Diaz-Marquez

By Chris Williams: Former IBF lightweight champion David Diaz is reportedly asking for too much money to face WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez for a proposed July 16th tune-up fight for the soon to be 38-year-old Marquez. This is a fight that Marquez feels he needs to get ready for a bout against Manny [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Rather than sitting it out until his big money fight against Manny Pacquiao in November, Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) is insisting on a tune-up fight against former IBF lightweight champion David Diaz (36-3-1, 17 KO’s) on July 16th to help get ready for Pacquiao. In part, one of the reasons [...]

By Jason Kim: With a November mega fight with World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao pretty much in the bag now, WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KO’s) is slated to fight 34-year-old former IBF lightweight champion David Diaz (36-3-1, 17 KO’s) on July 2nd in a 12 round bout in [...]

by Christian Ramos: I applaud the man who chooses to follow the sport I love. I don’t have a choice. The seed has been planted ever since I first stepped foot into a boxing gym in Newark, NJ. No matter how much passion I feel for boxing, it saddens me to accept its current state. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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. [...]

Centennial, Colo. – July 1, 2010 – After a heated battle that received “Fight of the Year” honors in 2009, reigning and defending Ring Magazine, WBA and WBO Lightweight World Champion Juan Manuel ‘Dinamita’ Marquez and former three-time Lightweight World Champion Juan ‘Baby Bull’ Diaz will appear larger-than-life on the big screen for their highly [...]

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 [...]

Mexico City, MEX/Houston, TX (June 11)…With the first game of the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicking-off today, the entire world seems to have soccer fever including current WBA, WBO and Ring Magazine World Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Marquez and former three-time Lightweight World Champion Juan Diaz. Marquez vs. Diaz will meet in “Fight of the [...]

By Sam Gregory: In the highly anticipated main event undisputed lightweight champion of the world Juan Manuel Marquez 50-4-1 (36 KO’s) is challenged by 25 year old Houston, Texan Juan “The Baby Bull” Diaz 34-2 (17) for Marquez’ lightweight title. This was Marquez’ second time to fight at the lightweight limit of 135 pounds.

By Jason Kim: Juan Manuel Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) is hoping to keep the pressure on Manny Pacquiao by defeating Juan Diaz (34-1, 17 KOs) in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBA/WBO lightweight titles at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas. Marquez, 35, was defeated by Pacquiao by a 12-round split decision in March, [...]

By Manuel Perez: Juan Manuel Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) faces the future of the lightweight division on Saturday in facing a youthful 25-year-old Juan Diaz (34-1, 17 KOs) for the vacant WBA and WBO lightweight titles at the Toyota Center, in Houston, Texas. Marquez, 35, has the bigger credentials having held titles in the featherweight [...]

By Sam Gregory: In recent years the welterweight division has been in the spotlight of professional boxing. And for good reason, much of the talent in today’s boxing is in the 147 pound weight class. But just 12 pounds south of the welterweights is the division that has historically been home to some of the [...]

By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, Juan Manuel Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) will take on former IBF/WBA/WBO lightweight champion (34-1, 17 KOs) on February 28th at the Toyota Center, Houston, Texas. There will be no title at stake, other than Marquez’s lightly regarded IBO title. However, the fight, one of the better ones [...]