Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz II July 31, 2010 720p 60FPS HD

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marquez against juan diaz when they first met time on february 28 last year in houston diaz was the hot young force in the lightweight division, but marquez had just won the lineal championship in his previous fight against joel casamayor, so what happened in houston with a rowdy crowd of more than 14,000 people in the arena?

See how and why it was the fight of the year. Marquez came in against Diaz with a home crowd completely on Juan's side and the energy of that probably had something to do with what happened in the first three rounds. Emmanuel to satisfy the crowd instead of He fought a more technical fight and got burned, I think physically and mentally, by the way they fought, as a result, Marquez, more experienced, came to the end and fought a very good technical fight. He landed those two big left hooks in the second. round going to the corner, those are probably his two best punches of the fight, but during the first rounds the left hook was effective and when the fifth round ended, Marquez was bleeding outside his right eye, but now, when the eighth round and the ninth began.

It was Diaz who was bleeding profusely from a cut outside his right eye and Marquez was closing in for the kill. Well, Márquez is a fighter with a very good season, that is the only thing that always favors a veteran fighter, that is when fatigue sets in because the experienced fighter can fight as if they could go on autopilot and he can drive, but a young fighter He doesn't have experience, he doesn't have that luxury and as a result of this, Marquez just systematically placed his punches and knocked him out because he knew pretty well the position his head was going to be in when he threw certain punches and he threw the next punches right where he knew they would. would be, so the brilliantly placed final hook sealed the deal and Marquez continued as the lightweight champion, let's take a look.

Now let's look at a chart of the division as we prepare for this fight and again, despite the catastrophic loss to Mayweather last September, Marquez is still the division champion. Diaz is one of the main contenders, although he had his last fights in the 140 pound weight class umberto soto has a title belt, he has fought brilliantly, he has never beaten one of the main stars in such a way that he becomes himself In a big star, Robert Guerrero, as you saw him this afternoon, his reputation will probably decline a little as a result of that. showing that michael catsidis has become a better boxer and is clearly the most powerful puncher in the 135 pound weight class, now entering this fight emmanuel the big question on the minds of the boxing media what can juan diaz do to Make it a different fight so far no one has given a convincing answer, what can he do well?

He has a difficult task because I have discovered all the different alternative strategies for him. He has a tough fight on his hands. For me, he will have to be fine. train up and be mentally prepared for a long fight and try to fight smart and not be so emotional and not fight with that brush style of fighting that he normally does, but I don't know if he can do that. His name is baby bull. his style and I don't know if it will change but he will have to be prepared for a longer fight in the fight in a smarter way he takes his pace the loser his career will be in crisis the winner will look for other Great fights, let's look at history of the tape now for Marquez and Diaz and you will see the age advantage for Diaz who is 10 years younger, but there are a lot of ringside media types who believe that the younger the fighter is, the more he sells. beaten of the two coming to this fight a one inch height advantage for Márquez an inch and a half advantage in arm length measured from the armpit to the end of the fist that is a problem for Díaz Márquez was a pound and a half under the weight limit Diaz was right tonight, they weigh a different pound 143 and 144.

The compubox numbers in the first fight Marquez hit 36 ​​over to 49 under. His connection percentage increased round after round during the fight. Diaz's connection percentage decreased throughout the fight. and this is where marquez actually won 47 percent of his power punches, launching many of them select counters that took advantage of diaz's aggression and nailed him right on the chin now let's go to michael buffer to begin the pre-fight festivities, ladies and gentlemen at this time we would like everyone to please remain silent and please stand for two national anthems first here to sing the national anthem of mexico please welcome riley barbara young and now ladies and gentlemen for please remain silent and stand for the national anthem of the united states states of america will be performed by angelica castro oh say can you see who brought us stripes and priced us through the dangerous fight all the walls we stood on over there? oh say, is that star adorned? oh praise him so here's a look at juan diaz as he enters the ring yesterday we asked him if he thought it was a bad idea to give paulie malanagi a rematch on a neutral court in chicago after he had scored a very favorable win for the judges on Malinaji and Houston and said yes, that was a mistake, but He said that he wanted to be a sportsman and also wanted to prove that his victory in the first fight was legitimate, so he ended up going to the pot twice against Malinaji when maybe he didn't.

It may have been the best decision, but it was a great reason. emmanuel, the reason why many are making fun of him and why marquez is a big favorite here tonight is that this young man has completed his college education and plans to take the lsat for admission to law school in october and Frankly, given the kind of effort he makes and To return to the point given the kind of effort Juan Díaz makes, I don't know anyone who thinks he's not going to pass the exam, he'll find a way to do it and then he'll have a path to the law. school and, frankly, that means that his boxing career is not life or death for him, Emanuel, and that's true, you know, one of the best things he had was keeping his focus, all his energy, which was very, very, very strong for me. going to school, taking law courses and being a professional boxer and a world champion, it's not just about you, but now that you've possibly even started practicing law enforcement preparing for a big test, it's going to be very difficult. keep all your mental energy. focused on boxing and that could be a big distraction, especially fighting a guy like Marquez who is not 100% focused and to talk to him, he talks like he's just starting his career, I mean he has no plans to do anything more than boxing and is looking at all his future fights and only thinking about boxing, Díaz for his part says that I don't lack desire, there is still a lot of motivation.

