When World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight world titlist Juan Manuel Lopez (29-0, 26 KOs) and Rafael Marquez (39-5, 35 KOs) enter the ring on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, boxing fans hope the action will lift boxing from the action less doldrums of the last several months.
Lopez feels that a victory against the Mexico City stand-out Marquez, will lift him to the top of the featherweight division.
“Beating a great fighter like Marquez will make me the best in the division,” Lopez said in an interview with ESPN Deportes.
Lopez would have a legitimate claim to the top spot in the division, but world-class fig
