Vazquez/Marquez On Barrera/JMM Card
By Ralph Gonzalez January 4th, 2007Israel Vasquez/Rafael Marquez on Barrera undercard
According to various sources, the boxing card headlined by Marco Antonio Barrera taking on Juan Manuel Marquez on March 17th will also feature a potentially explosive “battle of little giants” between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez.
Marquez and Vazquez are both fearsome punchers who hold world titles in the Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight divisions respectively. The Golden Boy Promotions card is slated for Las Vegas.
January 4th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Simply stated: this is great news
January 4th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Could be card of the year!
January 4th, 2007 at 9:12 pm
As Mills Lane used to say, “Let’s get it on!!” This is indeed great news for boxing fans and the undercard may be better than the main event because Isreal and Rafael are still a little fresher than MA and JM. But I’ll take both of these fights over anything the heavyweights have to offer right now.
January 4th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
WOW, great card if true
January 5th, 2007 at 8:05 am
At what weight would they fight? According to the WBC here in Thailand, Vasquez is having problems making super bantam. I don’t believe them for a minute but it just gives them another bogus reason to all the two Thai fighters to take part in an interim championship.
January 5th, 2007 at 10:26 am
This is a huge fight, the winner cements himself as a legit top 10 p4p fighter.
Man i cannot wait for this fight
January 5th, 2007 at 11:03 am
March 17th is going to be a great night of boxing and yes, quite possibly card of the year.
January 5th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Rafael Marquez vs. Isreal Vasquez. That’s a damn good matchup. Barerra vs. JMMarquez appears to be a great matchup but Im not really sure. Both fighters are primarily counter punchers. For namesake it will sell. Two headline matchups. Defintley worth seeing though no question about it.
January 6th, 2007 at 12:25 am
I think this will be a great match. Saul is right about this being card of the year. I cant wait for the fights.
January 6th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
Who thinks Juan Manuel will freeze? Who thinks Israel will have another come from behind knockout victory? Who thinks Barrera will become Brawlera? Who thinks Rafael will add to his growing legacy?
January 6th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Juan Manuel will look flawless and little brother Rafael will look great. The Brothers Victorious!
January 6th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
This is the card of the year. Golden Boy does it again.
January 7th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
This is the card of year. No doubt it.
January 8th, 2007 at 2:56 am
i just wish they would give this to us on HBO instead of on PPV , oscar de la hoya seems to think every fight he promotes is instant pay per view. Perhaps this one is though.
i like rafael marquez by knockout
and i like Juan manuel marquez by decision if the scoring is fair.
January 19th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
Great fights for boxing fans. Vasquez by knockout and barrera by dec.