I'm still as much of a boxer as ever, but he's lost three of his last five, one of the two wins being controversial, particularly due to an extravagantly unbalanced scorecard, and he's a big loser tonight. You can't rule him out because his will, his heart and his effort level are as great as they can be and you want to see if he can still hold on. or get back to that intensity that he fought at the beginning of his career, that's the intensity that he fought at the beginning of his career and even the first part of the fight with Marquez it's difficult for anyone to compete against him, but can he maintain that?

So here's Marquez. and many of you surely saw his annihilation at the hands of Mayweather. Remember beating Díaz at 135 pounds. He contractually agreed to go to 144 pounds to fight Mayweather, never imagining that Floyd might see this as an opportunity to simply drop no lower than 146 and pay. a 600,000 penalty for the advantage of being the biggest man in the ring and then once the weigh-in was completed and they were both rehydrated to normal hydration levels, then Marquez says, hey, I was 15 pounds in those circumstances. I'm not that disappointed with how I did and in the case of many fighters, Emanuel, you might worry about how much confidence was lost in the damaging annihilation at the hands of Mayweather, but in the case of Marquez, you would say probably None, this is a guy who believes in his technique.

No, after talking to him, I don't think his confidence level has been depleted at all. I mean, he feels like he lost the fight because Mayweather was a bigger guy and really a super fighter, and he said. that and uh, but he feels that fighting in his own weight class is far superior to anyone and I think you can read that and that's his truth, thinking not only about what he was saying and the diaz, I don't know if you know how much Damage he may have suffered physically even though they have both been in tough fights, I think the tough fights he had with Nate Campbell and the fight with Marquez were very physical and damaged the parliamentarian's end, I don't know what kind. of just psychologically damaging the call he made even though it maybe didn't hurt him that much and one more little note, emanuel voted against nate campbell and then at the end of the fight with marquez, diaz seemed to be very upset by his own blood, more bother than most fighters are bothered by getting cut, it's true, you know, that's a lot, he's a young fighter, he's not a veteran fighter, but he's been in all those tough fights at that time , has a lot of experience, but traditionally they are fighters who fight with their type of fight. style, when they hit the 25 or 26 year mark they usually start to slow down anyway, it's not like standard boxing, guys are aggressive fighters, they are very successful when they are young and can read, and at about 25 minutes start to slow down.

Regardless, all wrestlers who push, particularly those who sometimes have smaller bodies in the ring, have a lot or struggle to maintain long runs. Let's now go to Michael Buffer for the official introductions. Ladies and gentlemen of Mandalalay Bay, Las Vegas. Golden Boy promotions with Márquez promotions. we are proud to present the main event of the evening this is for the ring magazine wba wbo world lightweight championship scheduled for 12 rounds and sponsored by takate beer with character a plan att viva mexico make calls with your wireless phone to mexico or from mexico as if they were local calls nevada state athletic president pat lonville executive director keith keizer wbo president francisco paco park jail supervisor luis perez wba president gilberto mendoza supervisor michael welsh at ringside the three judges scoring this fight patricia morris charmin jerry roth and glenn troll bridge and inside the ring the referee in charge of the action vic draculich and now for the thousands of attendees and the millions watching around the world on the HBO PPV ladies and gentlemen of mandalay bay las vegas uh, let's get ready to fighting outside the blue corner dressed in navy blue official weight 135 pounds professional record 35 wins including 17 knockouts with three losses he is the challenger former three-time world champion houston texas fighting pride huan baby boom inviting out of the red corner wearing black with an official weight of 132 one half pound his professional record 50 wins including 37 knockouts with five losses in a draw cio da de mexico future hall of fame three time world champion and current world lightweight champion juan Manuel Americans very good gentlemen this is the wba and wbo world lightweight pilots if you have received your instructions and get dressed again I want to warn you of any punishment below this point you will be called with that said I want you to obey my orders protect yourselves in everything Almost Juan Manuel Juarquez waited years to escape the shadows of his more famous Mexican compatriots who fought in virtually the same weight class, Marco Antonio Barrier and Derek Morales, he has finally distanced them now that he continues to reign as the rightful world lightweight champion , here is Díaz again to try. to take away that championship this song is for Márquez you know it is not surprising that the highlands of Mexico Mexico even though Diaz is a Mexican American Márquez is a Mexican from Mexico you ridicule yourself feel the national pride they have for Márquez compared to Díaz, yes , and the chants in last year's fight were for Díaz because we were in Houston, where practically everyone supported him, they overcame him well, now he seems to have the house on his side, he has been inso many exciting fights. fights he's had with Pacquiao here you know Burrell Mayweather so eventually you know and he performed pretty well in all those fights he never stopped so you develop respect through years of hard work he still wants another fight with Pacquiao, he still believes he deserved to be the winner in each of his two fights a draw a one point loss against manny pacquiao that's marquez's record that's out of the knockdowns he actually won more rounds in both fights but the knockdowns worked against him three knockdowns in the first round from the first bicycle that he knocked down fallen in the second round of the second fight those are the reasons why he did not beat mannyPacquiao, yes, good blow to the body of Márquez, this was a first very tactical assault, nothing like the storm that Diaz produced in Houston last year, okay, the engine fight is very small, I just don't like the way his hand defends.

