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Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez (born August 23, 1973, in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional boxer and the current WBA, WBO and IBO lightweight world champion as well as the current Ring Magazine lightweight champion. He has also held the IBF, WBA, and WBO featherweight (126 lb) titles and the WBC super featherweight title.
uez comes from a strong boxing pedigree. His brother, Rafael Márquez, is a former world champion who has won world titles at the bantamweight and super bantamweight divisions.
uez had an amateur record of 35-1 that included two Golden Glove tournament wins.
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Juan Manuel Márquez Méndez (born August 23, 1973, in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional boxer and the current WBA, WBO and IBO lightweight world champion as well as the current Ring Magazine lightweight champion. He has also held the IBF, WBA, and WBO featherweight (126 lb) titles and the WBC super featherweight title.
Personal
Márquez comes from a strong boxing pedigree. His brother, Rafael Márquez, is a former world champion who has won world titles at the bantamweight and super bantamweight divisions.
Career history
Márquez had an amateur record of 35-1 that included two Golden Glove tournament wins. He made his professional debut at age 19 on May 29, 1993 and lost his first bout via disqualification to Javier Duran.
Márquez wouldn't lose again for another six years as he compiled a record of 29-1 that included a win over future champion Agapito Sanchez, and former champions Julio Gervacio and Alfred Kotey. In 1997, Márquez won the NABO featherweight title, which he defended seven times.
First Title Shot
He earned his first shot at a world title on September 11, 1999, when Márquez lost a controversial decision to then-unbeaten champion Freddie Norwood.
On November 20, 1999, Márquez faced Remigio Molina, stopping him in eight rounds. In 2000, he defeated former champion Daniel Jimenez and five fights later, he stopped future champion Robbie Peden in ten rounds for the NABF and USBA featherweight titles.
Featherweight
Márquez received his second shot at a world title on January 2, 2003, when he defeated Manuel Medina and captured the vacant IBF Featherweight title. He then defeated Derrick Gainer later in the year to win the WBA featherweight title.
Pacquiao-Marquez I
In May 2004, Márquez fought Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in a drawn bout where he was knocked down 3 times in the first round by Pacquiao, but from the second round on, he dictated much of the fight. Unfortunately, he was unable to overcome the early points deficit and the two fought to a draw. The result was controversial as judge Bert Clements scored the first round as 10-7 for Pacquiao instead of what normally would have been 10-6; this anomaly led the fight to being called a draw instead of a split decision for Pacquiao. In addition, post-fight controversy also surrounded the alleged illegal use of a string inside of a cut over Marquez's right eyelid during the fight. The claim was made by sportswriter, Thomas Hauser, who watched the bout from a television monitor. Keith Kizer, director of the Nevada State Athletics Commission, dismissed those allegations and stated that the string had simply been used in place of Q-tips. The final scores were 115-110 for Marquez, 115-110 for Pacquiao, and 113-113.
On September 18, 2004, Márquez defeated future champion Orlando Salido. In 2005, Márquez was stripped of his WBA super and IBF titles, for his inability to defend it against various boxers after potential bouts failed to draw a bid. In 2006, Márquez attempted to regain a title, coming up short in a controversial decision loss to Indonesian boxer Chris John for the WBA Featherweight championship title. The disputed decision led to the Ring Magazine's removal of Márquez from its pound-for-pound top 10 list.
In late 2006, Márquez captured the WBO Interim Featherweight title defeating Thai boxer Terdsak Jandaeng, and defending it against Filipino boxer Jimrex Jaca with a nine round knockout in Hidalgo, Texas. Márquez was promoted to world champion status in December 2006 when previous champion Scott Harrison vacated the title,
but vacated the title himself the following year to challenge WBC Super Featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera.
Super Featherweight
On March 17, 2007, Márquez became the WBC Super Featherweight champion by outpointing Barrera in Las Vegas by unanimous decision. Márquez's first defense of his title were to be held on September 15, 2007 against Argentinian boxer Jorge Rodrigo Barrios. However, Barrios withdrew from the bout due to injury, prompting American boxer Rocky Juárez to challenge Márquez for the title in November 3, 2007 in a losing effort.
Pacquiao-Marquez II
It was announced on November 29, 2007 that Márquez would defend his championship title against Manny Pacquiao, whom he fought to a controversial draw in 2004. On March 15, 2008, Juan Manuel Marquez lost his Super Featherweight Championship to Manny Pacquiao via a highly disputed split decision. Compubox scoring had Juan Manuel Marquez landing 42/201 (21%) jabs to Pacquiao's 43/314 (14%) jabs, it also had Marquez scoring 130/310 (42%) power punches to Pacquiao's 114/305 (37%) power punches. But Marquez suffered a knockdown in the third round by a powerful left from Pacquiao. This proved to be the difference in the decision as the remaining rounds were scored dead even. The fight was controversial with some Filipino boxing analysts saying Marquez should be the winner. Richard Schaefer, Golden Boy Promotions CEO, offered a $6 million guarantee to Pacquiao for a rematch. Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum, said, “I’m not saying they’ll never fight again, but you have to let it bake for a while”. Pacquiao, for his part said, "I don't think so, this business is over" as he plans to move up to the lightweight division.
Lightweight
Marquez moved up to 135 pounds himself in order to face the linear lightweight title holder Joel Casamayor on the weekend leading up to Mexican Independence Day at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. On September 13, 2008, he defeated Casamayor by stopping him in the 11th round after two knockdowns and captured his sixth world title in three different weight classes. Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) floored Casamayor (36-4-1, 22 KO's ), 37, with a right hand that landed perfectly on Casamayor's chin. Casamayor rose from the canvas, and Marquez immediately jumped on him and started swinging with timed big blows. Casamayor swung back, but he went down again with about 7 seconds left in the round. Referee Tony Weeks stepped in and stopped the fight before Casamayor had a chance to stand up again. This caused some anger from fans, however, Casamayor was gracious in defeat and said, "Marquez was the best this night." The official judges had the fight scored 95-95, 95-95, and 97-93 for Marquez before the 11th round knockout. After the win, Ring magazine ranked him second on its pound for pound list and rated him the number one champion in the lightweight division.
On February 28, 2009, Marquez defeated reigning IBO champion and former WBA, IBF and WBO Lightweight champion Juan Diaz by knockout. Diaz pressed the action early in the bout as the two exchanged punches at a rapid pace. Diaz opened a cut above Marquez's right eye in the fifth round and looked to be wearing down the elder Marquez, but Marquez responded by opening a gash above Diaz's right eye and stunning him with a left hook before the end of the eighth round. Marquez landed two hard rights to Diaz's face in a three-punch combination that knocked Diaz to the canvas with 35 seconds remaining in the ninth round. Diaz rose, but seconds later, Marquez followed with a right uppercut to the chin that knocked him down for a second time. Referee Rafael Ramos waved an end to the fight after two minutes and 40 seconds of the ninth round. With the victory, Marquez defended his Ring Lightweight title and claimed the WBO, and WBA Lightweight championships, as well as a minor title: the IBO championship. After the fight Marquez expressed an interest in fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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