However, Barrios withdrew from the bout due to injury, prompting American boxer Rocky Juárez
Rocky Juarez
Ricardo Rocky Juarez is a professional Mexican-American boxer. Juarez has a current professional record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 19 wins coming by way of knockout.- Professional career :...
to challenge Márquez for the title on November 3, 2007 in a losing effort.
On November 29, 2007, Márquez announced that he would defend his title in a rematch with Pacquiao. On March 15, 2008, Márquez lost his super featherweight title to Pacquiao via split decision. Márquez suffered a knockdown in the third round that proved to be the difference, as the remaining rounds were scored dead even. Compubox
Compubox
CompuBox is the name of a computerized punches scoring system run by two operators. CompuBox is used in boxing matches across the world.The system is based on a computer program, originally named FightStat, developed by Jon Gibbs in 1984-85 when Gibbs worked with Logan Hobson and Robert Canobbio at...
scoring had Márquez landing 42/201 (21%) more jabs to Pacquiao's 43/314 (14%) and scoring 130/310 (42%) power punches to Pacquiao's 114/305 (37%). Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions CEO, offered a $6 million guarantee to Pacquiao for a rematch. Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum
Bob Arum
Robert "Bob" Arum is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York in the tax division....
, said, “I’m not saying they’ll never fight again, but you have to let it bake for a while”. Pacquiao said: "I don't think so, this business is over" as he planned to move up to the lightweight division.
Lightweight
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Joel CasamayorJuan Manuel Marquez vs. Joel Casamayor
Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Joel Casamayor was a boxing lightweight superfight. México celebrated its independence from Spain on the historic date of September 16, 1810 and over the years, this day had grown to become a special day of celebration, especially in the world of sports and entertainment...
Márquez moved up to the Lightweight division in order to fight The Ring lightweight champion Joel Casamayor
Joel Casamayor
Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the brush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face...
on the weekend leading up to Mexican Independence Day at the MGM Grand
MGM Grand Las Vegas
The MGM Grand Las Vegas is a hotel casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The MGM Grand is the third largest hotel in the world and largest hotel resort complex in the United States in front of The Venetian. The MGM Grand was the largest hotel in the world when it opened in...
, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
. On September 13, 2008, he defeated Casamayor in the 11th round after two knockdowns, and captured his sixth world title in three different weight classes. In the first four rounds of the bout, Márquez continually walked into counter punches from Casamayor. It took Márquez until the fifth round to be able to find the range with his right hand. By the fifth round, a cut over Casamayor's right eye was opened from a clash of heads. Rounds five, six, seven, and eight were rounds where Márquez landed straight punches from the outside, but he was also struck by Casamayor whenever he lunged forward. Two minutes into the eleventh round, Casamayor was knocked down by a right punch as he pulled away from an intense exchange. Casamayor was able to get on his feet, but it was clear he was still shakey from the knockdown. As soon as the action was allowed to resume, Márquez went in for the kill as he let his punches go in furious combination. Casamayor punched back, but he was knocked down again with about 7 seconds left in the round. Referee Tony Weeks stepped in the bout, and stopped the fight as he deemed Casamyor unable to continue. The official judges had the fight scored 95–95, 95–95, and 97–93 for Márquez before the 11th round knockout. After the win, Ring magazine ranked Márquez second on its pound for pound
Ring Magazine pound for pound
The Ring Magazine Pound for Pound is the official list of the current pound for pound professional boxing rankings distributed by The Ring.-Top 10 rankings:-See also:* List of current world boxing champions* List of boxing weight classes...
list, and rated him the number one boxer in the Lightweight division.
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz
Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Diaz was a boxing lightweight title superfight, for the vacant WBO/WBA lightweight championship, and Marquez's The Ring lightweight title. The bout was held on February 28, 2009 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States...
On February 28, 2009, Márquez defeated former WBA
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
, WBO
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
, & IBF
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
lightweight champion Juan Díaz by knockout. Díaz controlled the fight early in the bout as the two boxers exchanged punches. Díaz opened a cut above Márquez's right eye in the fifth round, and looked to control the bout, but Márquez responded by opening a gash above Díaz's right eye, and stunning him with a left hook before the end of the eighth round. Márquez landed two hard rights to Díaz's face in a three-punch combination that knocked Díaz down with 35 seconds remaining in the ninth round. Díaz rose, but seconds later, Márquez followed with a right uppercut to the chin that knocked Díaz down for a second time. Referee Rafael Ramos waved an end to the fight after two minutes and 40 seconds of the ninth round. With the victory, Márquez defended his Ring lightweight title, and claimed the WBO and WBA lightweight titles. After the fight Márquez expressed an interest in fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. This fight was named "Fight of the Year" for 2009 by ESPN.com.