The defense is too much. wide for me, but that's the way he's been training, this defense is too easy to take hits, that's why it's hard to do this against Marquez, look at the brilliant skills, dead right, he said he was impressed upon seeing Mayweather's jail, but he fought with Márquez. and that's why I thought he would try to box more, but that's not just style. He has taken a good left hook from Marquez despite all of his great skill, he has never been so difficult to hit. He is an offensive fighter with Dx's hard right hand and the fight is. starting to produce some of the intensity and some of the fireworks that we saw last year, but it's going to be hot in the sky, you can see the look in Marquez's eyes and he got hit with those punches that he wants to get revenge right away, that is.

What I'm talking about look, it was a good round. Okay, now listen when this guy approaches. Well, then you could use your boxing skills. Good. That's all I want you to do. Use your boxing skills. Good, now listen. Add your thanks. But okay, throw the hooks, catch them, put your hands up, put your hands up, that's it when you're there pumped up and use your combination, more punches here, you see Marquez take advantage of those hands in Diaz's side punching position. right down the middle, a left hook and a straight right between the gloves, two of Márquez's 18 power shots connect in the round.

In total, he landed 25 of 57 punches, better numbers than the 14 of 48 Diaz usually averaged. 70 80 sometimes 90 punches per round in the last two fights against Paulie Malinaji came down to 49 punches per round, seems like a very low set of punches for him and the first round here is more of the same, this is what happens when Díaz tries to box. better instead of just fighting, yes he is fighting a very good fight at this stage, very very good fight, if he can keep doing that he has a much better chance than fighting the way he fought in his first fight, trying to fight as if it were going to be like that. a three or four round fight is that simply because it won't give Márquez as many opportunities to counterpunch, well yes, he definitely got cut and also you can't tie with Márquez, one of the best technicians in boxing, where he comes and does. an adjustment until the fight continues, look at his first fight with Pacquiao down three times in the first round and then one to fight from that point on and just because of the knockdowns it ended in a draw but he made big adjustments as the fight progressed .

Progressed Marquez has so much confidence in his hook that he will reach it from distances that would seem outrageous, yes, because he is in most of his punches, he never throws too many punches over the top, you can tell that he fires his jabs and his punches mainly between the gloves and diaz diaz is doing a much better job creating space than last year much better job he is not in danger as often as last year there is a very good left hook from the baby bull and another good left hook Yes, great job by Marquez stopping to Diaz in dry, but the fair Diaz is fighting a very good fight, I mean, a much better fight than probably most people expected and maybe even his own amount, the perfect fight for him if he wins rounds .

I don't know, they are close, they are both closer, no one is dominating right now, I agree, they both missed big left hooks in the last 10 seconds, trying to take the other's head off, lift the little left a little and yeah , you can't hurt yourself with that right close your eyes juan explosive when you throw the left hook throw the left hook change it to the upper hook there's a hole there you can take advantage of that and take that right hook keep it like that I don't want you to reach for it okay , but you can hit with your right hand all day, but go, just, step, jab, boom, set it up, put it here and back, let it go, it's all good, it's all a beautiful round, okay? to move all the time the compubox numbers in the second round again favored márquez 24 out of 52 he has 17 out of 48 but of course the judges do not see compubox the judges do not qualify based on that they form a more impressionistic vision harold knows compubox but he doesn't let himself be guided by that harold, how did you score the first one? jim 20 to 18. two rounds to nothing juan manuel marquez you know that jim is a very interesting fight for two minutes of each of the first two rounds. manual marcus just outworked juan guandias with that left hand, left hooks, left jabs bent in the left hand and then in the last minute of each of the first two rounds, Diaz sets up a play that you know makes it look nearby, the place goes crazy, everyone shouts Díaz. but the truth is that Mark has outmatched them, you know, for most of the first two rounds, two to nothing, Juan Manuel Márquez.

Now what's prohibitive about that is that a very competent judge, one of the best in the world, Harold Letterman, gives two rounds. to marquez when emmanuel stewart says that diaz is boxing the best he can, yes, they are not necessarily just winning, but I think the rounds are very close and it could be that mark just won, the first two are or diaz, you will never be able to. I mean, but it's a very good fight and I think Diaz is really impressing me a lot and you know we also have two good quartermen, we have Ronnie Shields, who is a very good trainer and, naturally, Nacho Bear Sand, who is one of my favorites because all. of his fighters are fundamentally very solid what is your opinion about nacho what kind of trainer is he i think he is a wonderful trainer one of the best i think in the history of boxing and because all his fighters are ricardo movies all of them are basically fundamentally good , he didn't work as well with Oscar because the chemistry and stuff wasn't there, but the fighters he trained at the beginning are very good, it's fascinating.

The Danish bassist says he prefers the technical art of boxing because that's what gives a fighter a chance. stay healthy when this race is over look at the type of wars both marquez brothers have been in throughout their careers this is another very good fight, not as intense as last year in Houston, but very good, but you can see that the war on both of them is starting to come out i'm looking into marquez's eyes and you can see him turning into a tiger man and diaz isn't going to back down but the fight is going to get pretty heated down the proud stretch is loving what you're seeing in the third round in las vegas juan manuel marquez returns to work in his comfort zone as he dies a lightweight has had a lot of success but the straight left down the middle that marquez has been running lands a big right hand and a wide left hook, Díaz feels the need to return immediately and they exchange blows down the stretch.

