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Boxing?s next huge fight is on August 1 with Marquez vs. Diaz II in Las Vegas!! By Noel I. Nacianceno PhilBoxing.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010  The rematch of the 2009 fight of the year is on! In 2009, Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez, the reigning and defending Ring Magazine, WBA and WBO Lightweight World Champion, and Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz, former three-time Lightweight World Champion, rocked each other with their best shots. These two distinguished fighters will do battle again with the Unified Lightweight World Championship on the line! Marquez is eager to show he is still the best. Diaz is resolute to finish the fight he started. They will rock the boxing world once again as Solar Sports & SOLARtv presents "Fight of the Year: The Rematch ? Marquez vs. Diaz II" on Sunday, August 1! Both of these pugilists have the memory of February 28 etched in their brains forever: a wild brawl that received "Fight of the Year" honors in 2009 Marquez-Diaz I was held in front of a fierce audience of more than 14,000 at the Toyota Center in Diaz?s hometown of Houston. It generated brutal action from beginning to end with both fighters having cuts under their right eyes from their harsh exchanges. The match ended with a ferocious uppercut by Marquez in the ninth round which knocked Diaz out, spoiling ?The Baby Bull?s? homecoming. The bout was considered as one of the best fights of 2009 by everybody who saw it. The now 36-year-old Juan Manuel (50-5-1, 37 KOs) then went on to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September and lost a lopsided decision in a welterweight fight. Juan Diaz, (35-2, 17 KOs), 26, a former lightweight titleholder, went on to split a pair of junior welterweight bouts with former titleholder Paulie Malignaggi, winning the first fight in August on a controversial decision and losing a decision in the December rematch. And now, after a whirlwind of events coming together, in the sweltering Las Vegas summer, these two men will provide another boxing classic for the ages. Their first exchange was one to remember ? heated, intense and hellacious. No doubt, their rematch will continue to bring even more of this kind of excitement. This highly anticipated clash between these two fierce warriors will surely match the hype created by their 2009 bout as the victor will be in prime position to move up to the loaded junior welterweight division for a potential fight with any of the titleholders Marquez won the initial confrontation with a 9th-round TKO. Now Diaz is returning for revenge in what is sure to be an explosive rematch. Be sure to catch Marquez vs. Diaz II on SOLARtv @ 10am and Solar Sports at 1pm this Sunday!! Click here to view a list of other articles written by Noel I. Nacianceno .  |
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