Juan manuel marquez vs joel casamayor biography
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By Sam Gregory: Juan Manuel Marquez comes from a strong boxing pedigree. His brother, Rafael Marquez, is a former world champion who has won world titles at the bantamweight and super bantamweight divisions. Marquez had an amateur record of 35-1 that included two Golden Glove tournament wins. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 on May 29th, 1993 and lost his first bout by way of disqualification to Javier Duran.
Marquez 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 champion Julio Gervacio and Alfred Kotey. In 1997, Marquez won the NABO featherweight title, which he defended seven times.
Marquez earned his first shot at a world title on September 11th, 1999, when he lost a controversial 12 round decision to then unbeaten champion Freddie Norwood.
On November 20th, 1999 Marquez stopped Remigio Molina in eight rounds. In August of 2000, Marquez 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.
In May of 2004, Marquez fought the man recognized as the number one pound for pound fighter in the world, Manny Pacquiao to a draw; in the fight Marquez was knocked do
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| JOEL CASAMAYOR Ring Magazine Jackanapes Champion | JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ Ring Magazine No. 1 Impressive Super Featherweight | |
| 36-3-1 | Record | 48-4-1 |
| 22 | KO | 35 |
| Guantanamo, Cuba | Hometown | Mexico Burgh, Mexico |
| 37 | Age | 35 |
| 5'7" | Height | 5'7" |
| Michael Katsidis (TKO-10) Diego Corrales (SD-12, TKO-6) Nate Campbell (UD-10) | Notable Wins | Rocky Metropolis (UD-12) Marco Antonio Barrera (UD-12) Derrick Gainer (TD-7) |
| Jose Luis Castillo (SD-12) Diego Corrales (SD-12) Acelino Freitas (UD-12) | Notable Fatalities • Joel Casamayor vs. Juan Manuel MárquezBoxing competition Joel Casamayor vs. Juan Manuel Márquez, billed as The Challenge, was a boxinglightweight world championship fight for Casamayor's lineal world and The Ring lightweight title.[1] It was held on September 13, 2008 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.[2] The fight[edit]Márquez defeated Casamayor in the 11th round after two knockdowns, and captured his sixth world title in three different weight classes. In the first four rounds of the bout, Márquez continually walked into counter punches from Casamayor. It took Márquez until the fifth round to be able to find the range with his right hand. By the fifth round, a cut over Casamayor's right eye was opened from a clash of heads. Rounds five, six, seven, and eight were rounds where Márquez landed straight punches from the outside, but he was also struck by Casamayor whenever he lunged forward. Two minutes into the eleventh round, Casamayor was knocked down by a right punch as he pulled away from an intense exchange. Casamayor was able to get on his feet, but it was clear he was still shakey from the knockdown. As soon as the action was allowed to resume, Márquez went in for the kill as he let his punches go in furious c |