Your backs are beautiful. Okay, all you have to do is keep boxing like this. Everything's fine. What I don't want you to do right. Now he's getting trades that you don't have to make in your box, it's good on the outside, okay, give me a deep breath, let them out, you want something good, no, no, we're fine with the door, okay, look, we have to be smart with this guy he is fine with the right hand he reached the numbers in the third round again favoring Márquez 26 of 64 and 17 of 51 for Díaz, so Juan Díaz is doing the best he can within the boxing style he has chosen to this fight, at least that's it. my estimate on it and Marquez is just doing better because this is the style he fought most of his career, they trade left hooks and you know the Diaz fight is basically a fundamental type fighter to spend almost the same version to some extent of Márquez. himself for this fight and it's amazing how they have both been very effective with their left jabs tonight.

These two met for the first time when Juan Díaz at the age of 16 went to a boxing card in Mexico, approached and introduced himself to the great champion. Márquez said that he was such. a good boy then they made fun of each other at the weigh-in before the fight last year that's boxing, you have to fight a tremendous hook from marquez wobbles diaz still hurts he still doesn't have his legs completely back marquez measures strong right hand of Marquez into Diaz showing a lot of guts right now trying to get his legs back and for once Juan Diaz allows himself to stay away and not try to fight back at a time when he's hurt so far he's doing a great job.

To survive he was hurt but he kept his concentration, I think for the most part, but you know, because he's not the kind of guy who would tie a clinch, no, he'll never make it in the past when he's hurt, yeah, but at least he did it. did. Don't get into an exchange while exactly the first dangerous moment of the fight for Diaz was here and again Mark has created it with that brilliant uppercut of his. He is a very, very dangerous fighter. He places the punches very well. He knows exactly where he hits the thunder.

Good left hook. there for Márquez now Díaz affirms the jab trying to create more space Márquez intervenes with an exaggerated right hand There are 10 seconds left in the round, okay, first little nightmare of the fight for Díaz, but he survives. Márquez has all the reasons. To believe he's in control, I've given him a water-coming look, we lost that round, okay, listen, you know why, do it right in front of him, okay and look, make your turns, make your turns and you've got than back off when you do it. your times, it's okay, hit me deeper, let it out, pick it up, listen deep and keep adding your blackouts, it's okay, but look, when with the boys you're doing it right, you're okay, yeah, it's okay, close your eyes when once again let's see Márquez. learning the left hook, most of his punches in both fights that have been effective have been punches up the center and uh Díaz recovered very well from the water punch here powerful punches until the fourth round Márquez 61 of 109 he has 28 of 80.

He hasn't done so bad. Marquez brilliantly puts the jab directly into Diaz's mouth in each round. It looks to me like Marcus's right eye is going to open up and start bleeding with every round. Not too much. Barisane is able to contain it. Yes Yes. This may be Juan Diaz's illustrated yes boxing round and I was also watching his footwork every time Marquez starts preparing. I can see Diaz walk away change something I never thought I'd see him do and he still gets hit with a flush. right hand another Marquez innovation a right hand and he does it again Marquez is so smart so good at anticipating your body movement every time you see Manny Pacquiao you are tempted to say well Manny is the best offensive fighter in the sport so you see.

Marquez and you say wait a minute look what he's doing don't let them leave your zone approaching him with that left hand you're dominating him right there in the center of the ring I need you to use your hands quickly and then go around this guy, okay, okay, but I need more punches from you now, okay, come on, that's standing in front of me, but look when you're done punching, when you get close to him, remember you bring your combination, do your spins and then you get. He get out of there, he's fine and use your face.

I need a lot of things for myself right now. Okay, here you see Marquez landing a rare right hand. He didn't throw that minion, but he did throw a beautiful right hand over the top. They cut right to the president during the fight. he continues to rack up a lot of those dirty punches can take effect right now he's being able to walk away diaz boxing night i think he's fighting a very beautiful fight harold how do you make it through five? okay, jim, four rounds to one. 49 46 a man, well, Marquez, you know, Jim, we used to call this kid one b like the ball baby, he ate the ball baby, he doesn't spin around anymore, he throws a jab, he spins around again to say you know, to that is not in front of Márquez Márquez. fighting flat footed is nailing him with really good punches, good hard left hands on the other ideas, you know he has that quick jab every once in a while he jumps with it but he always keeps circling and he doesn't retreat like he used to.

He doesn't come with really strong power punches, you can tell he stays out, it's not the baby ball style, he's become a boxer from the outside 401 Márquez, well, this is the decision that Díaz made in the box against Juan Manuel Márquez and you already know, Frankly. ,You can question that decision, I certainly do, but on the other hand, he fought something closer to his original style in the first fight against Marquez last year and it didn't serve him well. They destroyed him, so at least he has the guts to do it. I'm trying to make a change, but the change goes against common wisdom in the sport.

I agree with you. I guess after those terrible beatings he received from Nate Campbell and Marquez, it was easy to make the decision to try to change, but he. He needs to do a little more of his old stuff besides boxing. You know, he actually started with a victory. He started when he defeated Michael Catsidis in Houston in September 2008, boxing more than he had done up to that point, but that. he wasn't boxing a boxer, he was boxing a slugger, that's what you're supposed to do. You know, very few boxers throughout history can fight a particular style and do what royalty did, he changed his career from being an aggressive slugger to the latter.

