Marquez-Nishioka

LAS VEGAS, NEV. (Sept. 26, 2011) – East meets West when Top Rank Live! returns to Las Vegas this week with a world championship summit featuring World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight champion TOSHIAKI NISHIOKA of Japan defending his title against México’s two-division world champion RAFAEL MÁRQUEZ. The Nishioka-Marquez world championship rumble will headline an [...]

By Jason Kim: No.2 ranked WBC contender Rafael Marquez (40-6, 36 KO’s) will be taking on World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (38-4-3, 24 KO’s) on October 1st at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The undercard of the fight has yet to take shape, but this is an interesting fight to [...]