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Juan Diaz vs Juan Manuel Marquez 2

  • Hulk Smash
    A rematch of HBO's 2009 fight of the year.
    If you haven't had the pleasure of watching their first fight HBO is showing it on their website
    http://www.hbo.com/index.html#

    It would be great if they can produce the same fireworks they did last year. Marquez was beat in his last fight by Mayweather but that was at welterweight, this fight is in the lightweight division where Marquez is the reigning linear champion.

    This pay-per-view has a very solid undercard too.

    Daniel Jacobs(20-0) vs Dmitri Pirog(16-0) for a middleweight title belt.
    Robert Guerrero(26-1-1) vs Joel Casamayor(37-4-1)
    Jorge Linares(28-1) vs Rocky Juarez(28-6-1)

    All solid fights......best ppv undercard in a long time

    Before the ppv starts your ppv provider will be showing two undercard fights for free.
    Sakio Bika(28-3-2) vs Jean Paul Mendy(28-0-1) for the right to challenge Lucian Bute
    There is also a four round fight featuring a Golden Boy prospect.

    All the fights are competitive on paper and have a good chance of being fan friendly fights.
    I've been very critical of the Golden Boy for his garbage undercards in the past but I'll give him credit for putting together a very good one this time plus a great headliner.