For half of his career he has been one of the best technicians in boxing and I don't think anyone else can do that. Andre Ward seems to fight a slightly different style each fight, he makes adjustments very well to whatever is necessary to win. In a fight, he is capable of doing it. Marquez's pace shows some damage in the first few punches he took. He has landed in the fight mainly those jabs here, this is the most effective punch he has landed and some high left hooks right on the top of the gloves, but For the most part it's these rough jabs, brilliant stuff from Juan Manuel Marquez, shields from Ronnie between rounds.

He seemed to be asking Juan Diaz to go back to something more like his original style, at least for him to throw more punches, throw more combinations, but that's a hard thing to do when you've already fought five rounds the other way and especially the beams that he has taken. Before, Díaz also stands firm and survives, but Juan Manuel Márquez is winning the fight. You start off good and suddenly you start going backwards. You came out again. You remember that you have to walk around. Okay, but watch when you throw your. combination when you double and triple your jab, he can't turn around here, okay, so don't let him, so keep doubling and firing the jab, here's a combination of Marquez, emmanuel, look at this, he landed, he landed, landed and that's why Diaz had his hands.

Up top still found a way to penetrate his defense, let's take a look at a punching zone graph that will show you where Juan Manuel Marquez's punches land fairly well distributed 112 punches to the head 29 to the body not a great body puncher but he will mix it up in the last three rounds. Diaz has thrown 37, 38 and 56 punches, so 56 looks a little more like what Ronnie Shields might be looking for. On 37 and 38, the coach was getting frustrated, there is one of Márquez's body. shots, yes, Diaz was most effective against Marquez in the first three rounds of last year's fight, when he was clearly fighting like a bull putting pressure on Marquez, throwing as many punches as he could, cornering the opponent.

Frankly, I think he needs to go back to I think he needs to change his snare to some extent, but you know right now my kids are systematically destroying him by placing their punches and he's going to have to be a little more physical and use his youth if he wants to. He can, but I don't know if he can do that at the stage of his career after the punishment he's taken in so many of those fights, there's no shame in getting trashed by Juan Manuel Marquez, just leave yourself open to the question of why he did it. you try to box with a boxer, a boxing master, the first step to becoming a great offensive fighter is that you shouldn't be afraid of getting hit, don't worry about that, Marquez clearly fills that bill with a hard right hand on the back. top of Márquez Díaz's head took That's pretty good, that was the kind of punch that often staggers the guy, but in the end every round it looks like Márquez hits a good volley at this point, they have fought almost 16 rounds against each other By the way, without a single clinch and clearly Márquez.

He's sure he knows the holes in Diaz's defense. Diaz's move is creating a problem for Maches. I can see that Marquez cannot prepare like he did in the first fight. He keeps using look, follows and fires that jab like this. Okay, but when? you get closer, look, yeah, no, I don't want body shots, it's okay, because you're leaning, starting to lean with the body shot, okay, give me a deep breath, letting my slow now listen, use your fence as always, it's fine. but look double and triple the jab but when you get close now we have to start you have to press now okay, okay, look, keep your head a few moments ago, which showed that Juan Díaz has landed less than half as many punches tonight in the first. seven rounds than a year ago in Houston, that reflects the dramatic change in style of this fight.

The power of the punches through seven marks is 100 out of 183. 55 what a precise punch and it is 43 out of 129. 33 not bad, not bad against. quality opponent, Marquez complains between rounds that he had been hit in the right eye, that right eye is starting to swell significantly and may represent Diaz's best chance in the fight, that is correct and, in fact, I was realizing when Nacho Berenstein left. I went to complain to the referee and the referee went to the corner but it's very difficult to do that with the modern gloves they have where the thumb goes, the thumb probably doesn't cross it, but I don't think that was the case. an open thumb type situation, but that has been the most effective blow because it has been his left jab, yes, well, if this continues as it started and at the end of the night we can be talking about Juan Díaz losing four of the last six of him. fights, but give him credit, those fights were against nate campbell, michael casitas, juan manuel marquez twice with paulie malinaji and marquez again and that's an impressive list of opponents, you'd be hard-pressed to find any fighter in the sport outside of, say, manny Pacquiao or Floyd Mayweather, who has fought a catalog of opponents like that and I am very impressed with him tonight, I feel like he is losing the fight, but I can see his boxing ability, he doesn't lean over or lose his balance like I thought he would.

What he would do with his jab and his movement is being a problem right there, as soon as Marquette starts moving forward he moves his body back, something he hasn't done before, so they have been training very hard and studying film for those fights in those who have landed a left hook. in that exchange you see how the crowd, which was a professional market, travels to see how everyone can trade for the underdog in the fight, the fight progresses every time ds lands, they are putting out an artisanal sauce cheering him on, you can't dislike the kid . he's as lovable as anyone in the sport, now listen, you gotta hit the jabbers that work for you, but keep doubling and tripling it, okay, double triplet, but he's still trying to set you up for the right hand, okay , but look double, triple it, but then add your faint, okay, look, I need you to come a little closer and work some combination for me, okay, we need to change something now, okay, okay, let's press him, what round is this ninth round?

