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Former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez is expecting Miguel Cotto (40-5, 33KOs) to return to the middleweight division. Cotto, who held world titles at junior welterweight, welterweight and junior middleweight, moved up to middleweight last June and stopped Sergio Martinez to capture the WBC championship.
Former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez gives WBC middleweight champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (46-1-1, 32KOs) a very good chance to decision WBA/IBO/IBF champion Gennady "GGG" Golovkin (34-0, 31KOs), but says the 25-year-old Mexican superstar should stay away from a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0, 26KOs), who may return to the ring in 2016.
Four division world champion Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez has expressed his desire to be his own promoter of a possible farewell fight in 2016, after having his first experience as the lead promoter of a Marquez Boxing event on Saturday night at the Arena Coliseo in Mexico City. Marquez, who works closely with Zanfer Promotions and Top Rank, says he is not contractually tied to any promotional company.
Former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez pledges his support for Saul "Canelo" Alvarez as a Mexican, but he thinks WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto will win the fight on November 21st at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Marquez, who's a vintage and brilliant counter puncher as well as a shrewd judge of boxing skills, leans towards the greater experience of Cotto. Miguel Angel has constantly fought the best, while winning world titles in four different weight divisions.
Time and time again, former four division world champion Juan Manuel Marquez has rejected the idea of a fifth meeting with Manny Pacquiao. They last met in 2012, when Marquez scored one of the most stunning one-punch knockouts in recent years. He caught Pacquiao cold with a few seconds remaining in the sixth round.
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As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, former four division world champion Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez (56-7-1, 40KOs) has basically ruled out the idea of fighting in 2015. There was talk of Marquez potentially coming back in December, but he dismissed that possibility during a press conference which took place on the premises of the Professional Boxing Commission of Mexico City.
So who does trainer Freddie Roach prefer to have Manny Pacquiao face in his return to the ring in 2016? ''(Juan Manuel) Marquez,"answered Roach. The only problem is Marquez has made statements that he simply has no interest in a fifth go-around with 'the Pac Man'.
Former world champion Carlos 'King' Molina, who recently got a victory in in Ecatepec, State of Mexico, is ready to fight face Juan Manuel Marquez in his farewell fight, tentatively scheduled for December. Molina is rebuilding his career after losing the IBF junior middleweight championship to Cornelius "K9" Bundradge. Molina (23-6-2, 7 KOs) got a stoppage win, at junior middleweight, over Manuel 'Mamba' Garcia during last week's undercard to Arely Muciño vs. Yessica Chavez.
A few days ago, Juan Manuel Marquez made it clear that he was not interested in a fifth fight with Manny Pacquiao. The two boxers faced off in four grueling battles, with Marquez winning their fourth and final confrontation with a brutal sixth round knockout in 2012. Pacquiao's promoter, Bob Arum of Top Rank, named Marquez as a possible candidate for Manny's return to the ring in early 2016.