Welterweight
Number One/Número UnoFloyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
"Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Márquez: Number One/Numero Uno" was a welterweight superfight which took place on September 19, 2009, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada between five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and three-division champion Juan Manuel Márquez...
Márquez moved up to the welterweight
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...
division, and fought undefeated and former number one pound for pound
Pound for pound
Pound for pound is a term to describe how any two things compare when bearing in mind their varying quantities; for example, a tin of tomatoes weighing 250 g and costing $2.50 is more expensive, pound for pound, than one weighing 500 g and costing $4 .It is used in combat sports such as boxing or...
champion Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...
The fight was scheduled to take place at 144 lbs on July 18, 2009 at the MGM Grand arena; but was postponed due to a rib injury sustained by Mayweather. The bout was rescheduled and held on September 19, 2009. During the official weigh in for their 144 lb bout, Márquez weighed in at 142 lbs and Mayweather weighed in at 146 lbs thereby incurring a financial penalty as he was 2 pounds over the catchweight. Although, it was later found out that both parties had agreed just before the weigh-in to allow Mayweather to come in over the catchweight. Márquez looked slightly fleshy and uncomfortable with the move up in weight. Mayweather knocked him down in the 2nd round and won the fight by unanimous decision.
This was the fifth non-heavyweight fight in boxing history to sell more than one million pay-per-views, with the official HBO numbers totaling about $52 million. It was also the first fight to sell more than one million PPVs without featuring Oscar De La Hoya. Two months later, Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto, billed as Firepower, was a boxing welterweight superfight for the WBO World welterweight championship. The bout was held on November 14, 2009, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States...
would sell 1.25 million PPVs.
Return to Lightweight
Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Díaz IIJuan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz II
Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Diaz was a boxing lightweight title superfight, in a rematch of the 2009 Fight of the Year. Marquez, went to Diaz's hometown of Houston to face him at the Toyota Center in February 2009 in what turned out to be an all-action slugfest, one that Marquez won via...
When asked upon his return to the lightweight division, Márquez said: "I came back to lightweight because at welterweight I lost a lot of speed".
Márquez then began negotiations for a rematch with Juan Díaz. Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer said the fight for Marquez's title was being planned for July 10 as the main event of an HBO PPV card. He said it would "probably" take place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After his comeback in 2010, fellow Mexican boxer Erik Morales
Erik Morales
Érik Isaac Morales Elvira is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican born boxer in history to win a world title in four weight classes and is the current WBC Light Welterweight Champion...
said he would like to fight Márquez. Morales returned two divisions higher in 2010, as a welterweight. However, Márquez has also stated that he would be interested in a fight with Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....
.
The Marquez-Díaz rematch took place on July 31, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay. Márquez's titles were also at stake. Prior to the bout, the WBO ordered the Márquez-Díaz winner to fight mandatory challenger Michael Katsidis
Michael Katsidis
Michael Alan Katsidis is an Australian professional boxer of Greek descent. He is a former two-time WBO interim lightweight titleholder whose crowd-pleasing, all-action fighting style has often drawn comparisons with the late Arturo Gatti.-Amateur career:In an amateur career which began at the...
. Marquez won the fight via unanimous decision by the official scores of 117–111, 116–112, and 118–110. After the Díaz rematch, Márquez stated that he was interested in pursuing a third fight with Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...
. There was also a possibility of him moving up to light welterweight to face any of the titleholders at the time: Timothy Bradley
Timothy Bradley
Timothy Ray Bradley Jr. is an American boxer, fighting out of Palm Springs, California. He is the current WBO World Light Welterweight Champion. He is rated #2 in the Light Welterweight division behind Amir Khan.-Light Welterweight:...
, Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander
Devon Alexander is a professional American boxer. Nicknamed "Alexander the Great," he is the former WBC and IBF Light Welterweight champion.-Biography:...
or Amir Khan
Amir Khan (boxer)
Amir Iqbal Khan , is a British Pakistani professional boxer who is currently the unified WBA & IBF light welterweight champion....
, all of whom were fighting on HBO.
Juan Manuel Márquez vs Michael Katsidis
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis
Marquez vs. Katsidis This fight has been considered to be the best fight of the year. Marquez has slowed to the point that he almost seems to prefer getting into slugfests where he can still use his excellent counter-punching accuracy, while Katsidis has never been one to turn down a blood-drenched...
A few weeks after the Juan Díaz fight, Golden Boy Promotions officially announced that Márquez would defend his lightweight titles against mandatory challenger, WBO interim Michael Katsidis
Michael Katsidis
Michael Alan Katsidis is an Australian professional boxer of Greek descent. He is a former two-time WBO interim lightweight titleholder whose crowd-pleasing, all-action fighting style has often drawn comparisons with the late Arturo Gatti.-Amateur career:In an amateur career which began at the...