Okay, we have four rounds left. Okay, we have to do it. push him now the ninth ninth round you're winning them all you're winning the mall don't stop leading please he can react and then press hold that left up everyone who's left everyone who's left don't let him in don't let him in completely to the left round nine begins did you hear ronnie shields asking diaz to step up harold how did you get it 79 73 seven rounds to one a good man marquez you know jim i just don't think juan diaz can stay out and do what he's doing now and win the fight, in other words, he just throws that occasional left jab, no combinations, no really hard right hands, he's not drawing it in, juan manuel marquez just nails him with solid good-hearted punches because he fights flash. he got to his feet after three, four, five punches at a time, just like you saw there, Juan Diaz just spends too much time outside, not enough time inside, doing some damage, seven for one, Marquez, well, I think that at this time Ronnie Shields gave him a great job. instructions he has caught a good fight he is losing it but it was still a good fight the jab has worked effectively mark his eyes are practically closed now this is the time if you want to say well, I just want to go to the end and not get knocked out.

I can continue doing what I'm going to do, that's what I'm going to do if I want to go for the victory now is the time when I will try to take a step forward because Márquez is handicapped by that hard left hand, a hard right hand from Márquez Díaz He wobbled again and when Juan Diaz finishes and that's the first look in both fights, you know he's in big trouble, it's Marquez's consistent precision, it's the fact that he lands so many punches right on the button. I have been very impressed with Díaz's defense.

By the way, every time he's here he rarely gets it with another hit, something he would never have done before. His defense has been pretty good and he made sure for the first time, yes, by fighting more intelligently than before. . Dave was a Marquez man, though I mean. All the time he is a very dangerous man because he is very intelligent and his variety of blows is incredible to us and the intense intensity of his concentration is extraordinary, a very competitive man, he never misses an opportunity, right, his right eye is very swollen , blood drips from his right nostril. and still juan manuel marquez is focused on the task of taking down juan diaz at this point, from my perspective, diaz needs to throw the ring clock, the bell that rings between rounds and all our monitors in the uh in marquez is his only chance . but what his goal is now is to box, not get knocked out or try to win the fight in the next three rounds.

He has to make that decision. Blood is coming out of Diaz's mouth now and if you had trouble concentrating on Mexico vs. Nate. campbell and in houston last year with blood running down his face, how hard will it be as he tastes the blood flowing into his mouth, come on, his mouth is left, come on, here, come on joe, come in, come down, look at that lip now . Listen when you double and triple the jab, everything is fine, okay, don't stop rushing, don't let them react, don't let them build. The ninth round was very one-sided 26-58 for Márquez, he only threw 28 punches and only landed six. he was on the defensive most of the time, it was over 20 seconds between rounds before joe chavez the cut man could get into position to look, his lip appears to be torn on the lower right edge, bad bad cut on the Sure, yes, the right edge of the lower lip and you don't know which part of the cut is inside the mouth, so Diaz now has to deal with that and, as we pointed out, his response to his own blood against Campbell and the last year against Márquez.

Marquez isn't particularly encouraging, of course, for he fought Pacquiao twice with blood running down his face and it never really bothered him. He is a true experienced warrior. You know that his thing is to fight and I look sadder because he is rather satisfied with this. fight even though we're not in ronnie protects me i think he's very satisfied with the fact that he's not in any serious trouble i think he's very worried about getting knocked out juan diaz was very honest with us at his fighters meeting yesterday when he said : Look as a fighter, this is a win I owe for myself, I can't afford to lose the fight, but as a man, that's not really true, I'm headed to law school, I have another life and that, to the In the eyes of some, it is another difference in life. fight, remember that he graduated from college a few months ago he obtained a college degree while fighting at the peak of his career.

It's pretty amazing and we'll be taking the law school entrance exam in October. Let's hope it's easier than this Diaz seems very comfortable working with. Behind hard work, more than anything, it's a shot that can be taken without taking too many risks and I seem to feel whatever that can do for me, whether I win or lose, I'm going to stick to that, I'm not going to take too many. risks tonight and if that can be when I saw him open up with open punches I can take punches no so he's not throwing too many hooks with a brain like his and a life like his I shouldn't take any risks I'd like to .

To see him open up a little more in the last round, I think he'll do a lot better than he thinks. When you win the fight, you slow down a little bit, it looks like you're tired, increase your combinations, right? But don't forget about the hooks, okay, you got up because too, but turn and throw yours, okay, look at the combinations, okay, keep your hand closed writing understrokes there, okay, come on baby, now look When you finish hitting, move your head, don't stay there. In front of them, okay, the brave Ronnie Shields never gives anything but his best effort, so much passion, so much care for thefighters, so many bad luck losses and great fights, but over the years, Juan Diaz is very special to him and Willis Savannah because they have had him since he was a little kid when he walked into the gym, I think he weighed around 110 pounds when I was 10 years old, I think it's a little more emotion they have with this guy than most of the fighters they're involved with. training and handling the tenth round was unilateral 30 of 63 for Márquez 9 of 55 for Diaz Marquez with an advantage of 56 to 15 in connections according to copybox in the last two rounds and like a good left hook from Diaz he had a chance and I hit it but it seems satisfied with what he's doing, yes, for the most part, he's still satisfied with getting this fight to the end, but you know, I think if he steps up a little bit, he'll be surprised at what he could do himself, especially. with that bruised clothes really on marquez's right eye, well it's a very professional effort on diaz's part, maybe that's what he wanted to prove to himself and that he could fight to the end and execute a plan against a great fighter like Márquez and no one has made the decision. kind of punishment he's getting with his fight with Nate Campbell and the first fight with Mark here, so it's easy for us to sit here and say he should do this to do that, but he has to have some kind of psychological damage on top of that. time. physical damage from those terrible beatings.

