Marquez will be devastated to know he's been stripped of his " Super" WBA title

WBA has vacated their lightweight “super” title from Juan Manuel Marquez due to the expiration of 18 months without facing a mandatory challenger as required by the organization’s rules. In the new November and December ranking published January 4 by the WBA, the title is listed as vacant. Marquez won the belt in February 2009 against Juan Diaz, then fought a non-title fight with Floyd Mayweather in September 2009, a defense/rematch against Juan Diaz in July 2010, and his last defense against WBO interim beltholder Michael Katsidis on November 27, 2010. After that he fought a non-title bout against Likare Ramos and a welterweight bout against Manny Pacquiao.

Marquez will be informed of the news by his advisers and and we’ll see if he uses his right to a reconsideration by the WBA.

The new WBA rankings now list all interim titleholders as #1 in their weight divisions. In the current lightweight ratings interim titlist Richard April is #1, Jorge Linares is #2 and Brandon Rios is #3.

GrantZilla wrote:I read The Ring will ask him to vacate his Lightweight belt if his next fight is not at Lightweight. But I'm sure they'll make an exception if his night fight is a Pac rematch.

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:He should vacate it though because it's obvious Marquez wants to cash out.

GrantZilla wrote:

Hagler's Bald Head wrote:He should vacate it though because it's obvious Marquez wants to cash out.

I'm sure he will. No fighter has refused not to vacate it if they do not plan on defending the belt in the division.

It'd be nice if JMM did defend it against say Rios, and if he lost it, no big deal to his legacy.

UBeeg9cats wrote:He deserves to be stripped. JMM is a hall of famer with skills and willingness to battle but he has started rubbing me the wrong way with his constant Pac chatter. He isn't going back to lightweight and EVERYONE knows it. Let the division get a new king. Demarco, Vazquez, Mitchell, and Burns can fight for supremacy in fights I would like to see.

UBeeg9cats wrote:He deserves to be stripped. JMM is a hall of famer with skills and willingness to battle but he has started rubbing me the wrong way with his constant Pac chatter. He isn't going back to lightweight and EVERYONE knows it. Let the division get a new king. Demarco, Vazquez, Mitchell, and Burns can fight for supremacy in fights I would like to see.

powerpuncher wrote:

UBeeg9cats wrote:He deserves to be stripped. JMM is a hall of famer with skills and willingness to battle but he has started rubbing me the wrong way with his constant Pac chatter. He isn't going back to lightweight and EVERYONE knows it. Let the division get a new king. Demarco, Vazquez, Mitchell, and Burns can fight for supremacy in fights I would like to see.

all of his pac chatter? he hasnt even said much about it. he does have a right to be mad about it because he should have at least won 1 of the fights but probably more. if any fighter has a right to complain, its JMM because he has gotten the shaft his whole career.

UBeeg9cats wrote:

powerpuncher wrote:

UBeeg9cats wrote:He deserves to be stripped. JMM is a hall of famer with skills and willingness to battle but he has started rubbing me the wrong way with his constant Pac chatter. He isn't going back to lightweight and EVERYONE knows it. Let the division get a new king. Demarco, Vazquez, Mitchell, and Burns can fight for supremacy in fights I would like to see.

all of his pac chatter? he hasnt even said much about it. he does have a right to be mad about it because he should have at least won 1 of the fights but probably more. if any fighter has a right to complain, its JMM because he has gotten the shaft his whole career.

Hasn't said much since the fight but I don't remember him talking about anyone else for the last 2-3 years. He made shirts about winning the first 2 fights. He has mentioned Bradley recently and I am glad. In the 40 months since he became the lightweight champ, he has 3 defenses against Diaz and Kat only. The second Diaz defense should barely even count. Fight at lightweight or vacate. Fight at 140 against Khan, Peterson, Bradley, Morales, Maidana, or Matthysse. Guerrero and Rios are nice challenges too.

Sorry, I'm just on a soapbox recently because I am sick of people chasing Pac and Mayweather when they could fight good fights (which would improve their chances of landing a/another fight with the cash cows).

powerpuncher wrote:

UBeeg9cats wrote:He deserves to be stripped. JMM is a hall of famer with skills and willingness to battle but he has started rubbing me the wrong way with his constant Pac chatter. He isn't going back to lightweight and EVERYONE knows it. Let the division get a new king. Demarco, Vazquez, Mitchell, and Burns can fight for supremacy in fights I would like to see.

all of his pac chatter? he hasnt even said much about it. he does have a right to be mad about it because he should have at least won 1 of the fights but probably more. if any fighter has a right to complain, its JMM because he has gotten the shaft his whole career.

Soonermark890 wrote:

powerpuncher wrote:

UBeeg9cats wrote:He deserves to be stripped. JMM is a hall of famer with skills and willingness to battle but he has started rubbing me the wrong way with his constant Pac chatter. He isn't going back to lightweight and EVERYONE knows it. Let the division get a new king. Demarco, Vazquez, Mitchell, and Burns can fight for supremacy in fights I would like to see.

all of his pac chatter? he hasnt even said much about it. he does have a right to be mad about it because he should have at least won 1 of the fights but probably more. if any fighter has a right to complain, its JMM because he has gotten the shaft his whole career.

? How? I had Pac winning all three fights. They are close fights that can go either way and people act like it was the biggest robbery of all time. Maybe if the guy could stay on his damn feet he would have won two of them.

Soonermark890 wrote:

powerpuncher wrote:

UBeeg9cats wrote:He deserves to be stripped. JMM is a hall of famer with skills and willingness to battle but he has started rubbing me the wrong way with his constant Pac chatter. He isn't going back to lightweight and EVERYONE knows it. Let the division get a new king. Demarco, Vazquez, Mitchell, and Burns can fight for supremacy in fights I would like to see.

all of his pac chatter? he hasnt even said much about it. he does have a right to be mad about it because he should have at least won 1 of the fights but probably more. if any fighter has a right to complain, its JMM because he has gotten the shaft his whole career.

? How? I had Pac winning all three fights. They are close fights that can go either way and people act like it was the biggest robbery of all time. Maybe if the guy could stay on his damn feet he would have won two of them.

powerpuncher wrote:but you have to remember that JMM is old. he is at the end of his career and deserves the big fight against pac. its not like these fighters in their mid 20's who are trying to cash out now. JMM has earned his shot to fight the best. and we should want him to fight the best because he has been a top p4p fighters for years now.

GrantZilla wrote:Dan Rafael
WBO has stripped lightweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez and elevated interim titlist Ricky Burns to its full titleholder.

gomez1012 wrote:If Peterson vs Marquez & Bradley vs Pacquiao tourney gets done, I cant complain