Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Díaz

Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Díaz, billed as A Battle for the Ages. A Fight for Supremacy, was a boxing lightweight title superfight, for the vacant WBO and WBA lightweight championship, and Marquez's The Ring lightweight title. The bout was held on February 28, 2009, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States. Marquez won the fight via technical knockout in the ninth round.

A Battle for the Ages. A Fight for Supremacy
DateFebruary 28, 2009
VenueToyota Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineThe Ring and vacant WBA (Super) and WBO lightweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Juan Manuel Márquez Juan Díaz
Nickname Dinamita
("Dynamite")		 Baby Bull
Hometown Mexico City, Mexico Houston, Texas, U.S.
Pre-fight record 49–4–1 (36 KO) 34–1 (17 KO)
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 134+1⁄2 lb (61 kg) 134+1⁄2 lb (61 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition The Ring lightweight champion
The Ring No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
3-division world champion		 IBO lightweight champion
Result
Márquez wins via 9th-round TKO

The match was named the 2009 Fight of the Year.

The fight

Díaz controlled the fight early in the bout as the two boxers exchanged punches. Díaz opened a cut above Márquez's right eye in the fifth round, and looked to control the bout, but Márquez responded by opening a gash above Diaz's right eye, and stunning him with a left hook before the end of the eighth round. Márquez landed two hard rights to Díaz's face in a three-punch combination that knocked Díaz down with 35 seconds remaining in the ninth round. Díaz rose, but seconds later, Márquez followed with a right uppercut to the chin that knocked Díaz down for a second time. Referee Rafael Ramos waved an end to the fight after two minutes and 40 seconds of the ninth round.

Aftermath

With the victory, Márquez defended his Ring Lightweight title, and claimed the WBO, the WBA, and the IBO Lightweight championship titles.[1]

References
  1. Márquez stops Houston's Diaz in ninth round - Chron.com
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