Marquez/Diaz part 2

[oh crap]

This coming up weekend is the rematch of 2009's 'fight of the year'. Who's watching and who you rooting for?

[nkdlunch]

:sleep

[Dinamita]

Really don't think this needed a rematch.. Anyways
WAR DINAMITA!!!!!!!!

The undercard is surprisingly good as well.

[oh crap]

:sleep

on the contrary, i'm expecting some fireworks. i really like both fighters but i'll be rooting for diaz to win this one.

[Ashy Larry]

Marquez .... the first fight was a classic. Great KO by Marquez. Diaz was bending down and ran into that uppercut and started counting the lights.

[ezau]

I want Diaz to win. At this point of his career, Marquez won't be getting any better.

[Ashy Larry]

Yeah, Marquez is on the wrong side of his career but he's still one of the top 135ers, if not the top .......

Baby Bull has no excuses. He was looking brilliant early in the fight but then just faded. It should be a nice fight. We rarely see those in boxing anymore ......

[ezau]

Yeah, Marquez is on the wrong side of his career but he's still one of the top 135ers, if not the top .......

Baby Bull has no excuses. He was looking brilliant early in the fight but then just faded. It should be a nice fight. We rarely see those in boxing anymore ......

Baby Bull, IMHO, should pull this off because if he can't, he would have to face a lot of question marks as far as his career is concerned.

[Dinamita]

Baby Bull, IMHO, should pull this off because if he can't, he would have to face a lot of question marks as far as his career is concerned.

He already has a lot of question marks losing to Nate Campbell and Malinaggi (arguably twice). Although JMM is old now he's still one of the best boxers in the game and still on many top 10 p4p lists. Diaz on the other hand looked like shit in both fights against Malinaggi.

http://www.boxingscene.com/uploads/29702/cozzone_Marquez-DiazII_weighin0230.jpg
http://www.boxingscene.com/uploads/29702/cozzone_Marquez-DiazII_weighin0245.jpg

Marquez looks ripped and Diaz flabby like usual :lol

[Whisky Dog]

Diaz is a nice kid but not an elite fighter.


He gets KOd again if he presses but loses in decision if he's conservative.

[oh crap]

damn, oscar's looking fat in those photos. lol. hoping diaz can pull it out

[Whisky Dog]

Yep, sad to say this was easy to call. Diaz is a shot fighter.

[Ashy Larry]

LAS VEGAS -- Although Juan Manuel Marquez's right eye was swollen nearly shut, he kept it focused on his one remaining goal -- a third fight with Manny Pacquiao.

Marquez didn't exactly make himself more attractive to boxing's pound-for-pound champion with his systematic dismantling of Juan Diaz.


Marquez unanimously outpointed Diaz on Saturday night, picking apart his younger opponent to retain the WBA and WBO lightweight titles.


Marquez captivated the crowd at the Mandalay Bay Events Center with precise punching and slick defense in a rematch that was nearly as entertaining as the fighters' thrilling first meeting, which Marquez won on a ninth-round stoppage in February 2009.


Marquez (51-5-1, 37 KOs), who turns 37 next month, further erased memories of his one-sided loss to the larger Floyd Mayweather Jr. last September by dominating another opponent closer to his own size.


"The first one was difficult, and so was this one," Marquez said. "He's a very good boxer. Like every true Mexican warrior, we both fought with all of our hearts and left it all in the ring."

Marquez reiterated his call for a third fight with Pacquiao, believing he's the only fighter outside of Mayweather who can worry the Filipino congressman. Their first two meetings resulted in a draw in 2004 and a split-decision loss for Marquez in 2008.

"It's good for all fight fans," Marquez said. "The Mexicans, the Filipinos, everyone wants to see it. That's the most important fight to me now. I'll be ready for November, and hopefully Pacquiao will take the fight."


But Pacquiao is in negotiations to fight Antonio Margarito on Nov. 13. Both of those fighters are represented by Top Rank, while Marquez is backed by Golden Boy -- and the two companies have been increasingly unwilling to match their fighters against each other in recent years.


