Juan Manuel López vs. Rafael Márquez

Puerto Rico vs. Mexico
Date	November 6, 2010
Location	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Title(s) on the line	WBO Featherweight Title.
Tale of the tape
Juan Manuel Lopez Rafael Márquez Nickname Juanma Hometown Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico Pre-fight record 29–0–0 (26 KO) 39–5–0 (35 KO) Height 5 feet, 7 inches 5 feet, 5 inches Recognition WBO Featherweight Champion. Former WBC Super Bantamweight & IBF Bantamweight Champion.
Result
Lopez defeats Marquez via technical knockout in the eighth round

In addition, theirs will be yet another battle in the long-running rivalry between Mexican boxers and those from Puerto Rico, a fact that is lost on neither combatant.

They had been scheduled to meet September 18—the weekend of Mexican Independence Day - but the fight was postponed August 21 because Marquez suffered a freak injury to his right thumb when he slammed it in a car door. Lopez's second defence of his WBO title was rescheduled to November 6 on Showtime.^[1]

The Fight

Marquez would ultimately lose the bout by 8th round TKO after he was unable to continue due to a shoulder injury. After the fight, Marquez said that he had chosen to proceed with the bout despite a right shoulder injury suffered before the contest because he did not wish to cause a second delay. According to Marquez, he re-aggravated that injury in the third round during a flurry of punches. He also expressed his eagerness to face Lopez in a rematch.^[2] It was later revealed that Marquez had suffered a hairline fracture in his right shoulder blade during the fight and would require 6 months to recover from the injury.^[3]

Televised

• Featherweight bout: Juan Manuel Lopez vs. Rafael Márquez

Lopez defeated Marquez via technical knockout in the eighth round. Marquez was unable to continue following the eighth round citing a shoulder injury.

• Super Middleweight bout: Allan Green vs. Glen Johnson

Johnson defeats Green via knockout in the eighth round.

Untelevised

• Ligtweight bout: Marvin Quintero vs. Daniel Attah

Attah defeated Quintero via knockout in the second round.

• Super Featherweight bout: Diego Magdaleno vs. Derrick Campos

Magdaleno defeated Campos via technical knockout in the fourth round.

• Lightweight bout: Mickey Bey Jr vs. Eric Cruz

Bey Jr defeated Cruz via unanimous decision (60-53, 59-53, 59-53).

• Flyweight bout: McWilliams Arroyo vs. Cesar Grajeda

Arroyo defeated Grajeda via technical knockout in the first round.

• Light Welterweight bout: Dany Escobar vs. Anthony Lenk

Lenk defeated Escobar via unanimous decision.

• Featherweight bout: Jesus Magdaleno vs. Matthew Salazar

Magdaleno defeated Salazar via technical knockout in the first round. This was Magdaleno's professional debut.

International broadcast

Country Broadcaster  Albania SuperSport 1  Argentina TyC Sports  Australia Main Event  Brazil SporTV  Chile ESPN+  Czech Republic Sport 1  Denmark TV2 Sport  Fiji Sky Pacific  France Canal+  Germany Sky Sport 1  Greece Nova Sports 4  Hungary Sport 2  Italy Sky Calcio 12  Malaysia Astro SuperSport 2  Mexico Canal 5  New Zealand SKY Box Office 200  Philippines *ABS-CBN (free-to-air, via satellite on November 7) Studio 23 (replay on November 8)  Poland Polsat Sport Extra  Portugal SPORT TV2  Qatar Al Jazeera Sports 1  Romania Sport.ro  Russia NTV Plus Sport  Slovakia Sport 1  South Africa SuperSport 2  Spain Taquilla 3  Ukraine Sport 1  United Kingdom Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports 1 HD  United States HBO PPV Movie Theaters via NCM Fathom US Military via AFN Sports  Venezuela Meridiano

• ABS-CBN is the official television network of the entry to the ABS-CBN Sports presents Top Rank boxing series.

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