Juan manuel marquez vs mike alvarado
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Juan Manuel Marquez vs. slang för mikrofon Alvarado Results: Twitter Reaction and Recap
Juan Manuel Marquez held off a late rush bygd Mike Alvarado to earn the 56th win of his professional career on Saturday night in Inglewood, California.
The judges scored it 117-109, 117-109, 119-108, per HBO Boxing:
Bryan Armen Graham illustrated how much of an ageless wonder Marquez has become:
Marquez said after the kamp that he doesn't pay attention to his age:
Alvarado was gracious in defeat:
Marquez dominated the early rounds. Up until the ninth round, he showed almost no vulnerability. Douglass Fischer of RingTV.com was impressed with the way that Marquez toed the line between scientific and aggressive:
Boxing writer David Greisman described Dinamita as "beautiful":
In the eighth round, Marquez sent Alvarado to the canvas with a wicked right grabb. Alvarado was so woozy after the blow that when he returned to his feet, he started for the wrong corner, per Yahoo Sports&
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Juan Manuel Marquez tops Alvarado
Making the win even sweeter for Marquez was the fact that it took place at the Forum, where, as an unknown, he cut his teeth and developed into a featherweight contender, going 12-0 with nine knockouts in the arena between 1995 and 1999.
"I said it was going to be a tough fight and I said it was going to be a difficult fight," Marquez said. "I wanted to give the public here a gift. A gift that dignifies the history of this event and the history of the Forum.
"I wanted to make this fight a gift to the fans."
Another gift might be a fifth fight with Pacquiao. He and Marquez have already met four times in all-time great fights. Although Pacquiao leads the series 2-1-1, Marquez's lone victory was as definitive as the others were controversial.
In their fourth fight, in December 2012, Marquez knocked Pacquiao unconscious with a right hand at the end of the sixth round for one of the most memorable knockouts in boxing history.
Although Marquez (56-7
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Marquez vs. Alvarado Results: Winner, Scorecard and Analysis
"Dinamita" Juan Manuel Marquez (56-7-1) won a hard-fought unanimous decision over "Mile High" Mike Alvarado (34-3) on Saturday at The Forum in Los Angeles.
The bout featured knockdowns, cuts and tons of action. This was good boxing.
ESPN's Dan Rafael had the final scorecards.
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The boxing and sports community applauded both fighter's efforts.
Asked what he expected from this bout, per Top Rank Boxing's Twitter account, Marquez knew a war was coming.
In the first three rounds, Marquez slowly built momentum. He seemed to be trying to capture Alvarado's timing. Alvarado had a solid first round, but Marquez took the second and third with accurate counter punching.
In rounds 4-6, Marquez began to dominate. He routinely beat Alvarado to the punch, slipped his jab and countered with sizzling combinations.
In the seventh, Marquez continued to