Marquez, Diaz ready for rematch

Juan Manuel Marquez and Juan Diaz engage in a staredown at today’s final presser held at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The 12-round rematch of the 2009 “Fight of the Year” is scheduled for Saturday, July 31 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, and will be for Marquez’s Ring Magazine, WBA and WBO Lightweight World titles.  The fight will be produced and distributed live on HBO Pay-Per-View® beginning at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.

Quick quotes by Andreas Hale:

Marquez: “I’ve always said that to make a big fight, you need two fighters and I think we have achieved that. This fight will be better than the first one.”

Nacho Beristain, Marquez’s trainer: “They call Juan Diaz the ‘Baby Bull’ for good reason. You combine his style with Juan Manuel’s style and you will have another great fight.”

Diaz: “Here I am in a big pay per view fight and it just makes sense that I’m going to win. I lost my last fight and this time I will win and I’ll keep winning from now on.”

Ronnie Shields, Diaz’s trainer: “The first fight is definitely one of the best fights I’ve ever been involved in so rest assured the second fight will be more than exceptional.”

Oscar De La Hoya: “This should be ‘Fight of the Year’ again.”

July 28th, 2010

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