, on November 27, 2010 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and that the bout would be televised live on HBO Championship Boxing. During the official weigh in for their 135 lb bout, Márquez came in at 134 pounds, while Katsidis came in on the limit of 135 pounds. Despite being knocked down in the third round Marquez came back and defeated Katsidis by a ninth round TKO to retain the lightweight belts. At the time of the stoppage, the Mexican boxer was ahead on all the scorecards by 77–74, 78–74, and 76–75. During the post fight interview he once again expessed his interest in a third fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Márquez holds the distinction of being the oldest champion in the history of the lightweight division.
Return to Welterweight
Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Manny Pacquiao IIIPacquiao's promoter Bob Arum stated that a third meeting with Márquez could happen in November 2011, providing Pacquiao defeated his next opponent opponent Shane Mosley
Shane Mosley
“Sugar” Shane Mosley is an American professional boxer from Pomona, California who has held world titles in three weight divisions.-Amateur career:Mosley was an amateur standout, capturing various amateur titles, including:...
on May 7.
On May 10, Márquez accepted an offer from Top Rank
Top Rank
Top Rank may refer to:*Top Rank, Las Vegas based boxing promotion company formed in 1973* Top Rank Records, 1950s subsidiary record label of the Rank Organisation, British company which ran from 1937 to 1996...
to fight Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight title at a catchweight of 144 pounds. On May 18, Márquez signed the deal to fight Pacquiao for the third time on November 12 at Las Vegas.
On November 12th Marquez lost to Pacquiao via major decision. Upon the results being announced, the crowd reaction was largely negative with many continuing to boo as Pacquiao spoke with Max Kellerman
Max Kellerman
Max Kellerman is an American boxing commentator and sports talk radio host based in Los Angeles. He currently appears as a color commentator on HBO World Championship Boxing and HBO Boxing After Dark and as of January 3, 2011, is hosting a midday talk show on 710 ESPN radio in Los Angeles.Prior...
. Tim Smith of New York's Daily News wrote that Márquez "was robbed of a decision by judges who were either blind or corrupt." Former world champion Steve Collins and current world champion and stablemate of Marquez, Amir Khan who co-commentated the bout for British television also thought Manny had lost the fight, going so far as to saying he would now like to fight Marquez. However, ringside punch stats showed Pacquiao landing more strikes, 176 to 138, and landing more power punches, 117 to 100, but wasn't till the end of round 8 that Manny started picking up the action, and many felt that Marquez won more rounds in the fight.
Professional record
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Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...
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Likar RamosLikar Ramos Concha
Likar Arturo Ramos Concha is a boxer from Colombia, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native South American country.-Amateur:...
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Michael KatsidisMichael Katsidis
Michael Alan Katsidis is an Australian professional boxer of Greek descent. He is a former two-time WBO interim lightweight titleholder whose crowd-pleasing, all-action fighting style has often drawn comparisons with the late Arturo Gatti.-Amateur career:In an amateur career which began at the...
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Juan Díaz| || 12 || ||align=left|
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Floyd Mayweather Jr.| || 12 || ||align=left|
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Joel CasamayorJoel Casamayor
Joel "El Cepillo" Casamayor Johnson is a Cuban boxer, who turned pro after defecting to the United States on the eve of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The nickname "El Cepillo", literally translated to "the brush", comes from his uppercut, which rakes his opponents across the face...
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Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...
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Rocky JuarezRocky Juarez
Ricardo Rocky Juarez is a professional Mexican-American boxer. Juarez has a current professional record of 28 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, with 19 wins coming by way of knockout.- Professional career :...
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Marco Antonio BarreraMarco Antonio Barrera
Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia is a Mexicanprofessional boxer. He has won numerous world titles in three different weight classes; he is a former two-time WBO super bantamweight , WBC, Lineal, & The Ring featherweight , and WBC & IBF super featherweight champion...
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Jimrex Jaca||| 9 , 2:48 || || align=left|
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Terdsak Kokietgym||| 7 , 1:13 || || align=left|
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Chris JohnChris John (boxer)
Yohannes Christian John is an Indonesian professional boxer, and the current WBA featherweight champion....
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Victor Polo||| 12 || ||align=left|
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Orlando SalidoOrlando Salido
Orlando Salido Rivera is a Mexican professional boxer. Salido is the current WBO Featherweight Champion and the former IBF Featherweight Champion. Eight of his losses happened between the ages of 15 and 21....
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Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao
Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...
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Derrick GainerDerrick Gainer
Derrick "Smoke" Gainer is a US born boxer who started out in the featherweight division and now fights in the lightweight division. In 2000, he defeated Freddie Norwood to win the World Boxing Association featherweight title and after four defenses lost to Juan Manuel Márquez, who became super...
