Boxing superstar Juan Manuel Marquez is expected to announce his retirement from the sport Friday, capping a 24-year career that began in May 1993. At 32, Mayweather is still at the peak of his career, but his 19-month inactive status might work against him when he fights Marquez, 35, who is coming off from two impressive victories over tough fighters and has not shown any signs of diminished power despite his age.
Who defeated Manuel Marquez?
While Pacquiao knocked Márquez down three times in the opening round of their first fight, many ringside observers believed Márquez won a large enough balance of the following eleven rounds to earn the decision.
Floyd Mayweather vs. Juan Manuel Márquez, billed as Number One/Número Uno, was a welterweight super fight that took place on September 19, 2009, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas between five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39–0, 25 KO) and three-division champion Juan Manuel Márquez (50–4–1, 37 KO)