Look now he's pushing the machetes back, you can see the difference, but I said in the last two rounds he should have stepped up a little bit even at risk, but he's just taking a step. I think Márquez is a little vulnerable now. Yeah, and this is still a puncher, but I still think he's a little more vulnerable. Yes, in this round clearly Marquez's intensity has gone down maybe because Nacho the bassist Dane keeps telling him between corn or in the corner between rounds that he is winning every round if you listen to the coach says enough is enough after a while you realize That I have accumulated a lot and of course the whole logic is that he has accumulated the budget trying to box, he would not have been so successful.

I have been very impressed with how well he has been able to box and maintain his balance and his defense well tonight, but all you will get is a hard-earned defeat at this point. I hope for his sake that Ronnie Shields says One round to go and if you want to win the fight you have to knock that man out, okay honey, I've got the last round, I know, go ahead Joe, look Juan, that's the last one. assault. Okay, look, I don't want you running in. Okay, don't run around with nothing. Okay, stay to your left because you can't see with your eye.

Okay, but look, keep doubling and tripling the jab, but when you get close, sit on your punches. You are not sitting now. on them, Uppercut, you're trying to throw quick punches, okay, you're trying to throw quick punches, but now we have to sit on our punches, okay, don't go crazy, he'll come out with strong hooks, use your hooks, let than your hands. get to the hooks here's a little footnote from the copybox marquez has landed the most punches tonight in any fight of his tracked by compubox landing more punches here than against rocky juarez short has his old stable made for houston harold how Do you have it coming left nine rounds to two 108 101 one language?

You know, the only two rounds I gave Juan Diaz with two rounds were where I thought he was aggressive where he kept it, you know where he rushed it trying to get in. and he landed some decent punches now he's doing it but it's too late I mean for most of the fight Juan Diaz was on the outside trying to win with a left jab which was totally unsuccessful because a man will score this hit them nine. to two marquez there were no knockdowns in the fight although diaz has been staggered at least twice marquez was never really in trouble despite the look in that right eye which you can attribute to the accumulation of punishment from diaz's jab and the occasional uppercut from the left and also to the accumulation of punishment for Márquez's almost 30 years of boxing, that is true and the tissues around your eyes become inflamed very easily when you have been boxing for a long time and you get so injured and that is part of a tradition with He, as always, his eyes and how recent they have been. between being cut and swollen is something you have to expect to a certain extent when you have so many fights so if it ends as expected it will be the 51st victory of Marquez's career it reestablishes for the boxing public his identity as the legitimate champion of the weight division light and sets him up for more in the future, what he really wants, but it looks like at this point he's likely to get it, it's a third fight against Manny Pacquiao, a nice left hook from Diaz Marquez, he dropped his right glove casually and almost.

I wasn't even paying attention this time, he beat Diaz in front when he came in, I think this is still even though he will lose a decision, I think I personally believe that within Diaz he has a victory for himself, I think the fact That he didn't get knocked out, the fight was a pretty smart fight, I think it's a great win even though he won't get the decision himself. The next step is the law school entrance exam in October and assuming he then he gains admission and continues. To go to law school, it was one thing to fight and pursue a career in boxing as a student, and it would be another thing to try to do it while he was going to law school.

A brilliant finish for the two fighters who produced the fight of the year last year. It won't be a fight of the year candidate, but it was an excellent, spirited fight between two outstanding boxers. The shoulders of his quarterman. No one is going to bother lifting one. There's no point in that kind of false bravado. At this point, let's quickly make a decision. look what happened in the fight while the two fighters were waiting for the judge's scorecards in the first round at the beginning of the fight we saw diaz with the intensity in the boxing style but that combination of marquez set the tone for what would happen throughout of the fight in the remaining fourth round Uppercut from Márquez I told you that Díaz staggered at least twice in the fight, that was one of them in the sixth round, one more combination of punches from Márquez in the ninth round, this combination opened a bad cut to the bottom right of Juan Díaz's mouth and then the final blast. that ends the fight as the two fighters give everything in the final stretch and now michael buffer is not ready but now he arrives there is michael, he turns on the microphone he holds the sheet of paper in front of him, let's go from mandalay bay in las vegas let's go to the scorecards jerry roth 116 112 glenn trowbridge 118 110. patricia morris charmander 117 111 all to the winner by unanimous decision and still world lightweight champion juan manuel dynamite so, oh, let's look at the copybox numbers for the Marquez fight got 288 for 672 here tonight. 43 is a brilliant connection percentage in a great fight Juan Díaz 155 out of 579 those numbers reflect his desire to box and not fight in this fight tonight Marquez landed more punches in the fight than has been the case in his brilliant career, a average of 10 punches per round, Diaz with 81 out of 336, that's a pretty good punch for a guy who isn't his particular stock in commercial power punches, 168 for Marquez, 74 for Diaz alone, like once.

