Juan Diaz Boxing News

By Eric Thomas: At yesterday’s conference call, WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) seemed eager to face Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) in a rematch on July 31st at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Marquez, 36, spoke about a number of things, such as he’s still drinking [...]

By William Mackay: Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) plans on traveling to Las Vegas next week to watch the lightweight clash between WBA/WBO champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino to get a close look at who the 23-year-old Khan will likely fight next in December.

By Chris Williams: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) will be fighting a rematch on July 31st at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. I can’t really see any point in this rematch happening, because the ending of their last fight had [...]

FACT SHEET WHEN: Saturday, July 31, 2010 WHERE: Mandalay Bay Events Center Las Vegas, Nevada PRINCIPLES: RING MAGAZINE, WBA & WBO LIGHTWEIGHT TITLES – 12 ROUNDS JUAN MANUEL “DINAMITA” MARQUEZ vs. JUAN “BABY BULL” DIAZ

K. Swanson: Thank you, everybody, for calling in. We have another exciting conference call today featuring one of our main event fighters, Juan Diaz, former Three-Time Lightweight World Champion. Also joining him is Ronnie Shields, who is his trainer, and Richard Schaefer, Chief Executive Officer of Golden Boy Promotions. Before I turn it over to [...]

By William Mackay: With so few stars to fight in the lightweight division, the winner of the July 31st bout between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) will get the good luck of facing WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s), who is waiting [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) has a lot to gain by beating Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) in their rematch on July 31st at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The rematch in itself is no longer really important, as both fighters have been [...]

For most people a typical work day starts at 9 a.m. This is not the case for current Unified Lightweight World Champion Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and former Three-Time Lightweight World Champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz, who start their days at 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. respectively while they are making preparations to meet in [...]

July 9, 2010 – Leading up to the lightweight championship bout featuring Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz – set for Saturday, July 31 and broadcast live on HBO Pay-Per-View® – HBO Sports will present the exclusive replay of their first encounter that was named 2009 “Fight of the Year.” On Friday, July 16 at [...]

By William Mackay: It’s good that HBO executives really want to see a rematch between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) for a bout that will take place on July 31st, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Sean McDaniel: I’m almost hoping that the winner of the July 31st bout between Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz tell WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan to go pick on someone his own size from his own weight class, the light welterweight division, rather than giving in and taking the good money that [...]

By William Mackay: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is out of the hospital after a two-night stay due to a heavy fever that he suffered from following a trip to South Africa to watch England play against Germany in the World Cup soccer competition. Khan’s father, Shah Khan, says that Amir [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Had Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) fought an immediate rematch last year shortly after their fight in February 2009, this would be a much more appealing bout. After Marquez and Diaz fought, there was a lot of talk about how exciting their fight was for [...]

By William Mackay: You have to wonder why WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) is being positioned his promotional company Golden Boy Promotions to fight the July 31st winner between lightweights Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz. Khan, 23, is no longer fighting in the lightweight division, having left the division a [...]

By Chris Williams: I really commend Golden Boy Promotions for putting together such a fine undercard for the July 31st bout between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. However, I’m wondering how well this fight [...]

July 3, 2010 – I am the son of Mexican immigrants who is a professional boxer with a college diploma. I have earned three world titles in my career and I am training to fight Juan Manuel Marquez for the Unified Lightweight World Championship on July 31. I also own a construction business with my [...]

By Eric Thomas: You have to wonder why Golden Boy Promotions all of sudden put together and outstanding July 31st. The card has Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz in the main event, and a number other exciting fights on the undercard. In almost every case, the undercard fights could serve either as a main [...]

Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions: Before we talk about the undercard, I just want to make another quick announcement. This Friday, July 2 there is going to be a special edition of Sólo Boxeo Tecate on Telefutura, which is going to go inside Marquez vs. Diaz II. It’s going to be a 90-minute [...]

By Jim Dower: If you’re interested in seeing one of the best pay-per-view cards in many years, you can’t go wrong in purchasing the July 31st card between headliners WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) vs. Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. [...]

By William Mackay: Not only does World Boxing Association (WBA) light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) want to fight the winner of the lightweight clash between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz on July 31st, but it now looks like Khan wants that fight to take place in his home [...]

LOS ANGELES, June 30 – The biggest rematch of 2010 is rapidly approaching and to get fight fans ready for the July 31 showdown between boxing superstars Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz, TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” is devoting its entire broadcast on Friday, July 2 to one of the sport’s most [...]

By William Mackay: Some would say that there’s no reason for WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) to fight a rematch with former lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s), since Marquez destroyed Diaz by a 9th round stoppage last year in February. However, if you were fortunate to have seen that [...]

By Matt Stein: Fighting on the undercard of the Juan Diaz vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight on July 31st, unbeaten Russian middleweight contender Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13 KO’s) will face undefeated American Daniel Jacobs (20-0, 17 KO’s) in a scheduled 12 round bout for the vacant WBO middleweight title at the Mandalay Bay Resort & [...]

By Jim Dower: Trainer Freddie Roach is really hoping that his fighter WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) can fight the winner of the July 31st bout between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez and former lightweight champion Juan Diaz. In an interview by Socrates Celstial at Philboxing.com, Roach commented on both [...]

LOS ANGELES, June 30 – It’s no surprise that the rematch of the 2009 Fight of the Year between Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz has made boxing fans around the world circle July 31 on their calendars. Now, Golden Boy Promotions is upping the ante, making the event at the Mandalay [...]

By Jason Kim: WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 kO’s) will meet Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 Ko’s) for a rematch next month on July 31st at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Their first fight was an exciting bout that lasted nine rounds and saw both fighters get hurt. [...]

By Chris Williams: WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (23-1, 17 KO’s) will be back in action on December 11th on HBO. Khan and his promotional team, Golden Boy Promotions, are hoping to match the 23-year-old Khan up against the winner of the July 31st lightweight clash between former champion Juan Diaz and WBA/WBO lightweight [...]

By Jim Dower: On July 31st, WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) and Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) will be going at it in a money fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The winner of the fight will likely be moving up in weight to take [...]

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer isn’t interested in putting WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan, one of his youngest stars, in promoter Gary Shaw’s proposed light welterweight tournament involving Devon Alexander, Timothy Bradley, and Marcos Maidana. Instead, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN, Schaefer wants to match Khan up against the [...]

Mexico City, MEX/Houston, TX (June 17)…Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz are training hard for their rematch, Marquez vs. Diaz II “Fight of the Year: The Rematch,” but it is a day like Father’s Day, which both fighters will celebrate with their children this Sunday, that makes it all worth it. The [...]