Juan Manuel Marquez Boxing Profile: On Saturday night, September 19, live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Juan Manuel Marquez faces the toughest challenge of his Boxing career to date when he takes on former pound-for-pound kind and undefeated legend, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
According to most Online Boxing SportsBooks in the world, including SportsBetting.com, Floyd Mayweather [-400 ML] has been listed as the sports betting odds favorite to come out on top in Saturday’s mega-bout against the Boxing Profile betting underdog, Juan Manuel Marquez [+300 ML]. 
For those of you who don’t know much about him, "Dinamita" Marquez is a living legend in his own right, not only in his native country of Mexico, but all around the world. With a professional record of 50-4-1, including 37 wins via knockout, the reigning WBA and WBO Lightweight champion has put together quite the resume.
Also considered Ring Magazine Lightweight champion, his story begins in the very busy capital of Mexico. Juan Manuel Marquez Mendez was born in Mexico City on August 23, 1973, as part of a family of champions. He and his brother Rafael Marquez are one of only four sets of Mexican brothers to hold world titles. In addition to his aforementioned accomplishments, Juan Manuel has also held the IBF, WBA, and WBO Featherweight titles, while his brother Rafael is a former world champion at the Bantamweight, and Super bantamweight division.
Juan Manuel also joins a selective group of Mexican-born fighters to achieve the elite status of becoming world champions in three different weight classes. The only other man to accomplish this feat, have been a list household names such as: Marco Antonio “Baby faced-Assassin” Barrera, Erik “El Terrible” Morales, and “The Lion of Culiacan” Julio Cesar Chavez.
Early in his career, Marquez captured two Golden Glove tournament wins on his way to putting together an impressive 35-1 amateur record. His professional Boxing debut didn’t go so well for the 19 year-old, as he was disqualified in his fight against Javier Duran on May 29, 1993. However, Marquez will not lose another fight in a very long time, putting together an impressive 6-year run, which boosted his record to 29-1 professionally.
For this fight, Marquez will be going up in weight class in order to meet the catch-weight of 144 pounds. This fight was originally scheduled to take place on July 18, 2009, was postponed due to a rib injury sustained by Mayweather during his training.
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