Rafa marquez, did you know who he was before te Vasquez fights?

[Cafe]

Honestly, he didnt do nothing his whole career, can you name whats so great about his career? Us "non Mexicans", have honestly, never heard of him before the Vasquez trilogy.

[-Johannes-]

Now you're just trolling. No one can be this ******.

[Eaner0919]

wow this is pathetically bad

then if you do not know him honestly then you have no clue who Johnson and Austin are either do you?

now I think it's safe to say who got the better of whom in the thread this spun off of

thanks for the confirmation of what most knew

[2501]

Yes, avid boxing fans knew who Marquez was prior to the Vazquez fights. I guess you are not one of them.

[Bastian Loc]

Nobody outside of PR knows who Juanma is.

Juanma doesn't have any legacy, just a long line of chump fighters, one who almost knocked him out.


Rafa is a legend, Juanma is a nobody.

[jrosales13]

If you didn't know who Rafa was at Bantamweight then you just didn't follow boxing.

Non Mexican like myself and others knew who he was. Wins over Austin and Too Sharp alone were just great wins.

To really not him prior to the Vazquez trilogy shows your lack of boxing knowledge.

[Chaconlittlered]

Well non puerto rican know who juanma was either what is your point he also has not done shi-t either vato won't fight caballero two fighters in there prime when rafa is a veterano and no he is not shot he is like his brother homie got couple more years in him

oh and what makes him special his fights with vasquez they were equal no one had an advantage over the other hence there 2 and 2 against each other

[-MAKAVELLI-]

this thread is ban worthy


DO IT PUMP

[Cafe]

No one but Mexicans knew who he was? LOL



Some guy says no one knows who Juanma is, , he is only one of boxings top prospects no matter race. Yet, some bum is gonna defeat him, yea right


Marquezs careerProfessional career
Márquez began his professional boxing career with an eighth round knockout loss to former WBC Bantamweight champion Victor Rabanales.[1]

gained recognition by defeating former and later future superflyweight world champion Mark Johnson (40-1-0) by a split decision. In a rematch, Márquez knocked out Johnson in the eighth round in an IBF bantamweight title eliminator bout.

[edit] Bantamweight
In February 15, 2003, he came from behind to knock out Tim Austin (25-0-1) to claim the IBF Bantamweight title, in what was considered to be a big upset.[1] Márquez went on to successfully defend his title seven times. His notable title defenses were two victories over former light flyweight champion Mauricio Pastrana, a decision win over Ricardo Vargas and two knockout victories over former IBO Bantamweight champion Silence Mabuza, whom he defeated for the second time on August 5, 2006 in his final defense.[1]

[edit] Super Bantamweight
See also; Israel Vázquez-Rafael Márquez rivalry
Márquez moved up in weight division to challenge and defeat WBC Superbantmweight champion Israel Vázquez in seven rounds. However, in a rematch on July, 2007, Márquez lost his title after being defeated by Vazquez in the sixth round when the referee stopped the fight. The rematch was named the 2007 fight of the year. In the rubber match of their trilogy, Rafael lost a split decision, with scores of 113-112, 114-111 Vazquez, 114-111 Marquez. Marquez may not have lost this bout if not for a point deduction for a low blow in the tenth round. Marquez and promoter Gary Shaw claim that this hit was on the belt line and should not have elicited any deductions. Marquez was able to knock Vazquez down for the first time in the trilogy in this third fight, but Vazquez in turn put Marquez down in the 12th round, securing the victory and giving Marquez his fifth defeat.

Márquez was ranked number three in The Ring magazine's pound-for-pound rankings.[2] and ranked as the Ring Magazine's number one Bantamweight boxer. He later became the top ranked boxer in the Super Bantamweight division before his loss to Vazquez.

[edit] Featherweight
Márquez was inactive for over a year as he recuperated from the trilogy with Vazquez. On May 23, 2009, he returned to the ring by scoring a 3rd round TKO over Jose Francisco Mendoza (21-2-2) in the featherweight division.

In the first week of May 2010, Marquez announced his 4th and final match with Israel Vasquez.[3] After three epic battles, Vazquez and Marquez fought for a fourth time on May 22, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The bout was appropriately titled "Once and Four All" and carried live by Showtime. Marquez scored a third round TKO victory over Vazquez to even their series at two wins each.[4][5] Afterwards, Marquez stated: "The fifth one could be a possibility if the fans vote for it. That is what I live for. Israel Vasquez is a great fighter."

Only holded two titles in his whole career, Juanma did that in 29 fights, lesson is, don't hype someone into their not

[onechance87]

U need some medication rican.