JOEL CASAMAYOR AND JUAN MANUEL MARQUEZ COMPETE FOR LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE
Casamayor vs. Marquez, a 12-round bout for Casamayor's Ring Magazine World Lightweight Championship, will headline a night of world-class professional boxing. The world title bout will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and will be distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View, beginning at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT.
"I'm very excited for this great fight and I'm happy that Golden Boy gave me this opportunity," said Casamayor. "It is going to be a war between two legends but one of us will be finished after this and I know I'm going to retire Juan Manuel Marquez on September 13."
Marquez commented, "This is the most important fight of my life because I'm putting my career on the line to go up in weight to fight Joel. He is the best at 135 and a very dangerous fighter. It's a huge fight for me and I'm very excited to fight in front of all of my loyal fans in Las Vegas on Mexican Independence Day weekend."
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