Juan Manuel Marquez lost his fight with Manny Pacquiao by a 12-round split decision (113-114, 112-115 and 115-112) on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition Marquez also lost his WBC super featherweight title to Pacquiao. Marquez controlled the middle rounds of the fight and took the last two. Pacquiao knocked Marquez down in the 3rd round and hurt him in the 10th. Marquez felt he won the fight and that it was a bad decision. A rematch doesn't seem likely since Pacquiao plans to move up to 135 pounds.
Marquez unable to secure another rematch with Pacquiao is rumored to be fighting Nate Campbell in October 2008. Campbell currently holds the IBF, WBA and WBO lightweight titles he captured from Juan Diaz. With Pacquiao's move up to lightweight to fight David Diaz for the WBC lightweight title this would be a good move for Marquez.
| Fight | Location | Date | Boxing Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquez vs Campbell | TBA | October 25, 2008 Saturday |
TBA |
Juan "Dinamita" Manuel Marquez
Juan Manuel Marquez is the brother of bantamweight Rafael Marquez and light middleweight Raul Marquez. Juan currently holds the WBC Super Featherweight title and fomerly held both the IBF and WBA Featherweight titles. Juan also is ranked The Ring number 2 Junior Lightweight (130 lbs).
Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez (Round 1)
Juan's most notable fight was against Manny Pacquiao on May 8, 2004 that ended in a controversial draw. Marquez was knocked down three times in the 1st round. Prior to the ABC's Unified Boxing Rules it used to be a three-knockdown round was scored 10-7. Judge Burt Clements was unaware that he could score a round 10-6. He thought the Nevada Athletic Commission did not want its judges to score a round 10-6. Judge John Stewart called the fight 115-110 for Pacquiao, Guy Jutras called it 115-110 for Marquez. Clements scored the fight 113-113 making it a draw. The Pacquiao-Marquez scorecard showed that had Clements scored the first round 10-6 Pacquiao would have won. The commission said there is no rule that covered the situation and no grounds for a protest because it was a judgement call. Marquez retained his unified titles.
Juan Manuel Marquez-Jimrex Jaca
Juan Manuel Marquez, in his first WBO Featherweight title defense fought a frantic paced fight thru a mask of blood from three heatbutts beating Jimrex Jaca with an impressive 9th round KO at Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas on November 25, 2006. Doubling up with his left hook Marquez dropped Jaca for the full count dumping him onto the canvas.
Marquez beat Marco Antonio Barrera by a 12-round unanimous decision capturing the WBC super featherweight belt from the defending champion on March 17, 2007 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The bout has already been earmarked as "Fight of the Year". There was the controversial knockdown ruled as a slip by referee Jay Nady in round seven (Marquez later admitted that Barrera had knocked him down) and Barrera losing a point for hitting Marquez when he was down on the canvas. Although emerging victorious Juan Manuel Marquez said after the bout that he wanted a rematch.
Marquez made a successful 1st defense of his WBC super featherweight title winning a 12-round unanimous decision over Rocky Juarez at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona on November 3, 2007. Marquez, controlling the entire bout used his jab to keep Juarez on the outside for the first half and his right to target Juarez's head the later half, snapping it back several times in the 11th round. The Marquez-Juarez fight was a matchup made after a rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera didn't pan out and Marquez's named opponent Jorge Barrios had to withdraw because of retina tears in both eyes. With this win Marquez now wants a fight with Pacquiao whom he fought to a draw 3 1/2 years ago.
Juan Manuel Marquez - Manny Pacquiao II Score Card
Pacquio had fight won in 10th round despite Marquez winning rounds eleven and twelve on two judge's score cards.