Due to the extreme ticket demand for what is on track to become the highest grossing fight in Texas in the last seven years and one of the highest grossing fights ever, more tickets for Golden Boy Promotions’ upcoming February 28 event at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas have been released to the public for…
© Aaron Sprecher – Hoganphotos In one of the most anticipated clashes of the new year, top lightweights Juan Diaz and Juan Manuel Marquez will clash for Diaz’s IBO title on February 28 at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX.
The battle lines have been drawn and now the stage is set for the February 28 IBO Lightweight Championship between champion Juan Manuel Marquez and challenger Juan Diaz which will take place at Houston’s Toyota Center. Mexico’s premier fighter and a future Hall of Famer, Juan Manuel “Dinamita” Marquez, 49-4-1 (36), has signified excellence for…
Top lightweights Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz will meet this week at a press conference that announces their mouth-watering IBO title clash, scheduled for February 28 in Diaz’s hometown of Houston, TX. Marquez, 49-4-1 (36), has held the WBA, IBF and WBO titles at featherweight and the WBC title at super feather. The 35…
In 2008, Mexican icon Juan Manuel Marquez solidified his place among boxing’s elite and became Mexico’s number one fighter by knocking out Joel Casamayor and winning a championship in a third weight class. As 2009 opens, Marquez will not be resting on his laurels, as he accepted the challenge to face former three-time lightweight champion…
In a hotly anticipated showdown between hard-nosed come-forward sluggers, lightweights Juan Diaz and Michael Katsidis went to war last night at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, and after the dust settled Diaz had pulled out a split decision victory to capture the vacant IBO title. For the first half of the bout, Diaz engaged…
Fighting words were flying at today’s final press conference for the highly anticipated doubleheader featuring Houston’s former Three Time World Champion, Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz against Australian warrior Michael “The Great” Katsidis and Houston native and 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist Ricardo Rocky Juarez against former Junior Lightweight World Champion Jorge “La Hiena” Barrios. Rocky Juarez:…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, former lightweight champion Juan “Baby Bull†Diaz, 33-1 (17), will face Michael Katsidis, 23-1 (20), after suffering his first career loss to Nate Campbell in March of this year. Coincidentally, Katsidis also enters the ring for the first time since…