By Maloney L. Samaco
Juan Manuel Marquez stopped IBO champion and former WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight champion Juan Diaz by knockout.After the fight Marquez expressed interest in fighting Floyd Mayweather, Jr. “If Floyd Mayweather is the best, then I want to fight the best,” Marquez said of the retired boxer. …

By Dan Rafael
HOUSTON — Juan Manuel Marquez has suffered many disappointments in his career.
Naseem Hamed outright ducked him for years when the Prince was at the top of the featherweight division.
Marquez also never got to fight a prime Erik Morales or Marco Antonio Barrera, the two great Mexican countrymen of …

By Thomas Gerbasi
Call it another one for the ‘old’ guys, as 35-year old Juan Manuel Marquez joined his Golden Boy Promotions stablemates Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins by turning back the clock and the challenge of 25-year old Juan Diaz, capping off a fierce battle with a stirring ninth …

By Byron Spurlock & Jose Reyes
Lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) scored a spectacular ninth round KO over Juan Diaz (34-2, 17 KOs) to claim the vacant WBA super and WBO lightweight titles, as well as Diaz’ IBO belt on Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston. It …

Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Juan Manuel Marquez captured the vacant WBO and WBA lightweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Houston’s Juan Diaz at the Toyota Center Saturday night.
The lightweight titles were left vacant on February 13 when Nate Campbell lost his IBF, WBA and WBO belts when he …

Move Juan Manuel Marquez-Juan Diaz to the front of the line for best fight of 2009. The great Marquez, the lightweight champion of the world, was getting beaten early on by the #1 challenger in the division, as Diaz dragged Marquez into his ultra-kinetic fight, and it didn’t look good …