Faulks Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Juanma-Marquez Rematch Eyed For August, Says Arum By Jhonny Gonzalez A rematch is being between Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez (30-0, 27KOs) and Rafael Marquez (39-6, 35KOs) is being considered for the month of August. Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum told Carlos Gonzalez that he reached an agreement with Marquez's promoter, Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions, to do an August rematch if both fighters are successful in their upcoming commitments. "Everything is in order. We have an agreement with Fernando Beltran, who is the exclusive promoter of Marquez to fight in August," Arum said. "Marquez is planning to fight in March. If they both do well in their fights, then we would do a rematch in August." Juanma will defend his WBO featherweight title against Orlando Salido on April 16 in Puerto Rico. In their first meeting last November in Las Vegas, Marquez injured his shoulder and was unable to come out for the ninth round. Juanma received a TKO victory after an exciting battle. Marquez felt the referee cost him a possible knockout victory in the fourth round. The Mexican boxer had Juanma in serious trouble and was trying to finish him off. The ref stopped the action to take away a point from Juanma for a foul and in turn it gave the unbeaten boxer a chance to recover. http://www.boxingscene.com/juanma-marquez-rematch-eyed-august-says-arum--35558? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 No Gamboa fight this year. Disappointing but not unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Marquez's shoulder injury was A) a little too convenient for my liking and B) was the least of his problems by that stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 i think his shoulder injury was legit, if i remember right he never threw anything of significance from that side. plus it was a good fight. in fact, its a bit like vazquez-marquez I in that vazquez quit. so i definitely want to see the rematch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skav Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I don't mind watching another but the first was a little too one sided for my liking. Marquez didn't really trouble Lopez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edsel77x Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 No Gamboa fight this year. Disappointing but not unexpected. Reading between the lines always says a lot. I feel that Gamboa and Lopez (after his Salido fight, which I absolutely want to see) have shared enough opponents. Frankly, I am getting tired of the building up a fighter ideology that the promoters and managers have. Its total crap! Boxing, I hope will one day take a turn for the better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted February 5, 2011 Share Posted February 5, 2011 Not interested at all.Yes it was entertaining on the night,but it doesn't warrant a rematch.Lopez pretty much had his own way throughout.There are so many other options out there but Lopez chooses the old guy that he knows he'll beat. crap// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANGLER Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I thought Raf woulda gotten beat up a lot worse than he did. His performance surprised me while it lasted. Still, not much point to this one. If they rematch I think Lopez will put a bad beatdown on him this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 The author is being a little too kind to the first fight, it was surprising mostly because people expected Juanma to splay Marquez all over the Ring...........if you'll remember the expectations for a truely competitive fight were somewhat low.When it provided a few fireworks early, it was magnified when set against that backdrop. But even at the depths of the fourth round assault, there really wasn't a point where I though Marquez might actually prevail, and by the end I thought the issue clearly settled. I see this as a needless rematch and simply a delaying tactic to put off the Gamboa fight. I continue to wish for Bob Arum's departure from the living. P.S. We're already a week into Feb., are we sure that Bob will have sufficent time to put this this fight on in August mlol/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlevy Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 They'll probably throw Marquez over to Gamoa after Lopez has his way with him again.Then Lopez can rematch Mtagwa later in the year. turd// Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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