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Marcos Licona||| 9 , 3:00 || || align=left|
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Manuel MedinaManuel Medina (boxer)
Juan Manuel Rubio Medina is a boxer, who is better known as Manuel Medina. He is a five-time world featherweight champion...
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Hector Marquez||| 10 , 0:28 || ||align=left|
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Robbie PedenRobbie Peden
Robert Lloyd Peden is a professional boxer from Australia.-Amateur career:Member of the 1992 Australian Olympic team as a Flyweight...
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Johnny Walker||| 1 , 0:56 || ||align=left|
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Julio GamboaJulio Gamboa
Julio Gamboa is a Nicaraguan lightweight boxer. He currently resides in León, Nicaragua.Á- See also :*List of IBF world champions- External links :...
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Baby Lorona Jr.||| 2 , 2:50 || ||align=left|
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Sean Fletcher||| 7 , 1:54 || ||align=left|
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Reynante JamiliReynante Jamili
Reynante Jamili is a former Filipino professional boxer in the Featherweight division...
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Daniel JiménezDaniel Jiménez
Daniel Jiménez Román is a former Puerto Rican bantamweight boxer. He is best known for having won the WBO title as a pro.-Pro:...
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Roque Cassiani||| 12 || ||align=left|
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Remigio MolinaRemigio Molina
Remigio Daniel Molina is a former Argentine professional boxer in the Lightweight division...
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Freddie NorwoodFreddie Norwood
Freddie Norwood is a boxer in the lightweight division. Known as "Lil Hagler", Norwood defeated Antonio Cermeño to win the WBA Featherweight Title title in 1998. He successfully defended his title eight times before losing his title by a controversial 11th round TKO to Smoke Gainer...
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Jose de Jesus Garcia||| 1 , 1:54 || ||align=left|
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Francisco Arreola||| 3 , 2:24 || ||align=left|
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Enrique Jupiter||| 8 || ||align=left|
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Alfred KoteyAlfred Kotey
Alfred Kotey is a Ghanaian boxer. Born in Bukom, Kotey represented Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics and held the WBO Bantamweight Championship.-Amateur career:Kotey represented Ghana as a Flyweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...
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Vincent Howard||| 12 || ||align=left|
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Catalino Becerra|||7 , 1:37 || || align=left|
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Agapito SánchezAgapito Sanchez
Agapito Sánchez was a boxer from the Dominican Republic, nicknamed "El Ciclón", in the Super Bantamweight weight class. He won 37 of his 50 fights, 18 by knockout.-Pro career:...
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Cedric Mingosey||| 10 , 3:00 || ||align=left|
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Rodrigo Valenzuela||| 8 || ||align=left|
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Darryl Pinckney||| 10 || ||align=left|
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Freddy Cruz||| 10 || ||align=left|
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Julio GervacioJulio Gervacio
Julio Antonio Gervacio is a former boxer and Super Bantamweight champion titleholder from the Dominican Republic.As a child, he relocated to Puerto Rico. He always expressed pride in his national background; and he considered himself a Dominican-Puerto Rican...
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Julian WheelerJulian Wheeler
Julian Wheeler is a retired professional boxer in the Welterweight division. He is the former WBC Continental Americas Super Featherweight, USBA Lightweight, and IBC Light Welterweight champion....
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Miguel Rodriguez||| 1 , 2:30 || ||align=left|
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Julio Cesar Portillo||| 6 , 2:10 || ||align=left|
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Julio Sanchez Leon||| 10 || ||align=left|
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Martin Ochoa||| 1 || ||align=left|
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Israel Gonzalez||| 4 , 0:34 || ||align=left|
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Jose Luis Montes||| 2 || ||align=left|
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Israel Flores||| 4 || ||align=left|
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Gregorio Silva||| 2 || ||align=left|
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Roman Poblano||| 6 || ||align=left|
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Isaac Cortes||| 5 || ||align=left|
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Israel Flores||| 2 || ||align=left|
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See also
- Notable boxing families
- List of boxing triple champions
- List of featherweight boxing champions
- List of super featherweight boxing champions
- List of lightweight boxing champions
- Reigning boxing champions
- Ring Magazine pound for poundRing Magazine pound for poundThe Ring Magazine Pound for Pound is the official list of the current pound for pound professional boxing rankings distributed by The Ring.-Top 10 rankings:-See also:* List of current world boxing champions* List of boxing weight classes...
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of Mexican boxing world champions
- List of The Ring world champions
External links
- La gente apoya a marquez despues de la poca seriedad del box
- Juan Manuel Márquez Fight-by-Fight Career Record
- HBO: Fighters: Juan Manuel Márquez Article
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