Mayweather vs. Marquez Rescheduled on September 19th; Dzinziruk-Williams in September? – News
June 26th, 2009
By Dave Lahr: The mega bout between unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez has been rescheduled for September 19th after Mayweather, 32, injured his ribs in training and couldn’t make the orignal July 18th date of the fight. This is good news, however, because ticket sales for the July 18th bout were reportedly anemic with few tickets having been sold for the fight.
Before retiring in 2007, Mayweather had two huge mega fights with Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton. It’s hard to tell now what was the factor in the huge sales for those two fights – De La Hoya and Hatton driving the ticket sales or Mayweather.
Whatever the case, the Marquez bout will be a good test of Mayweather’s marketability or lack thereof. Mayweather certainly didn’t help his case by retiring in 2007 just at a time when he was becoming a popular fighter in the boxing world. Since he hung up the gloves, there have been a number of other big boxing stars that have moved in and taken Mayweather’s place as a big attraction one of them being Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather has faced a little heat because of his selection of Marquez, a lightweight, as an opponent for his comeback rather than a welterweight which is the weight class that he’s been fighting in. From appearances, it seems as if Mayweather is looking for a smaller beatable fighter rather than having to fight a tough welterweight like Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley or Paul Williams. However, Mayweather has in mind a future bout against Pacquiao if Manny get by Cotto in November.
Dzinziruk vs. Williams
According to Fight News, World Boxing Organization light middleweight champion Sergiy Dzinziruk (36-0, 22 KO’s) could possibly be facing Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KO’s) in September. Williams, 27, WBO interim light middleweight champion, defeated Verno Phillips by an 8th round stoppage in November for the WBO title. Williams followed that bout up with an impressive 12 round lopsided decision over Winky Wright in April 2009.
Dzinziruk, 33, has held the WBO light middleweight title since 2005, and has defended it five times, albeit against fairly average competition. Most recently, Dzinziruk recorded arguably his best win of his career with a 12-round unanimous decision over slugger Joel Julio in November 2008.
Based on Germany, Dzinziruk is no longer interested in defending his title against the usual fodder in Germany, and is looking to travel to the United States to try and set up the biggest fights that he can find. Perhaps this is why Williams’ name has popped up. Before this, Dzinziruk was set to face knockout artist James Kirkland. However, that bout was taken off the table when Kirkland ran into legal problems and was unable to fight Dzinziruk.
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Yawn……next. When is Nov. 14th getting here?
It is true that the real injury in the so called mega-fight between Mayweather and Marquez is the very anemic sales of the tickets and not the rib injury of Mayweather.
This is what Mayweather claim’s in every interview, I am the draw in PPV and I must take the big part of the cake! And here is the reality, boxing fans is sicked to watched two wait and see, counter puncher boxer, the conclusion is VERY BORING TO WATCHED!!!
Always remember,we had a global recession and every penny counts a lot!
Good Luck Numero Uno and Number One!!!
I am a huge boxing fan and this fight does not excite me. JMM is a counter puncher. PBF is one practically the same but even more careful about getting hit. He has been away for over almost two years and does not want to get hit even more than before. What type of fight do you think this is going to be? Boring!
I am usually excited when a big match is made but I do not see this as a fair match. JMM is 35 and has fought under 130 all his life. He just moved to 135 and with no prior experience he is asked to face the former P4P at 147? The natural weight of the ex P4P King?
Knowing the styles does anyone expect anything other than a lopsided win by PBF? Sure there is a chance that JMM might spring an upset. Douglas beat Tyson, Honeygan beat Curry & Manny beat DLH. But like this fight, there was no huge interst.
I watched the Douglas KO on replay after I knew the result. I will not pay for this fight & will only watch it in replay if it was exciting.
Most people I talk to have said the same. I am sure there was a reason why the fight was and I have read by knowledgeable writers that it was due to very poor ticket sales.
Why not cancel the fight? Let’s get straight to Manny vs PBF. People also want to see Manny vs Cotto & Mosley. Or PBF vs Cotto & Mosley. Even Mosley vs Cotto 2, NOT Mayweather vs Marquez!
we’ll i would bet on Marquez on this one! then we will have a Marquez-Pacquiao 3! if JMM defeats the big mouthed FMJ, he will raise his level of popularity in boxing. same as pacquiao, therefore promoters of Pacman will definitely agree on a 3rd match! that is if Pacman wins over Cotto.
fletch…what r u on about? 2 rounds is hardly what i would call 100%
Good Mddleweight match up with Williams. Hopes it comes off.
JMM is already tested fighter. He has a good skill and a strong heart. its just that I never seen him box a bigger opponent while chasing him around the ring. he’s always been a counterpuncher. And in the other hand, FMW is also a defensive fighter. after a 2 yrs vacation, I dont think his trainer will sudgest to change his tactic. And seing JMM chasing a taller and longer Reach FMW is going to be a disaster. it’s going to be a long fight, but in the end I’m seeing FMW winning this one.it’s just my prediction. I still think JMM has a shot though! it’s just depends on FMW if he still have it! PEACE
jmm has a shot at beating money boy floyd…lol. i hope its going 2 be good! cant wait 4 the pac vs. cotto fight!!!
I’m going to need alot of popcorn on this one. 2 counterpuncher fight each other! you know it will take more than 12 round to finish this fight. Unless one of them change tactic and decided to fight head on. And the way i look at it! i think JMM is going to be the aggressor on this fight. this is going to be a better tune up fight for FMW before fighting Pacquiao. I just hope FMW and Paquiao win, so we can all see the greatest battle for P4P title next year….. PEACE!
Great news, Sept 19th will be a big day for Mexico and JMM. I really think this will be a good fight and obviously the return of the best in Floyd is great, Marquez will prove to be a tough opponent for Mayweather but his size will probably be to much for JMM even though JMM has to put on a lot of size for this fight.
mayweather is a great fighter but a boring one thats why tickest werent selling, i would pay for the fight only because i want to see marquez fight!
why didnt the tickets sell? People would rather pay to watch an over-rated ricky hatton get hammered not once……but twice.