Juan Manuel Marquez vs Zab Judah targeted for July/August PPV

According to promoter Kathy Duva of Main Events, her boxer Zab Judah (41-6,28KOs) is possibly going to make a defense of his IBF junior welterweight title against former three division champion Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5, 38KOs) on either July 30 or August 6. Marquez-Judah would headline an HBO Pay-Per-View event.

Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is still attempting to secure Marquez for the fight, but Judah is 100% on board, says Duva. Schaefer recently met with Marquez in Mexico and presented him with two possible fight scenarios. The first is the summer showdown with Judah, and the second is a mandatory title defense against Robert Guerrero, who is also promoted by Golden Boy.

“(Richard Schaefer) is going to meet with Marquez to straighten out his stuff,” Duva told Michael Coppinger of queensberry-rules.com. “I said to him, ‘If you can deliver Marquez, I want to make this fight.’ (Schaefer) wants to make the fight and HBO wants to make the fight for pay-per-view.”

“Zab called out Marquez, we got through to him, Marquez is tweeting that he wants the fight, I think he’s invested in the fight now, HBO wants it, Golden Boy wants it, I want it, we all want it.”

Zab judah no vende

Morales contra ???

powerpuncher wrote:he should fight guerrero to try to unify. guerrero has proven himself then fight soto.

gomez1012 wrote:Oscar De La Hoya's twitter today

Zab judah no vende

http://twitter.com/OscarDeLaHoya/status/57675519818338304

Wrote in Spanish, "Zab Judah dont sell" lmao

Before that posted

Morales contra ???

http://twitter.com/OscarDeLaHoya/status/57673871352020992

Somebody should tell Marquez

captainanddew wrote:

powerpuncher wrote:he should fight guerrero to try to unify. guerrero has proven himself then fight soto.

unify what? Marquez is the lineal champ.

He should fight Guerrero because the Ghost is a worthy challenger for the lineal title.

Unifying any worthless trinket shouldn't factor into it.

UBeeg9cats wrote:I've been underestimating JMM for years now but I think Rios has a chance against him. JMM will carve him up in the middle of the fight but Rios is going to keep coming at him.

powerpuncher wrote:

UBeeg9cats wrote:I've been underestimating JMM for years now but I think Rios has a chance against him. JMM will carve him up in the middle of the fight but Rios is going to keep coming at him.

ask katsidis how that worked out for him

powerpuncher wrote:

UBeeg9cats wrote:I've been underestimating JMM for years now but I think Rios has a chance against him. JMM will carve him up in the middle of the fight but Rios is going to keep coming at him.

ask katsidis how that worked out for him

UBeeg9cats wrote:

powerpuncher wrote:

UBeeg9cats wrote:I've been underestimating JMM for years now but I think Rios has a chance against him. JMM will carve him up in the middle of the fight but Rios is going to keep coming at him.

ask katsidis how that worked out for him

But JMM will be another 6 months older as well as Rios has a better chin and more power IMO. Katsidis is no puncher. He also has been KO'ed before. Rios as an arrogance that even a warrior like Katsidis could only dream of having.

powerpuncher wrote: guerrero has never impressed me before the katsidis fight so i dont know if it was just a fluke or he just looked good because of a good match up or what, but im not sold on guerrero yet.

Ali wrote:Rios is also a much better body puncher than Katsidis, so I could definitely see him wearing down Marquez near the end.

Guerrero would be very dangerous for Marquez, he's a very strong powerful lightweight with a solid jab.

UBeeg9cats wrote:

Ali wrote:Rios is also a much better body puncher than Katsidis, so I could definitely see him wearing down Marquez near the end.

Guerrero would be very dangerous for Marquez, he's a very strong powerful lightweight with a solid jab.

I think JMM would be wise to move up because the lightweight fights aren't worth a lot of money and the competition is catching up to the aging HOF.