Feature story by Chris Cozzone
If you expected former champ Rafael Marquez to go quietly into the night, you were wrong.
If you thought the man who battled Israel Vazquez heart and soul throughout one of the greatest trilogies in boxing history, was finished, think again.
This Saturday, Marquez (37-5, 33 KOs) will stage his long-awaited return to the ring. Going up against Jose Francisco Mendoza (21-2-2, 17 KOs), of Bogota, Colombia, Marquez will end the longest layoff of his career-one year, two months, and 22 days, in case you were counting-and step back into the championship picture in a 12-round WBC super bantamweight title eliminator . . . . Click here for full story
