The boxing crazed nation of Mexico has quickly witnessed two of its brightest hopes suffer defeat in the past several weeks.
Furthermore, the one particular fighter who has been loved by some, written off by others and finally let his actions speak for him may have moved himself into deeper disdain in the eyes of his compatriots.
Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. was handed a highly controversial and in many regards inexplicable unanimous decision win over Brian Vera last month.
A fortnight prior, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez was soundly trumped in the ring by the pound-for-pound king, Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Courtesy of Chris Farina, Top Rank Still standing tall and carrying his country’s fighting passion is perhaps the close runner up in the “best of all” category.
Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez left absolutely no confusion in regard to his epic four bout series with Manny Pacquiao.
After thirty six rounds of contentious and to many disagreeable scoring, Marquez finally got his Opus of sorts to surface in the ring by way of a savage knockout victory over his Filipino rival.
Ten months have now passed since he laid the “Pac Man” out cold on the canvas in Las Vegas.
Marquez disfigures speed bag in training
Now, he’s ready to return to the ring and at the age of forty and so far shown no signs of anything less than full throttle.
Juan Manuel Marquez (55-6-1, 40 KO’s) will share the ring spotlight with undefeated Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley (30-0, 12 KO’s) this Saturday, October 12 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Vegas.
Timothy Bradley, of course gained instant and undeserved infamy last year when his decision win over the aforementioned Pacquiao was greeted with almost universal disgust.
Courtesy Chris Farina, Top Rank He thereafter regained much respect from the boxing world when he withstood the devastating punches (and one knockdown) of the hard hitting Ruslan Provodnikov this past March.
“Dinamita” Marquez (Mexico City, MEX) and Bradley (Palm Springs, California, USA) will clash for the WBO Welterweight title as part of an HBO Pay Per View telecast. Marquez, who is already a certain legend of not only Mexican but also global boxing will seek to become the first Mexican fighter to win a championship across five different weight classes.
