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September 18, 2009 by Paul Magno Leave a Comment

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Saturday, September 19th
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

The Breakdown

Floyd Mayweather Jr.: 39-0 (25 KOs), Unranked by the BTBC

Age: 32

Height: 5′ 8″

Reach: 72″

Stance: Orthodox

Career Achievements: WBC Super Featherweight Champ (8 Defenses), WBC Lightweight Champ (3 Defenses), WBC Jr. Welterweight Champ, IBF Welterweight Champ, WBC Welterweight Champ (1 Defense), WBC Jr. Middleweight Champ

Notable Opposition: Genaro Hernandez (RTD 8), Diego Corrales (TKO 10), Jose Luis Castillo (UD 12, UD 12), Arturo Gatti (RTD 6), Zab Judah (UD 12), Oscar De la Hoya (SD 12), Ricky Hatton (TKO 10)

Pre-Fight Quote: “You can expect blood, sweat and tears on Saturday night. I predict one hell of a fight.”

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Juan Manuel Marquez: 50-4-1 (37 KOs), Rated #1 at Lightweight by The BTBC

Age: 36

Height: 5′ 7″

Reach: 67″

Stance: Orthodox

Career Achievements: IBF Featherweight Champ (2 Defenses), WBC Super Featherweight Champ (1 Defense), WBO Lightweight Champ, WBA Lightweight Champ)

Notable Opposition: Derrick Gainer (TD 7), Manny Pacquiao (D, SD Loss), Chris John (UD Loss), Marco Antonio Barrera (UD 12), Rocky Juarez (UD 12), Joel Casamayor (TKO 11), Juan Diaz (TKO 9)

Pre- Fight Quote: “Everyone knows I don’t like talking outside the ring, but I want to say three things: First, I am prepared physically and mentally. Second, I want to thank all the Mexican people for supporting me and third, I want to dedicate this fight to the Mexican people who are going to be here and all of the Mexican people around the world.”

Paulie the Sicilian’s Prediction: Yeah, Mayweather’s bigger, younger, fresher and faster…but he’s also coming off a 2o-month layoff, fighting someone ranked no lower than #2 on any credible Pound-for-Pound list and he’s going to find himself across the ring from the one style best suited to beat him.

A lot is made of Marquez moving up from Lightweight, but the weight issue is overstated. Mayweather is a small welter and Marquez may actually find some benefit from his Lightweight hand speed.

Marquez can take comfort from following the careers of Roberto Duran and Shane Mosley, two Hall of Fame Lightweights who beat Hall of Fame Welterweights (Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De la Hoya, respectively) after departing the 135 lb. division. He can also look back on other top Lightweights who made big splashes at 147: Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker, Manny Pacquiao and even Mayweather, himself…

The fight will be a chess match for the first three and then the action will pick up as both fighters work on their timing. Mayweather will find success with lunging right hands, Marquez will counter with standard, textbook-perfect combinations and dogged body work.

By the 8th, Mayweather begins to pull away as he gets his timing together…He puts Marquez away in the 9th after some blazing shots at the end of the round. Nacho refuses to let Marquez come out for the 10th.

After the fight, Mayweather will call out the winner of Pacquiao-Cotto.

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Paul Magno has over thirty-five years of experience in and around the sport of boxing and has had his hand in everything, from officiating to training. As a writer, his work has appeared in Yahoo Sports, Fox Sports, Inside Fights, The Boxing Tribune, Fight Hype, Man Cave Magazine, Bleacher Report, and The Queensberry Rules.

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