Juan Manuel Marquez: record, next fight and profile →
According to former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez, Sergey Kovalev (31-2-1, 27 KOs) is only a few wins away from reclaiming the top spot of his division. Kovalev was at one time an unstoppable force at light heavyweight, but then suffered back to back defeats to Andre Ward.
Former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7, 40 KOs), 44 years old, was one of several high profile fighters to officially announce their retirement from the sport in 2017. Earlier this month, it was the five year anniversary of Marquez's sensational knockout of Manny Pacquiao in their fourth meeting.
Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio "Nacho" Beristain, who was the career long trainer of former division champion Juan Manuel Marquez, regrets that his boxer never fought Miguel Cotto. Cotto, also a former four division world champion, will retire on Saturday night in the aftermath of his final career fight against Sadam Ali - taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Mexico's Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KOs), a four division world boxing champion, announced his retirement from the sport earlier this month. He was out of the ring since May of 2014, when he won a twelve round decision over Mike Alvarado at The Forum in Los Angeles, California.
A group of former world champions such as Evander Holyfield and Juan Manuel Márquez, have asked that boxing judges who are incapable in their duties are immediately dismissed, because thanks to their mishaps the sport of boxing continues to lose credibility and the retired fighters believe it is time to do something.
The debates continue over who should have won last month's middleweight fight between Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (49-1-2, 34 KOs) and IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (37-0-1, 33 KOs). The two boxers clashed on September 16th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, with the three official judges rendering a twelve round split draw. There were a lot of post fight controversy over the wide 118-110 score in favor of Canelo, with the other two judges having it 115-113 for Golovkin and 114-114 for the draw.
In a span of a week, Manny Pacquiao saw two of his main career rivals ride off into retirement. Last Friday, former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez announced his retirement. A day later, two division world champion Tim Bradley announced his own retirement from boxing. Pacquiao had three fights with Bradley and four fights with Marquez.
One of the great rivalries in boxing history was played out between future Hall of Famers Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico and Filipino legend Manny Pacquiao. They had four spectacular fights that Marquez closed the book on with a historic knockout in their fourth bout in December 2012. They fought to a controversial twelve round draw in 2004, and then met again in 2008 - where Pacquiao won a controversial split decision. A trilogy bout took place in 2011, with Pacquiao winning what many felt was a controversial twelve round majority decision.
Although there were multiple discussions, the encounter between legends could not come together between fellow former four division world champions Juan Manuel Marquez and Miguel Cotto. There were serious negotiations last year, but the two boxers could not agree on a catch-weight to make it happen. Marquez was not willing to fight Cotto at anything above the welterweight limit of 147-pounds, while the Puerto Rican star was looking for something around 150 to 154-pounds.
Nacho Beristain, the career-long trainer of former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KOs), was very sad to see his fighter walk away from the sport. Nacho had been pressing Marquez, nearly 44 years old, to retire from boxing. But Marquez, inactive since May of 2014, continued to train for a potential ring return.