Again, Marquez's accuracy and ability to land multiple punches, particularly in exchanges with the opponent, give him the biggest advantage in the fight and we will see a punch zone graph that will show us where the two fighters landed throughout the fight. fight. body shots landed by Diaz, I could have done better maybe try to go more to the body and get a little more out of Marquez and you'll see, or excuse me, only 28 body shots landed by Diaz, that's the point I'm trying. To do on the left side you see Marcus' body and only 28 body blows landed by Díaz and that is not enough to take away the strength of an excellent offensive fighter like Juan Manuel Márquez and now the weight champion accompanies us in the ring light. of the world who made a tremendous effort tonight to get his second victory over Juan Díaz last year's Juan Manuel fight was a non-stop barn burner from start to finish this seemed more like a technical boxing match the first one was difficult it was a the war for both of us this was a little more tactical we also wanted to box a little more but we were able to get through Diaz for his part clearly tried to move to a higher level of boxing skill than he had occupied before and endured a great effort in trying After doing so, were you impressed by what he was able to do?

He is a great fighter, he knows some techniques, he obviously likes the box, but tonight our technique was in our favor. Was it satisfying for you to come to Las Vegas and save once and for all the memory of what happened against Floyd Mayweather? Last year, if the fans know that we came to give the best possible fight, but there was a big difference in weight, but like every Mexican warrior, we came to give our hearts and fight with our faces, you have had two incredible fights against Manny Pacquiao, we all know how much You want a third chance in the ring with Pacquiao, but you're also the rightful world lightweight champion, which is a good pedestal from which to campaign. 135-pound fighters, so what's more important is trying to convince Pacquiao to fight you again or dominate this division.

He is Filipino. The trilogy is what we want. I think it's the best for boxing. For the fans. The people wanted. We loved the Mexican fans. The Filipino fans. Everyone who follows boxing, okay, so Pacquiao is more important than the lightweight division. That's right, that's true, that fight is glorious for me, it's the most important. Your brother has a big task in September against Juan Manuel López of Puerto Rico, who is an excellent champion. What do you think about it? It's a great fight and that's the kind of fight that people want to see and like my fight Rafas Lopez that's the kind of fight that people want to see well thanks again Juan Manuel and congratulations on another brilliant victory, thank you and I will be ready for another fight in November possibly, I hope Pacquiao decides well, thank you very much, so let me turn for a moment to emmanuel stewart emmanuel, he makes it clear that he wants pacquiao, he has I have a passion for that fight and I think it would be a good fight, but I think he will have to realize that Pacquiao is moving on and he has to find another fight.

Well, let's now turn to Juan Diaz, who kindly agrees to join us in the ring. One, you clearly wanted to box more than you did a year ago and, from our point of view, you managed to do exactly that. How do you feel about your performance? Well, I followed the game plan. You know, I used my jab. It was working. Pretty good, but Juan Manuel Marcus is a great fighter, you know, the judges saw him win tonight, so that's it, I have a feeling that now you've spent two long fights in the ring with a guy who is either the best or the second best offensive wrestler in the sport uh that wasn't a very easy task for you right no it wasn't you know juan mata marcus is a great wrestler i give him all the credit in the world and uh you know he was. a better man tonight juan, let's face it, you've lost four of your last six fights and you're taking the law school entrance exam in october, it was one thing to fight a brilliant high level professional boxing career as a student law university School is harder work What is your future?

Well, I have to sit down with my trainers, my manager and really consider my future in boxing and see where it takes me. You know, boxing has been great for me. HBO has definitely been great for me. And uh, I know, when October 7th rolls around, I'm going to knock that damn Elsa out. All boxing fans in the world have roots for you to pass the lsat. Are you telling us there's a chance you won't get back in the ring again? I have to do it. I really reconsider all the facts and will see what happens from now on.

You know, I put up a great fight for 10 years, that's longer than many fighters stay in the game. You know, but I just have to see. I'm not going to sit here and say no, I'm not going to fight anymore. Yes, this is my last fight because the opportunities are endless around the world. Well, it has been a pleasure dealing with you in every way. and whatever your future is we wish you the best thank you very much, thank you very much jim and I want to thank all the fans in houston, give them a big hug and a kiss, thank you for all the support and all the prayers. years I love you Houston, thank you very much Juan Diaz Emmanuel Stewart he is a winner he is a winner you know when I look at his losses each one of those losses were guys for the most part outside of Polymer who are great hall of fame fighters.

I mean, it's not a shame, he's been up against some tough competition for a young man his age, so it was Juan Manuel Márquez and Juan Díaz who produced a worthy successor to last year's fight and, in case you lost, there was a seismic shock on the undercard as a great unknown uh dimitri perogue from galenchak russia if you've ever heard of that came to these shores faced one ofAmerica's most famous young prospects Daniel Jacobs surprised him with his athleticism in the early rounds and then I think in the fifth round, Right knocked him out with an impressive right hand over the top, so Jacob is like a lot of young prospects before him, including, for example, Amir Khan who he now has to find, including Jorge Linares, who was in the first fight.

On tonight's card, Jacobs has to prove that he can come back from a catastrophic shock early in his career and Marquez, having solidified his dominance in the lightweight championship, makes it clear that he wants a third fight with Manny Pacquiao, let's see if that happens in the meantime. Thank you so much. for being with us márquez vs diaz have been brought by mandalay bay now is the time to escape to mandalay bay go to mandalaybay.com to reserve a plan today t viva mexico make calls with your wireless phone to mexico or from mexico as if they were calls local and on hbo pay-per-view the best in pay-per-view entertainment presented by hbo.

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