For Part One, Click HERE For Part Two, Click HERE For Part Three, Click HERE For Part Four, Click HERE Marquez-Valero signed for October! June 1, 2011, The Boxing Tribune – In a major announcement earlier today, promoter Bob Arum announced that former WBC lightweight champion Edwin Valero will meet lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez in October. The bout … [Read more...]
Marquez decisions Fedchenko, Rios escapes with questionable split decision over Abril on split-site PPV
In the Las Vegas portion of Saturday's split-site pay-per-view, Brandon Rios (30-0-1, 22 KOs) took a controversial twelve round split decision over a tougher-than-expected Richard Abril (17-3-1, 8 KOs). There really should have been no suspense waiting for the scorecard after the twelfth round. Abril wasn't going to get the decision in a fight like this. The hardest foe to … [Read more...]
Marquez takes on Fedchenko on Saturday, April 14 on HBO PPV
Future hall of famer Juan Manuel Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KOs) will square off against WBO European jr. welterweight titlist, Serhiy Fedchenko (30-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday, April 14 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, and will headline a night of fights on HBO Pay-Per-View that is more fit for a Top Rank "Latin Fury" Pay-Per-View broadcast. This 12-round bout for a vacant WBO jr. … [Read more...]
Marquez and Rios: Win today and get it on tomorrow
by Gary Purfield Juan Manuel Marquez is the consummate “pro” boxer. Brandon Rios is the consummate “I don’t care what you think bad ass” fighter. While the two Mexican fighters (Marquez being Mexican and Rios Mexican-American) are very different individuals at very different points in their career, they share one common bond. Both are action fighters who make for crowd … [Read more...]
Juan Manuel Marquez and Brandon Rios Headline Patchwork PPV
Juan Manuel Marquez and Brandon Rios, both dealing with last minute substitutes, will co-headline a split-site pay per view on April 14th. Marquez (53-6-1, 39 KOs), who will be fighting in Mexico City, will take on the Ukraine's Serhiy Fedchenko (30-1, 13 KOs) for a hastily created WBO interim junior welterweight title. Fedchenko, whose career high-water marks are wins … [Read more...]