WARNING TO MANNY PACQUIAO: 3 Highly-Rated Negros Boxers Among Marquez?s KO Victims
By Alex P. Vidal
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 03 Feb 2008
A stern warning to Manny Pacquiao.
Juan Manuel ?Dinamita? Marquez had spent a combined total of 14 rounds in dismantling three highly-rated Filipino fighters since 2000.
First to fall was junior featherweight terror Reynante Jamili who was blasted to smithereens in three rounds on Oct. 22, 2000 at the Peppermill Hotel & Casino, Reno, Nevada, United States.
On April 1, 2001, it was the turn of Baby Lorona, Jr. to wipe the canvas of the same venue with his face, absorbing a brutal second round knockout from the Mexican hombre destined to become a superfeatherweight ruler of the world.
The third casualty was Jimrex Jaca who capitulated in nine rounds in the WBO featherweight championship at the Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas on November 25, 2006.
Incidentally, both Jamili, Lorona, and Jaca come from Negros Oriental and are Ilonggo-speaking.
The 34-year-old Marquez will attempt to add the 29-year-old Pacquiao in his list of Filipino victims when they square off on March 15 for Marquez?s WBC superfeatherweight crown at the Mandalay Bay and Resort Casino Hotel in Las Vegas.
In terms of ring experience, age and height, Marquez has the edge. In his first professional fight on May 29, 1993, Marquez lost by disqualification to countryman Javier Duran in Distrito Federal, Mexico.
So far, he has racked up 48 wins (35 KOs) against 3 losses.
Pacquiao, on the other hand, began his illustrious fistic career on Jan. 22, 1995 with a four-round points win over Edmund Ignacio in Mindoro, Oriental. He tots a record of 45 wins (35 KOs) with 3 losses.
He has massacred a total of 8 Mexican ring superstars starting with Gabriel Mira who was halted in four rounds on April 24, 1999 at the Araneta Coliseum in Pacquiao?s first defense of the WBC flyweight crown he wrested from Chachai Sasakul (KO8) on December 8, 1998.
Among those who fell from Pacquiao?s murderous binge were Emmanuel Lucero (KO3), Marco Antonio Barrera twice (KO11 and points), Hector Velasquez (KO6), Erik Morales twice (TKO10 and KO3), Oscar Larios (UD12), and Jorge Solis (KO8).
Top photo: Marquez (L) tangles with Negrense Jimrex Jaca in this file photo from their fight in Hidalgo, Texas on Nov. 25, 2006.
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