Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Díaz II

Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Diaz was a boxing lightweight title superfight, in a rematch of the 2009 Fight of the Year. Marquez, went to Diaz's hometown of Houston to face him at the Toyota Center in February 2009 in what turned out to be an all-action slugfest, one that Marquez won via ninth-round knockout.

The Rematch
DateJuly 31, 2010
VenueMandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Paradise, Nevada, United States
Title(s) on the lineWBA, WBO Lightweight championship.
Tale of the tape
Boxer Juan Manuel Marquez Juan Diaz
Nickname Dinamita Baby Bull
Hometown Mexico City, Mexico Houston, Texas, United States
Pre-fight record 50–5–1 (37 KO) 35–3–0 (17 KO)
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Recognition Ring Magazine pound for pound No. 3 Former unified WBA , WBO , IBF and IBO world lightweight champion.
Result
Marquez via unanimous decision

Build up

Juan Díaz was a 3-1 underdog for his rematch against Juan Manuel Márquez, but the Houston fighter employed unimpeachable logic to argue that he would be victorious before the battle. In the rematch, Díaz, 26, intended to fine-tune rather than overhaul his game plan since he dictated the action and manhandled Márquez for much of the first fight before Márquez, 36, identified and exploited the chinks in his armour. Without revealing too much of his strategy, Díaz said his key to victory involved a delicate balance between brain, brawn, offense and defense.[1]

Márquez, at 36 ten years older than his opponent, retained his WBO and WBA lightweight titles, and won this rematch by outpunching Díaz 288 to 155 on blows which connected. Márquez broke Díaz' lip to pieces with hard left jabs and hard overhand rights that scored, backing Díaz up during this bout. Márquez had a swollen right eye, but it was not a factor. The fight was a clean one. Díaz, a loser of four of his last six bouts, was studying for his law school entrance exam in preparation for a career change before the Márquez bout. [2]

140 pound champion Amir Khan was in attendance and was mentioned as a possible future opponent for Márquez. Also in attendance former Heavyweight Champions Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis, current WBA Champion David Haye as well as Junior Middlewight Contender Alfredo Angulo.

The Fight

Prior to the bout, the WBO ordered the Márquez-Díaz winner to fight mandatory challenger Michael Katsidis.[3][4] Márquez won the fight via unanimous decision by the official scores of 117-111, 116-112, and 118-110. After the Díaz rematch, Márquez stated that he was interested in pursuing a third fight with Manny Pacquiao.[5][6] There was also the possibility of him moving up in weight again to face one of the belt-holders at 140 pounds: Timothy Bradley, Devon Alexander or Amir Khan, all of whom were fighting on HBO.[7]

Results

Televised

Márquez defeated Díaz via unanimous decision (116–112, 118–110, 117–111).

Guerrero defeated Casamayor via unanimous decision (98–89, 98–89, 97–90).

Pirog defeated Jacobs via knockout at 0:57 of fifth round.

Linares defeated Juarez via unanimous decision (99–90, 97–92, 99–90).

Televised Free
  • Light Welterweight bout: Frankie Gomez vs. Ronnie Peterson

Gómez defeated Peterson via technical knockout at 2:14 of first round.

  • Super Middleweight bout: Sakio Bika vs. Jean Paul Mendy

Mendy defeated Bika via disqualification (For hitting Mendy when he was down) at 1:15 of first round.

Untelevised

Groves defeated Contreras via technical knockout at 0:48 of sixth round.

  • Heavyweight bout: Seth Mitchell vs. Derek Bryant

Mitchell defeated Bryant via technical knockout at 1:45 of first round.

  • Lightweight bout: Juan Montiel vs. Mike Peralta

Montiel defeated Peralta via unanimous decision (58–55, 60–53, 58–55).

Reported fight earnings

These are the payouts to the fighters as reported to the executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission Keith Kizer. These are the official purses as per the Nevada bout agreements, It does not include sponsor money or other common forms of revenue paid through other streams.[8]

  • Juan Manuel Márquez $1,000,000 vs. Juan Díaz ($540,000)
  • Daniel Jacobs $200,000 vs. Dmitry Pirog ($50,000)
  • Roberto Guerrero $75,000 vs. Joel Casamayor ($50,000)
  • Rocky Juarez $45,000 vs. Jorge Linares ($30,000)
  • Sakio Bika $18,000 vs. Jean Paul Mendy ($12,000)
Preceded by
vs. Paulie Malignaggi		 Juan Diaz's bouts
July 31, 2010		 Succeeded by
vs. Pipino Cuevas, Jr
Preceded by
vs. Floyd Mayweather		 Juan Manuel Márquez's bouts
July 31, 2010		 Succeeded by
vs. Michael Katsidis
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References
  1. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nb/bellaire/news/7120564.html
  2. Velin, Bob (2010-07-29). "Juan Diaz focused on rematch but eyes life beyond boxing too". USA Today.
  3. Satterfield, Lem (July 8, 2010). "Marquez Continues To Bait "Scared" Pacquiao, Arum". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  4. Ambrose, Dan (July 12, 2010). "Marquez vs. Diaz II: Juan Manuel has big fights ahead of him if he wins this". BoxingNews24.com. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  5. Cozzone, Chris (August 1, 2010). "Pacquiao priority for Marquez". FightNews.com. Archived from the original on August 4, 2010. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  6. Satterfield, Lem (August 3, 2010). "Marquez May Look To Katsidis, Pacquiao Before Khan Fight". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved August 3, 2010.
  7. Kim, Jason (August 1, 2010). "Marquez says he wants to move up to light welterweight to try and win another title". BoxingNews24.com. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  8. Rafael, Dan (2010-07-30). "Márquez vs. Díaz Payouts". ESPN. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
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