Marquez/Escobedo Alliance For Mayweather/Katsidis
By Mark Vester
Juan Manuel Marquez and Vicente Escobedo will form an alliance as they plan to prevail for Mexico on September 19 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The two fighters plan to make their countrymen proud during a weekend when Mexican Independence Day will be celebrated.
Marquez and Escobedo will both be trained by Nacho Beristain in Mexico. Marquez faces the biggest challenge of his career when he meets Floyd Mayweather Jr. at a catch-weight of 144-pounds. Escobedo will take on his most dangerous opponent in former champion Michael Katsidis. The two will work together under Nacho to come back home as the victors. Katsidis-Escobedo will be for the interim-WBO lightweight title.
"They just told me that I am going to fight for a championship and it's like a double dream for me because this is my first opportunity for a title and to fight by the side of Marquez on the most important weekend in Mexican boxing is simply exciting," Escobedo said to The Record.
"I know that Katsidis is a good fighter, but I feel this is my moment. I have learned a lot in my last few fights and I believe that I have what it takes to win. That it is why I asked for this fight and Oscar De La Hoya gave it to me."
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