Juan Manuel Marquez Boxing News

By Jim Dower: According to the LA Times, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s promotional team Top Rank is looking to put Pacquiao in with one of the following fighters in his next fight: Edwin Valero, Antonio Margarito or Juan Manuel Marquez. They also have mild hope that undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. will come [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) believes that he could have stopped Juan Manuel Marquez if the 36-year-old Mexican fighter had opted to fight him instead of deciding not to fight the 23-year-old Khan. In an article at Rte Sport, Khan says “Malignaggi was the first choice [...]

>By Sean McDaniel: Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, is going to be working at putting together a mega fight between Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) for later on this year. In an article from Boxing Fanhouse, Schaefer said “I talked with Juan Manuel Marquez. He [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) is planning on staying at lightweight and defending his WBO title for one more fight before moving up to the light welterweight division for a possible fight against Ricky Hatton later on in 2010, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. Marquez, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz (35-3, 17 KO’s) is eyeing fights against undefeated World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s), Juan Manuel Marquez and Michael Katsidis, according to Boxing News. Diaz, 26, says “If Valero wants me, I’ll take it. If Katsidis wants me, I’ll take it. My [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Boxing great Barry McGuigan says he thinks that WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero should get out of boxing before he gets hurt. In an article at the Mirror, McGuigan thinks that Valero is putting himself at risk by fighting after sustaining a fractured skull as well as a blood clot on the [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council lightweight champion Edwin Valero (27-0, 27 KO’s) is already looking ahead after taking apart WBC lightweight interim champion Antonio DeMarco in a stoppage after the 9th round on February 6th in Monterey, Mexico. Valero, 28, wants to fight former lightweight champion Juan Diaz, according to Fight News. Valero also [...]

By Liam Fitzgerald: Juan Manuel Marquez is looking more and more likely to face World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan in his next fight. At one time it seemed he was on the point of taking on Khan’s fellow Brit Ricky Hatton but that fight now seems to not be happening. Marquez’s choice [...]

By Jim Slattengren: Yesterday, I read an interview with trainer Nacho Beristain where he said that he didn’t want his fighter World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) to take a fight against WBA light welterweight champion. Golden Boy Promotions, the promotional company that promotes both fighters, is looking to match [...]

By Esteban Garduno: According to an article at Bleacherreport, trainer Nacho Beristain doesn’t think his fighter Juan Manuel Marquez should fight World Boxing Association light welterweight champion right now. Beristain says “He [Marquez] asked me to go with him to Los Angeles to work on the deal for his next fight, that his people [Golden [...]

by Stephen Tannock: So after all the hard work promoter Frank Warren puts into making World Boxing Association light welterweight Amir Khan a superstar, yet he turns his back on Frank to join Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions company. Warren put his money into five big fights: Breidis Presscott, Osin [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer thinks that lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) will be signing a contract to fight World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) within the next 48 hours, according to the Telegraph. Schaefer, who promotes both Khan and Marquez, said to [...]

By Dan Ambrose: ESPN writer Dan Rafael is reporting that Golden Boy Promotions is looking to put together a fight between light welterweight contender Victor Ortiz and former lightweight champion Nate Campbell for a bout that would take place on May 15th. The idea here is to put the Campbell-Ortiz fight on the undercard of [...]

The Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) has spoken, and the verdict is that the February 28, 2009 battle between Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez and Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz is the winner of the 2009 Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier award for Fight of The Year.
“This is a great honor and receiving this award is one [...]

By William Mackay: It now looks like World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) won’t be facing WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana anytime soon, if ever. In an article with The Sun, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says “A fight against [Juan Manuel] Marquez is a breakthrough as [...]

By William Mackay: With the news that World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) could be moving up in weight to fight WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) on May 15th, for Khan’s U.S. debut fight, I have to wonder whether Marquez, at 36, has enough left [...]

By Jim Dower: According the latest boxing news gossip, WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan will be facing Juan Manuel Marquez on May 15th. Instead of fighting World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Marcos Maidana, Khan will steer around that fight and take a bout against the smaller, 36-year-old Marquez. Maidana will likely fight on [...]

By William Mackay: In an article with the BBC Sport, former International Boxing Federation light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) says he’s looking at fighting one more times in June against one of three potential opponents consisting of champions Michael Katsidis, Juan Manuel Marquez or Vyacheslav Senchenko. Hatton also says that Amir Khan [...]

By William Mackay: World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan could beat former IBF light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton to a fight against Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez in a fight in April or May. Hatton, 31, is reportedly interested in fighting Marquez for his comeback bout in his next fight, but Khan, 23, [...]

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN, is looking at matching World Boxing Association light welterweight champion Amir Khan (22-1, 16 KO’s) up against one of the following opponents for his debut fight in the United States on April 10th: Juan Manuel Marquez, Paulie Malignaggi, or [...]

By Sean McDaniel: If 31-year-old Ricky Hatton (45-2, 32 KO’s) does choose to face WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) in his next fight in 2010, does Hatton have enough left to beat him? Hatton wants to have one or two more big fights before he goes into permanent retirement and he [...]

By Sean McDaniel: WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao will be facing Joshua Clottey (35-3, 20 KO’s) on March 13th. Clottey, a Top Rank fighter like Pacquiao, has been picked as the replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the upcoming bout at the Dallas Cowboy stadium, in Arlington, Texas. Clottey has been called a good replacement [...]

by Liam Fitzgerald: 2010 promises to be a big year for a number of the top p4p fighters out there. Obviously, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather’s year depends on whether their fight comes off and what the outcome is in any case. Therefore, in this article I am going to look at the prospects of [...]

By Sean McDaniel: World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez will be fighting next on May 1st against a still to be determined opponent. It was originally thought that Marquez had an optional defense available for that date. However, it now looks as if the WBO will be forcing Marquez to defend his WBO [...]

By Dave Lahr: Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach is interested in having Manny fight boxing great Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) next, according to writer Nick Giongco from the Manila Bulletin. This would be a great replacement for Floyd Mayweather Jr. if Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum isn’t able to negotiate terms with Mayweather and [...]

By Michael Taylor: A few weeks ago Juan Manuel Marquez told the public that he would be returning to Las Vegas on May 1st. No opponent had been named, but there were big possibilities that he would clash with Ricky Hatton at Light Welterweight in a summer showdown. Golden Boy Promotions had told boxingscene that [...]

By Samuel K Chatwin: With Ricky Hatton looking determined to make a come back in 2010 and names such as Juan Manuel Marquez being banded around. I can’t help but feel with the amount of weight he is going to have to lose and the possible psychological damage caused from his horrific knockout to Manny [...]

By Sean McDaniel: There’s talk about Ricky Hatton coming back early next year to possibly fight World Boxing Organization lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) in a comeback fight. However, I’d much rather see Hatton take on a younger fighter with more like WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (27-1, 26 KO’s).

By Sean McDaniel: According to Boxing Scene, the World Boxing Organization has granted WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (50-5-1, 37 KO’s) more time to make his title defense of his belt before having to defend it against WBO interim lightweight champion Michael Katsidis. The reason this is good news for Marquez is that he [...]

By Shaun Campbell: Styles make fights. Juan Manuel Marquez and Ricky Hatton were once the two most exciting fighters to come our of their respective countries in modern times. Although, they are not in their primes anymore, and some have that it is time for both men to hang up their gloves and enjoy retirement. [...]