Juan Manuel Marquez vs Juan Diaz Fight Result
W.B.A., W.B.O., I.B.O. and Ring Magazine World Lightweight Champion Juan Manuel Márquez Win against Three-Time World Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz in Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, USA. Marquez knock down Juan Diaz twice in the ninth round. A hug left uppercut from Marquez take down Juan Diaz 2:40 of the ninth round, then referee Rafael Ramos stopped the fight.
Diaz was beating Marquez to the punch in most of the early rounds, but Marquez rarely let Diaz throw the final blow of an exchange. No matter what Diaz hit him with – and it was a lot – Marquez came back firing. Marquez was cut in the second round. From round three to five it was more like Diaz was gaining control of the game. Marquez face looked swollen and was bleeding, Marquez looked like badly beaten by Juan Diaz and was on the verge of losing the fight.
On the eight round Marquez came back and starting to show more power. Finally in the ninth round Marquez left hand uppercut concluded the fight, Diaz was not able to recover.
The fight was so close that the each judge scored it differently. Duane Ford had it 77-75 for Marquez. Max DeLuca had it 77-75 for Diaz, and Levi Martinez had it 76-76.
In an interview Marquez said; “I only want to fight the best guys, Mayweather, Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao, whoever it is, those are the fights I want. These are the kinds of fights the people want. You heard them tonight. These are the kinds of fights we should give them.â€
It’s looking like 2009 is going to be the sport’s best year in a long time.