Diaz (35-4) has lost four of his last six fights, yet showed remarkable stamina and courage against one of boxing's most punishing fighters. The University of Houston graduate and aspiring lawyer was sharp again -- just not sharp enough to beat arguably the most accomplished Mexican fighter of his generation.


"I fought the best fight I could," Diaz said. "We were trading punches. We fought in, we fought out. I didn't stand in front of him. I wanted to get in there and then get out, but it was hard, and I got hit with a couple of good shots. ... I did the best I could. I followed the game plan, worked off my jab, but he's a great fighter. He was the better man."


Judge Jerry Roth favored Marquez 116-112, while Glenn Trowbridge scored it 118-110 and Patricia Morse Jarman had it 117-111. The Associated Press scored 10 rounds for Marquez, 118-110.


Marquez landed 288 punches to Diaz's 155, outlanding Diaz in every round, according to CompuBox's statistics. Marquez connected with nearly 50 percent of his power punches, landing 168 to Diaz's 74.


Marquez's performance burnished a career that now likely surpasses the achievements of Marco Antonio Barrera and Erik Morales, the other two contenders for Mexican pre-eminence. Marquez is a three-division world champion who could be a significant factor when he moves up to 140 pounds in the coming years, another major player in a loaded weight class -- yet Pacquiao looms over everything Marquez does.


Marquez's back-and-forth victory over Diaz was widely considered the best fight of last year. The rematch again was an entertaining contest between two fighters with perfectly meshing styles: the hard-charging "Baby Bull" Diaz against Marquez, the crafty, counterpunching Mexican star.


The second and third rounds of the rematch were close, with Diaz landing enough flurries to keep Marquez on the defensive. But Marquez gradually took control of the fight, peppering Diaz with left hooks and right hands while barely staying out of trouble.


The middle rounds had a brutal similarity, with Marquez chopping through Diaz's attack. Although swelling developed around Marquez's right eye, it didn't seem to bother him at all -- and Diaz began bleeding from a cut inside his mouth.
The 12th round was wide open, with the fighters abandoning defense and trading shots to the bell. Marquez leaped on the ropes to celebrate another victory.
The Las Vegas crowd firmly backed Marquez, the Mexico City native from a fighting family that includes his brother, Rafael, who will fight Juan Manuel Lopez in Vegas on Sept. 18 in an attempt to become the first boxing brothers to hold three division titles apiece.


Diaz has his college degree and far more post-ring career opportunities than most fighters. He is eager to pursue a career in law and perhaps politics, but didn't end his boxing career immediately afterward.


"I don't know what I'm going to do," Diaz said. "I'm going to consider all the facts. I'm going to take the LSAT, and that's another fact. I've been fighting for 10 years, longer than a lot of fighters, so I'm just going to have to figure it out."






http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5427672

Pretty easy to call ...... Baby Bull is officially the worst of the Diaz boys.

[ezau]

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=5427672

Pretty easy to call ...... Baby Bull is officially the worst of the Diaz boys.

Not really, Baby Bull hammered Julio two years ago. However, he'll have a tough time dealing with an aggressive fighter like David Diaz.

[Ashy Larry]

Not really, Baby Bull hammered Julio two years ago. However, he'll have a tough time dealing with an aggressive fighter like David Diaz.

and in two years, we've seen dude's career seriously go downhill ....... He gets worked in both fights versus Marquez and lost both fights to KO king Paulie Malignaggi. Clearly a robbery in his hometown of Houston in the first fight. Paulie outworked him enough to get a split decision but one judge had the fight 118-110 in a fight that was much closer.

Dude better figure it out and quickly because his career is going into oncoming traffic.... maybe he should start drinking his own piss

[Veterinarian]

Diaz is a punching bag.

Maybe he should have toughened himself up by torturing cats and dogs like you did in your earlier days.