By Dan Ambrose: Juan Manuel Marquez (55-7-1, 40 KO’s) will be entering the ring the much smaller fighter tonight in his 143 lb catch weight fight against Mike Alvarado (34-2, 23 KO’s) at the Forum, in Inglewood, California, USA. Marquez, 40, says he’s not worried about being the smaller guy in this fight, because he feels that his skills and his punches will be enough to carry him to victory. That remains to be seen though, because Marquez lost his last fight to Tim Bradley, and he looked like he’d lost a lot from his game since his victory over Manny Pacquiao in 2012.
Marquez needs a victory tonight to get an important 5th fight against Pacquiao for later this year. Marquez explains that the reason why he changed his mind about wanting to fight Pacquiao now is because he’s now the WBO welterweight champion, and that he feels that Pacquiao is the best of the 147 lb champions in the division.