Three days before Showtime presents the highly anticipated rematch between the two best little men in boxing, Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez, the network will air their dramatic first fight - a “Fight of the Year” candidate from March 3, 2007.
On Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 11 p.m. ET/PT, Showtime will replay the WBC Super Bantamweight World Championship match between Marquez and Vasquez in its entirety. In the dramatic slugfest, Marquez rallied from an early knockdown to register a seventh-round TKO and capture the WBC 122-pound title.
The non-stop, toe-to-toe action finally ceased when Vazquez , who suffered a broken nose early in the fight, retired on his stool after seven rounds.
Showtime, which carried the initial Marquez-Vazquez match-up, will televise the rematch live on Saturday, Aug. 4, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
In a special segment during the telecast, Emmy Award-winning sports reporter Jim Gray will interview two of boxing's most bitter rivals simultaneously - wild, trash-talking, cigarette-smoking Ricardo Mayorga and fellow former world champion Fernando Vargas via satellite remote - as they prepare for their main event match-up on Saturday, Sept. 8, live on pay per view.
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