Juan Manuel Márquez vs. Juan Díaz

A Battle for the Ages. A Fight for Supremacy
Date	February 28, 2009
Venue	Toyota Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.
Title(s) on the line	The Ring and vacant WBA (Super) and WBO lightweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer
Boxer	Juan Manuel Márquez
Nickname	Dinamita; ("Dynamite")
Hometown	Mexico City, Mexico
Pre-fight record	49–4–1 (36 KO)
Age	35 years, 6 months
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	134+1⁄2 lb (61 kg)
Style	Orthodox
Recognition	The Ring lightweight champion; The Ring No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter; 3-division world champion
Result
	Márquez wins via 9th-round TKO

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. ^[1]Marquez won the fight via technical knockout in the ninth round.

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.^[2]

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:^[3]

Broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
Australia	Main Event
United States	HBO

References

^ "Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz (1st meeting)". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
^ Márquez stops Houston's Diaz in ninth round - Chron.com
^ "BoxRec - event".

Awards
Preceded by vs. Joel Casamayor	Juan Manuel Márquez's bouts 28 February 2009	Succeeded by vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Preceded by vs. Michael Katsidis	Juan Díaz's bouts 28 February 2009	Succeeded by vs. Paulie Malignaggi
Preceded by Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez III	The Ring Fight of the Year 2009	Succeeded by Ivan Calderon vs. Giovani Segura
Preceded by Israel Vázquez vs. Rafael Márquez III	Ali–Frazier Award 2009	Succeeded by Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana

[1] "Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Juan Diaz (1st meeting)". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 6 November 2024.

[2] Márquez stops Houston's Diaz in ninth round - Chron.com

[3] "BoxRec - event".

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