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INGLEWOOD, CALIF. --- Top Rank CEO Bob Arum was extremely pleased with how the Juan Manuel Marquez-Mike Alvarado fight did on Saturday at The Forum. The announced attendance for the first fight at The Forum in 15 years was 12,090 and Arum said plans to bring more Top Rank events back to The Forum in the future.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. --- Juan Manuel Marquez isn't ready to make any decisions about who he will fight next after winning a unanimous decision over Mike Alvarado on Saturday night at The Forum. "I don't know what will happen in my future," Marquez said. "Right now, I go to rest with my family in Mexico City."
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. --- Top Rank CEO Bob Arum intends to do everything possible to make a fifth fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez in November in Macau, but if it doesn't come together he has a backup plan. "When Max (Kellerman) asked him the question, he said I'm going to go back and discuss with my team and analyze it, which I think is a pretty good answer," Arum said. "which leads me to believe he'll do the fight."
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. --- Following his unanimous decision victory over Mike Alvarado at The Forum, Juan Manuel Marquez didn't sound so enthusiastic about fifth fight with Manny Pacquiao, but Top Rank CEO Bob Arum believes he can get a fifth fight done.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. --- Mike Alvarado believes he should have been given credit for a second knockdown in the ninth round and he believes he did enough to earn the decision. The judges didn't agree, scoring the fight for Juan Manuel Marquez, 117-109, 117-109, 119-108, on Saturday night at The Forum.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. --- The fight Top Rank CEO Bob Arum wants to make next is obviously a fifth fight between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez, who pulled out a unanimous decision over Mike Alvarado on Saturday night at The Forum. Marquez isn't exactly thrilled with the idea of a fifth fight against Pacquiao. Now, that Arum and Oscar De La Hoya have ended their cold war it could open some possibilities for some other fights that could become available for Marquez.
INGLEWOOD, CALIF. --- Top Rank CEO Bob Arum sees plenty of opportunities for Mike Alvarado even though he lost to Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday nigh at The Forum. Alvarado got knocked down in the eighth round, but he picked himself up off the canvas and dropped Marquez in the ninth round. The rest of the fight was extremely competitive and featured numerous exchanges. Marquez ended up with a unanimous decision on the judges scorecards.
BELL, CALIF. --- Timothy Bradley will be paying close attention to the fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Mike Alvarado on Saturday night at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on HBO, because he will be working as a commentator for the international feed. Bradley is very familiar with Marquez, having pulled out a split decision over the Mexican legend in October, and he's very knowledgeable about the fight game.
BELL, CALIF. --- Mexican legend Juan Manuel Marquez fought many of the fights early in his career at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., which is the site of his fight against Mike Alvarado on Saturday night on HBO. Alvarado knows Marquez has always been a favorite of the fans in Southern California. Marquez fought 12 times at The Forum from 1995-99 and went 12-0 with nine KOs.
BELL, CALIF. --- Juan Manuel Marquez spent the early part of his career fighting at The Forum. He was one of Forum Boxing's breakout stars in the 1990s along with Marco Antonio Barrera and Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson just to name a few. Marquez returns to the site where layed the ground work a for a future Hall of Fame career when he takes on Mike Alvarado on Saturday night at The Forum on HBO.