Rocky Juarez Tickets

Rocky Juarez lost to Jorge Linares (29-1-0, 18 KOs) by 10-round unanimous decision in a WBA Fedelatin lightweight title fight on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Scores were 90-99, 90-99 and 92-97. Juarez was dropped in the final seconds of round five from an uppercut. Linares vs Juarez took place on the undercard of Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz and was televised live on HBO PPV. Juarez was coming off a loss to Jason Litzau and Linares was coming off win over Francisco Lorenzo.

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Ricardo "Rocky" Juarez

(28-7-1, 20 KOs)

Rocky Juarez was a member of the 2000 US Olympic team winning a silver medal as a featherweight. His notable fights include a 10th round KO of Antonio "Chelo" Diaz on July 19, 2003 at Reliant Park in Houston, Texas. The Ring declared it the 2003 Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year.

Ringside Los Angeles: On May 20, 2006 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Rocky Juarez was in another notable fight. Juarez fought and lost to Marco Antonio Barrera by split decision in round 12 of 12. Originally the fight was declared a draw. Fifteen minutes later it was announced that the scores had been added incorrectly. Judge Ken Morita's scorecard showed a 114-114 draw but it was actually 115-114 for Barrera thus giving him the split decision victory. Rocky Juarez was already in his dressing room when he was informed that he had actually lost the fight.

In a rematch on September 16, 2006 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Rocky Juarez lost to Marco Antonio Barrera by a 12 round unanimous decision. The legendary Barrera controlled Juarez with his jab throughout the fight.

Rocky Juarez cut over his left eye from an accidental head butt in round one was dominated and beaten by Juan Manuel Marquez in a 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday, November 3, 2007 at the Desert Diamond Casino in Tucson, Arizona. Post fight, Juarez asking for a rematch complained that the cut that bled throughout the entire bout affected his vision however Marquez wants Pacquiao as his next opponent. The Marquez-Juarez fight was the fourth time Rocky has tried and failed to capture a world title. The first time was against Humberto Soto, the second and third were against Marco Antonion Barrera.

Rocky Juarez beat Jorge Rodrigo Barrios (47-3-1, 34 KOs) by 11th round TKO on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. After being outboxed most of the fight Juarez dropped Barrios in round eleven and the fight was stopped due to a cut on Barrios' lip. Juarez took home the vacant WBO Latino super featherweight title in addition to his TKO victory.

Rocky Juarez fought to a draw against WBA Featherweight Champion Chris John (42-0-2, 22 KOs) of Indonesia on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. It was one of Juarez's best performances. He came on strong in the last two rounds turning the fight into a draw. Scores were 114-114, 114-114 and 114-114.

Rocky Juarez lost his rematch with Chris John (43-0-2, 22 KOs) by 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Scores were 109-119, 111-117 and 113-114. The fight took place on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr vs Juan Manuel Marquez. John retained his WBA super world featherweight title.

Rocky Juarez lost by 7th round technical decision to Jason Litzau (27-2-0, 21 KOs) on Saturday, April 3, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Litzau suffered a left eye injury from an accidental headbutt and could not continue. Scores were 66-67, 66-67 and 65-68. Litzau was ahead on the score cards at the time of stoppage.